Stone Age Boy English 2 weeks

A fully resourced 10-lesson English unit based on Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura, designed for Years 3 and 4. This engaging narrative unit combines reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary development and creative writing while making meaningful links to the Stone Age history curriculum.

Included in this resource:
10 editable PowerPoint lessons
Reading comprehension through VIPERS activities:

Prediction
Retrieval
Inference
Vocabulary
Explanation
Summarising

Grammar and writing lessons covering:

Expanded noun phrases
Adverbs
Subordinating conjunctions
Fronted adverbials

Character comparison activities

Narrative planning using a story mountain

Narrative writing, editing and redrafting opportunities

Year 3 and Year 4 differentiation

SEND adaptations and support suggestions throughout

Learning sequence:
Making predictions from the text
VIPERS comprehension questions
Character comparisons
Expanded noun phrases
Adverbs in setting descriptions
Subordinating conjunctions
Fronted adverbials
Narrative planning
Narrative writing
Editing and redrafting

Perfect for teachers looking for a structured English unit that develops comprehension skills, grammar knowledge and independent narrative writing while linking with a Stone Age topic.

Suitable for: Year 3, Year 4 and mixed-age KS2 classes.