Six revision sessions using Prisoner of Azkaban & Goblet of Fire.
Using Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, children explore newspaper writing, roleplay interviews with Rita Skeeter, and consider accuracy in news reporting. Revise dialogue/reported speech; colons, semi colons, commas, bullet points.
Includes:
- teaching plan for 6 sessions
- teaching resources and answers
- SPAG revision presentation
- 5-minute SPAG revision presentation
- Mock Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test papers and answers
Session 1 - Share Molly Weasley’s letter and a film clip of the build-up to the match. Ask how people might find out about the match - news reports. Introduce this week’s text focus. Read newspaper texts from Harry Potter and pick out features. Spelling homework: homophones and other words often confused.
Session 2 - Tell children that the Dark Mark being cast is a ‘newsworthy’ event which might be reported in different ways. Discuss point of view. Recognise that quotations are direct speech. Revise and then write direct and reported speech and punctuate correctly.
Session 3 - Introduce the Triwizard Tournament. Share extract. Revise commas, colons and semi-colons using slide presentation. Provide exercises separated by topic: commas, and then colons and semi-colons. Children work through one or more activities.
Session 4 - Show reports – what did eyewitnesses say? – quotes, punctuated as direct speech. Look at examples. Speech is often less formal than written language. Children pick a champion to interview and generate questions for Skeeter. Take turns to role-play, making notes. Punctuate answers as direct speech.
Session 5 - Rita writes several articles about Harry; each report twists the facts. Let’s take a closer look at some of them. Provide extracts and test-style questions. Children discuss and record or work on their own. They provide reasons as required and explain the meaning of words in context.
Session 6 - Today children become reporters for the Daily Prophet. They write a report on the second trial of the Triwizard Tournament. Distribute Press Release and look at the information and then decide on a format for notes – timeline, list, boxes etc. Children write a report drawing on grammatical features.
SPAG Revision
Revise the use of bullet points and the punctuation of dialogue. Examine the correct way to use commas, semi-colons and colons. Revise the features of newspaper reports and reported speech.
This unit is part of a larger block of Harry Potter themed revision plans that cover all of the required revision for the Year 6 English SATs, including the SPAG.
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