Lesson Planning
Non-fiction
English Year 6 Autumn Blogs and Reports
Reading and Writing Blogs
Looking at website texts, revisit features of informal/formal writing including subjunctive mood, active/passive and question tags. Compose 'About Me' profiles and blog posts.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to blogs; features of informal writing
(suggested as 4 days)
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Weblinks
Film reviews from www.commonsensemedia.org
Mexican spiders from www.bbc.co.uk Other websites (see resources)
Despicable Me 4 Film Review by Holly Marie, The Movie Buff Website
Moana 2 Film Review by Hope Madden, Film Review UK website
How to Train Your Dragon review – kidzworld.com
Massive new spider with red fangs discovered in caves in Mexico - BBC Newsround
Pawsome! Doggy ice creams get tails wagging in Mexico - BBC Newsround
Jennifer Gray – About Me from Jennifer Gray Books Website
Julia Donaldson Biography – from Julia Donaldson.co.uk
About Anthony Horowitz – from Anthony Horowitz.com
Unit 2 SPAG: Use of active/passive voice
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Weblink
Time for paws website – Blog Articles about pets
Unit 3 Comprehension: Features of informal and formal writing
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Weblinks
Challenging the Stereotypes of English Netball The Open University Sports and Fitness Blog
Why I Love Playing Netball for Cardiff Met Cardiff Met Blog
Diary of a Vitality Rose: Nat Metcalf by England Netball
Netball Wikipedia - Day 1
Sport Wikipedia – Day 2
Tackling Ban Ban on Tackling in School Rugby, The Guardian
Unit 4 SPAG: Formal/informal language including use of subjunctive
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Weblinks
BBC Newsround short videos ‘If I were Prime Minister’
AA Milne ‘If I were King’ from at All Poetry.com
Unit 5 SPAG: Clauses/conjunctions: writing a more formal blog
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Weblinks
Antarctic Blog - Lizzie’s Diaries from Antarctica, CBBC News
Lizzie Greenwood’s Blog - Lizzie’s Diaries from Antarctica - Week 2, CBBC News
Mass Observation Archive - An archive of everyday life, thought and feeling in Britain
Antarctica for Kids by Free School, on YouTube
Unit 6 Composition: Writing a non-chronological report
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
Home Learning packs are not being prepared for this unit.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Weblink
Never Let Your Dog Eat Grass from Life with Dogs TV Website