making a guess using what we already know

Exploring illustrations in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'

English

Reading and responding to 'Lulu Gets a Cat' by Anna McQuinn

The theme of responsibility in 'Lulu Gets a Cat'

Thinking from Lulu's perspective and asking questions

Using non-fiction texts to recall and learn facts

Differences between fiction and non-fiction texts

Writing facts

Writing instructions

Writing facts in an information page

Writing an information report with commands

In this unit, pupils learnt to write descriptive sentences about characters. In 'Paddington', pupils will build on this by joining two simple ideas together using 'and'.

In 'Anna Hibiscus', pupils were introduced to expanded noun phrases to describe characters and settings. In this unit, pupils will build on this as well as use commas in a list. 

In this unit, pupils will use the book 'Lulu Gets a Cat' as a springboard to learning about non-fiction information texts on cats. Pupils will compare fiction and non-fiction texts before learning how to write statement and command sentences for an information page about looking after cats.

Looking after pets: reading and writing

made up stories with characters, places and adventures which did not happen in real life

a theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text

a big idea or message that is important in a text

a way of communicating emotion through the face

a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark

a genre of text which presents real events, information or knowledge

something that is known to be true or proved

special characteristics that belong to a text

similarities and differences between two things

a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop

a punctuation mark used at the end of a question

a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something and can end with an exclamation mark

a naming word for people, places or things

a punctuation mark used to separate nouns in a list

a title is the name or label given to a piece of writing

vocabulary we use when writing about a particular subject

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