I recently published a children’s book series called Adventures with Gedo. -It follows and includes all the KS2 Years 3 -4 NC English Writing and Reading objectives -It takes the reader on a journey through the desert where they learn about the Bedouin culture and how they used to travel. -It compares the past and the present, looking at how people traveled in the past compared to the present. The book comes with digital activities which can be used in Guided Reading lessons.

I recently published a children’s book series called Adventures with Gedo. -It follows and includes all the KS2 Years 3 -4 NC English Writing and Reading objectives -It tackles the topic of protecting the River Nile and the environment. -It compares the past and the present, looking at what the Nile was used for in the past and how it is used today. The book comes with digital activities which can be used in Guided Reading lessons.

-I recently published a children’s book series called Adventures with Gedo. -It follows and includes all the KS2 Years 3 -4 NC English Writing and Reading objectives -It compares the past and the present, looking at how the ancient Egyptians used to live compared to modern day Egyptians. It teaches a lot of historical facts. The book comes with digital activities which can be used in Guided Reading lessons.

This resource is based on the NC objectives for English. (Year 3 -4) TASK 1 - Using conjunctions in a sentence TASK 2 - Using singular and plural possessive apostrophes TASK 3 - Using a prefix to create a word TASK 4 - Using a suffix to create a word TASK 5 - Circling the correct homophone TASK 6 - Accurately able to spell the Year 3 and 4 Exception words TASK 7 - Editing a short paragraph by making improvements to it This can be used as a formal/informal form of assessment to assess where children are based on the above grammar objectives. The results can be used to inform future English planning and/or to target specific children.

This resource is based on the NC objectives for English. TASK 1 - Using the present perfect tense TASK 2 - Using singular and plural possessive apostrophes TASK 3 - Using irregular past tense verbs correctly (not NC objective) TASK 4 - Using a prefix to create a word TASK 5 - Using a suffix to create a word TASK 6 - Circling the correct homophone TASK 7 - Editing a short paragraph by fixing spelling/grammar/punctuation This can be used as a formal/informal form of assessment to assess where children are based on the above grammar objectives. The results can be used to inform future English planning and/or to target specific children.

Years 3-5 Each text includes a set of comprehension questions which can be adapted by the teacher depending on the needs of their pupils. The Bully (story with a dilemma) The Blitz (story with a historical setting) Sandy Weekend (recount) The Museum (recount) Planet Zoya’s Quiz (story) Night in Cairo (story) Cairo Daily (newspaper article) The Perfume maker’s son (story) Hercules (myth) Amazon Adventure (play script) Endangered Sea Turtles (information text) All of the texts above have been written by a primary teacher who is teaching the NC. Each text includes a wide range of language features that are part of the NC English Writing Objectives. These texts can be used in Guided Reading lessons or as example texts for writing units.

This sequence of lessons for the writing process follows some of the features of talkforwriting if you are familiar with them. Even if you are not, the lessons are very clear and each lesson includes a slide with ‘Teacher Notes’ - please read these to give you more guidance. Each lesson includes clear success criteria checklists for pupils to follow Lesson 1 - Introduction to the example recount text- listening task and summarising task Lesson 2 - Features of a recount text and hot seating characters Lesson 3 - Talkforwriting - text mapping process Lesson 4 - Talkforwriting - text mapping process Lesson 5 - Exposure to another recount text with comprehension questions (could be used as a Guided Reading lesson) Lesson 6 - Planning own recount Lesson 7 - Begin writing own recount Lesson 8/9 - Continue/finish writing own recount + editing Teacher can choose to extend the independent writing process from lessons 7-9 depending on class age/ability

This is a short writing process for biographies (Year 3 -4) Lesson 1 - Introduction to features of a biography and reading example text about Tesla + includes a word document of the example text Lesson 2 - Reading another example text about Obama and answering comprehension questions Lesson 3 - Planning a biography and doing research (might need two lessons for this - teacher to decide) Lesson 4 - Start the writing process using plans from previous lesson (teacher to model writing in front of all pupils and decide how long their class needs for this writing process) (Each lesson includes brief notes for teachers to follow)

**Seven sequence English lessons - entire writing process ** Lesson 1 - Introduction to the example information text (Critically Endangered Sea Turtles) Lesson 2 - Hot Seating the characters Lesson 3 - Text mapping 1 Lesson 4 - Text mapping 2 Lesson 5 - Plan my own explanation text (research lesson) Lesson 6 - Write P1+2 Lesson 7 - Write P3 + 4