Cloud Tea Monkeys FREE Lesson 1 | Year 3 and 4 English

A free Cloud Tea Monkeys lesson for Year 3 and 4: a tea-tasting hook that teaches expanded noun phrases for sensory writing. Slides, plan and worksheets.

A Cupful of Words is the first lesson of our complete Cloud Tea Monkeys English unit. Pupils hear the opening of Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham’s story with the lights low, then visit caffeine-free tasting stations to look, smell, listen and taste (if they want to). They collect expanded noun phrases as they go, then write “First Sip at Dawn” in role as Tashi.

What’s included
• A PowerPoint presentation with modelled writing and a hinge question
• A detailed three-page teacher plan (Word and PDF) with a 60-minute timeline and a tea-tasting guide
• Worksheet A and a supported Worksheet B, in colour and black and white
• Lesson 1 printables: a letter home with an allergy reply slip, tasting station cards, jug labels and a display header

Learning objective
To use expanded noun phrases to describe a sensory experience precisely (Year 4 grammar, National Curriculum English).

Want the rest of the unit? All 15 lessons, the Printables and Working Wall pack and the unit map are in Cloud Tea Monkeys Planning | Year 3 and 4 English Unit.

You will need the book: Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham.