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In this lesson, we will listen to a story and discuss our favourite moments. We will then draw pictures of these moments and add labels to describe them in more detail.
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In this lesson, we will learn to tell the story from memory using a process called 'Map, Step, Speak'.
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In this lesson, we will build descriptive language in our stories through song.
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In this lesson, we will learn how to use expanded noun phrases to help describe characters in the story more vividly.
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In this lesson, we will be practising our retrieval skills, learning how to find important information in the text.
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In this lesson, we will learn how to use the senses to write vivid description. We will draw pictures of key scenes and create sensory grids which we will then turn into descriptive poems.
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In this lesson, we will learn to read and unpick a piece of descriptive writing to explore what writers do to make their description vivid. We will then come up with a list of tools to use in our writing.
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In this lesson, we will take a key scene in the story and write it with a focus on making the description vivid to paint a clear picture for the reader.
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In this lesson, we will take another key scene in the story and write it with a focus on making the description vivid to paint a clear picture for the reader.
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In this lesson, we will take a third key scene in the story and write it with a focus on making the description vivid to paint a clear picture for the reader.
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