Lesson Planning
Non-fiction
English Year 5/6 Summer Instructions and Explanations
Fake News
Tackle the tricky issue of Fake News with this excellent block. Learn technical vocabulary, examine texts, carry out fact-checking and write a guide to help others. Incorporates modal verbs and adverbs and organisational devices.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: News, Fake News and Fact-Checking
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Breaking News: How to Tell What’s Real from What’s Rubbish by Nick Sheridan
Optional Texts
Fake News: True or False Quiz Book by Clive Gifford
Question Everything: An Investigator's Toolkit by Susan Martineau
Weblinks
Fake News from BBC Bitesize
Keeping safe online UK Safer Internet Centre
BBC Verify from BBC News
Fact Checking from Full Fact
Fact Check from Channel 4 News
Unit 2 SPAG: Modal Verbs & Adverbs: Headlines, Speculation & Codes of Conduct
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
Modal Verbs and Adverbs
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Question Everything: An Investigator's Toolkit by Susan Martineau
Weblink
Checking the story from BBC Bitesize
Unit 3 SPAG: Bullets, colons and semi-colons for lists: Newsworthy or Not?
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
Bullets, Colons and Semi-colons
You Will Need
Essential Text:
Breaking News: How to Tell What’s Real from What’s Rubbish by Nick Sheridan
Unit 4 Composition: Create and Present a Guide on Fake News
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Breaking News: How to Tell What’s Real from What’s Rubbish by Nick Sheridan
Weblink
What’s so bad about fake news? From BBC Bitesize
Fake news and mental health From BBC Bitesize
Quiz: Can you spot fake news? From BBC Bitesize