If all the World Were Year 2 Planning Sequence

This is a two-week planning sequence using planning from the Literacy Tree Website, using the text, If All the World Were by Joseph Coelho and Alison Colpoys. The children begin by responding to, What is…? questions, in the form of statements to create a kaleidoscope of memories. Then they share the text before inferring a character’s feelings and then writing in role. A letter from the main character is sent to the class, to which the children respond giving advice. Children then draw upon ideas in the text to think about special objects, creating noun phrases for each. They then apply this idea into a nonnarrative poem with a focus on drawing upon the author’s language. Finally, after watching the author read one of his pieces, they prepare their poem to read out loud and do so to an audience. Due to this book tackling the often taboo subject of death (of a grandparent) you will need to think carefully how to deal with this for your own class. However, written outcomes are about using memories (not necessarily of lost loved ones), love and the beauty around us to develop resilience and the ability to express and deal with difficult feelings in a positive way. All notebook slides are included for each lesson along with resources as necessary. Grammar skills are taught throughout the sequence including use of the correct form of very, questions and statements, inference, commands, use of the conjunction because and suffixes. It is advisable to have the planning from Literacy Tree.