Primary school teacher with a wealth of experience in Key Stage 2.
Resources will primarily be centred around this area of the British National Curriculum.
Primary school teacher with a wealth of experience in Key Stage 2.
Resources will primarily be centred around this area of the British National Curriculum.
Vocabulary cards to be used for display or paired/ group vocabulary games.
All words used in The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes.
These are helpful to accompany the guided reading unit in my other resources.
English Learning Journey - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
4 weeks of lessons.
Year 6 writing objectives leading to:
a setting description
a diary entry
an alternative ending to a poem
a narrative poem linked to the Gothic genre (based on The Highwayman or The Raven)
English Learning Journey - The Nowhere Emporium by by Ross Mackenzie
2 weeks of lessons. Engaging unit for the start of Year 5 - consolidates Year 4 writing objectives.
Year 4/5 writing objectives leading to:
a fantasy setting description
English Learning Journey - The Promise by Nicola Davies
3 weeks of lessons.
Year 5/6 writing objectives leading to:
a cyclical story in a the style of the author
a discussion text
a TED talk (performing written compositions)
Guided reading planning: slides for one half term (2 hour lessons per week).
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
Linked to VIPERS with a wide range of activities including:
role on the wall
freeze frames
role play
hot seating
emotion graphs
drawing predictions/ inferences
PEE responses
creative writing tasks
soundscapes
end of unit paper on the whole poem
Learning journey linked to the picture book Flotsam.
Character description
Setting description
Final writing outcome is open-ended: pupils can choose between a narrative re-telling or a sequel.
English learning journey - Macbeth by WIlliam Shakespeare
Year 6 writing objectives leading to:
letters
diary entries
spells
recounts
witness statements
Vocabulary cards for ‘Malamander’ by Thomas Taylor.
Can be used to support vocabulary-building, guided reading or English. Otherwise, it could simply be used to support the sharing of ‘Malamander’ as your class story.
A couple of slides may need a bit of editing/ tweaking.
A textual study of Romeo and Juliet (using the Real Reads edition as a stimulus).
Outcomes include:
description of an action scene
character description using abstract nouns
setting description using prepositional phrases
persuasive letters
Vocabulary cards for ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe.
Can be used to support vocabulary-building, guided reading or English.
Much of the language is challenging/ old English so the cards will support pupils to gain a clearer understanding of the poem.
Mini English Learning Journey - International Women’s Day
2 weeks of lessons.
Year 5/6 writing objectives leading to:
an informative speech about an inspirational woman
performance of a composition
In the past, I have always tried to rapidly gather books associated with a particular topic to have on a shelf within the classroom. Or, I have tried to think of great books that I can recommend to my class off the top of my head. I have developed this resource to give to the children in my class at the start of a new topic so that they can become engaged with a range of texts and further immerse themselves within the topic. They can also be used on display in your library or on your working walls to tie in with the topic you are doing.
These booklists are most suitable for Key Stage 2.
So far, I have booklists for:
Ancient Greeks
Earth and Space
Extreme Earth (natural disasters)
World War II
Book lists contain Title, Author, Book Cover and a brief Summary of the text. Some of the summaries I give credit to:
https://www.booksfortopics.com/
I will be making further book lists for the Anglo-Saxons, the Vikings, Rivers, the Romans and Ancient Egypt.