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English Year 5/6 Spring Humorous Stories

The Day the Screens went Blank

Have fun exploring comic technique and writing a funny story using The Day the Screens went Blank as inspiration. Use modal verbs and adverbs of possibility to describe characters' emotions. Discuss 'old technology' and practise using commas, colons and semi-colons correctly.

Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.

Core
Unit 1 Core: Read and discuss the opening of the book (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

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Essential Text
The Day the Screens went Blank by Danny Wallace

SPAG
Unit 2 SPAG: Using modal verbs and adverbs of possibility (suggested as 3 days)

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Essential Text
The Day the Screens went Blank by Danny Wallace

SPAG
Unit 3 SPAG: Commas, colons and semi-colons (suggested as 2 days)

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Essential Text
The Day the Screens went Blank by Danny Wallace

Composition
Unit 4 Composition: Write a story based on The Day the Screens went Blank (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

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Essential Text
The Day the Screens went Blank by Danny Wallace

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