UKS2 English: The Lost Thing

This captivating PowerPoint covers 15 lessons, expertly planned around Shaun Tan’s thought-provoking picture book, “The Lost Thing.”

Overview:
Engage your Year 5 and 6 students with this unique and visually rich English unit, meticulously crafted to align with the ‘Literacy Tree’ scheme of work. This comprehensive 15-lesson PowerPoint is perfectly adapted for 1-hour English sessions, including dedicated ‘reading/viewing lessons’ to ensure deep comprehension and foster critical thinking. Students will delve into themes of belonging, conformity, imagination, and the value of the unique, exploring the narrative through a blend of visual and textual analysis.

What’s Included:
This PowerPoint provides a complete teaching package, featuring a wide range of engaging activities and clear learning objectives to guide your students through this enriching unit:

Prediction and Theme Exploration: Initial lessons focus on making predictions about the narrative’s theme and content, using sensory details from sound clips and film excerpts.
Vocabulary Development: Dedicated activities on identifying and discussing adjectives and powerful verbs, enabling students to enrich their descriptive writing.
Visual Literacy Skills: Utilizes the animated film and illustrations to teach inference, character analysis, and understanding narrative through visual cues.
Exploring Belonging: Prompts for discussion around the concepts of being lost, finding something lost, and the importance of a sense of belonging.
Narrative Writing: Guided planning and drafting of stories, focusing on narrative structure, character development, and using precise language.
Grammar and Punctuation Application: Opportunities to apply various grammatical concepts, including the effective use of powerful verbs and adverbs to express ideas.
Editing and Redrafting: Structured lessons dedicated to editing for cohesion and refining written work, using teacher modelling and success criteria.
Perspective and Empathy: Encourages students to consider the perspective of the ‘Lost Thing’ and the narrator, fostering empathy.