Writing sentences about a special item based on 'The Proudest Blue'

English

Understanding the authorial context of 'The Proudest Blue'

Reading 'The Proudest Blue' and developing fluency

Building comprehension of 'The Proudest Blue'

Engaging with key themes in 'The Proudest Blue'

Planning sentences about a special item based on 'The Proudest Blue'

Writing descriptive sentences about a special item based on ‘The Proudest Blue’

Reading aloud writing based on 'The Proudest Blue'

In The Proudest Blue’, children will learn about the text's author. In ’Atinuke and other authors’, children will learn about a wider range of authors. 

In 'Planet in a Pickle Jar', pupils explored a range of descriptive vocabulary and engaged with the story written from a child's perspective. In this unit, pupils will further develop their vocabulary and engage with themes of identity and belonging explored in this text.

In this unit, pupils explore themes of identity and belonging, learning a range of strategies to develop reading fluency and comprehension. They learn to use techniques, such as co-ordination and fronted adverbials, as well as similes and precise vocabulary, to write about their own special item.

'The Proudest Blue': reading and writing

for building on the preceding main clause

for contrasting the preceding main clause

for another option from the preceding main clause

When do you use the co-ordinating conjunction 'and'?

When do you use the co-ordinating conjunction 'but'?

When do you use the co-ordinating conjunction 'or'?

Which of the following subordinating conjunctions is used to give a reason for the main clause?

Which of the following subordinating conjunctions is used to show an effect of the main clause?

Which of the following subordinating conjunctions is used to add detail to the main clause?

a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense

a sentence formed of two simple sentences and a joining word

Which pieces of punctuation can you end a sentence with?

What is the name for the written framework that you create before writing?

Which of the following are the three co-ordinating conjunctions used in compound sentences?

Starter Quiz

What is a simple sentence?