First week of lessons based on The Lighthouse from the Literacy Shed. Lessons focus on drama, describing a setting, describing how tension is created and inverted commas. Aimed at Y3/4 but can be adapted.

A whole week of lessons for Year 5 based on ‘The Lighthouse’ from The Literacy Shed LOs: I can indicate grammatical and other features by using semi-colons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses. I can indicate grammatical and other features by using a colon to introduce a list. I can develop my understanding by using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely.

1 week of lessons on Where The Wild Things Are aimed at Year 3/4. Lesson based on identifying the key features of the text, internalising the text and then some drama.

A few lessons on persuasive letter writing with plastic pollution as the stimulus. This is just the plan - you may need to find supporting resources e.g. Powerpoints

I created pictures to help children internalize the text ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak. This is based on Talk for Writing by Pie Corbett. This is targeted at Y3/4 but could be used lower down the school. Children will eventually write their own version, following the format of this book. Took me about 2 hours so will save you a lot of time if you are planning to use this book for Talk for Writing.

A nice little touch. Print onto paper or card, these are lovely to send home to parents to help build positive relationships and my kids love them too.

3 basic lessons debating Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary and a new rule which could improve football. Good for getting children to discuss their opinions and becoming more confident speaking in front of the class.

A resource that could be used in persuasive writing.

5 English lessons for UKS2. 2 grammar lessons on semi-colons and parenthesis - all content from Natural Curriculum. 3 comprehension lessons based on David Attenborough’s Kilauea Volcano and Perfect Planet, with some vocabulary work - all content from Fred’s Teaching Reading. The content was not planned by me and is not owned by me. It belongs to Natural Curriculum and Fred’s Teaching Reading, I have just put snippets into a PowerPoint to form a week’s plan.