This bundle includes a 2/3 week Guided Reading unit based on the picture book Ice Trap! showing Shackleton’s journey to Antarctica. The questions about the text are based on DERIC in line with National Curriculum end of Key Stage expectations. The English unit is a complete 2 week unit that has been used for both live lessons and has been taught in the classroom. The children love it!

This bundle includes a 2/3 week Guided Reading unit based on the beautiful picture book Ice Trap! The questions posed on this resource are based on the DERIC strategy focused on questioning in line with the National Curriculum end of key stage expectations. The English unit is a complete 2 week unit examining how to write a survival guide, some great You Tube How To videos and models writing every paragraph and sub-section. The children really enjoyed this unit. Used for live lessons and also previously taught in the classroom.

How to Train Your Dragon Diary Writing unit. I created these resources to use in the classroom however, they would also make an excellent unit for live learning. Included is a sequence of 10 lessons including exploring new vocabulary, sequencing events, describing a setting, using fronted adverbials, the big write lessons with modeled paragraphs and editing lesson. Here is a break down of each lesson included: Talk Treasure Chest - exploring adventurous vocabulary to include in this piece of writing. How to describe a setting using Jane Considine’s FANTASTIC tool. Sequencing key events in the story from chapters 1 - 10 and creating a cartoon strip. Understanding the characters. Read alongside chapter 8 to complete the information about each characters dragon. Using fronted adverbials and examples of which ones (and types) we can use in our diary writing. Setting the scene - exploring how and when people write their diaries. The opening paragraph - the beginning of the story with modeled paragraph. Writing paragraph 3 including modeled paragraph and checklist for writing. Writing paragraph 4 including modeled paragraph and checklist. Editing your diaries using Bob the minion as the invisible child to edit and improve his work using key mistakes made by Year 4 writers. This unit was planned and used by me and is a great unit of writing to get children hooked and enthusiastic about How to Train your Dragon. Works really well alongside the Guided Reading lesson unit. All resources supporting these units are included.