Writing about your future job
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write about what I want to be when I grow up.
Key learning points
- Writing about what someone will be when they grow up means writing in the future, using phrases such as 'I want to...'
- Rehearsing a sentence out loud before writing it helps us to remember it
- Common exception words are words that cannot be sounded out easily
- Sounding out a word before writing helps to spell a word
- Reading back writing is important to check it is correct and makes sense
Keywords
Simple sentence - a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense
Capital letter - the upper case formation of a letter
Full stop - a punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence
Character traits - the special qualities that make a character themselves
Future - something that has not happened yet
Common misconception
Children may have already thought about a different aspiration (e.g. footballer, singer etc.)
Encourage pupils to choose a different job if they have requested and work with them to find a suitable adjective, such as 'unstoppable footballer' instead of 'helpful footballer'. The purpose of the task is about aspiration, so any job is suitable.
Teacher tip
Refer to your phonics scheme's approach and terminology around 'common exception words' and label them as such. As the sentence to write starts with a number of these words, you could provide a printed sentence stem or display it on the board for the children.
Equipment
You will need a copy of the 2020 Hodder Children's Books edition of 'A Superhero Like You' by Dr. Ranj.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words are adjectives that could describe people who help us?
Q2.Match the word to its role in a sentence.
Q3.Correct the spelling in this sentence. Flowers groa when they are in sunlight.
Q4.Which is the only complete sentence that is correct as it makes sense?
Q5.Match the word to its example.
Q6.Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Complete this sentence. The __________ is something that has not yet happened.
Q2.Match the starts of these sentences to whether they are in the past, present or the future.
Q3.Tick the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence. 'I whant to be a doctor.'
Q4.Tick the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence. 'I want two be a vet.'
Q5.Tick the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence. 'I want to bee a soldier.'
Q6.Which is the correctly punctuated sentence?
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