Bundle of lessons for the last push in writing! Based on the ‘Inspire, Plan and Write’ method, this pack set around the French film ‘Replay’, leads to at least three quality writing outcomes. I have also included a couple of examples of writing from children in my class so your children can highlight good features and suggest improvements. My class have loved this unit and we moved on to look at the Chernobyl disaster - I have also included ideas for this too.

4 lessons used in Year 6 as part of Black History Month. Differentiated work included for most lessons. Most lessons last around 30 minutes. Session 1 - Vocabulary focus Understanding meaning for tier 2 and some tier 3 words using various strategies including context Session 2 - Reading to improve fluency Teacher to model reading with expression. Children to copy teachers example and then practise reading the biography sentence by sentence in pairs. Children could also summarise each papargraph to extend this lesson. Session 3 - Retrieval questions Children to practise scanning skills to answer simple retrieval questions. Sessions 3 - Making inferences Discuss what inferences are and practise using a picture before applying skill to the text.

A display with discussion sentence starters and ways for children to agree and disagree with their talk partner

4 lessons of Whole Class Reading for Year 6 based on a Rosa Parks biography. Each lesson should last around 30 - 40 minutes. The teaching sequence is as follows: Exploring vocabulary Reading for fluency Retrieval questions inference questions Some adaptations for lower attaining pupils are also included