'The Proudest Blue': reading and writing
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Why this why now
Building on the previous unit, pupils progress from discussing themes and events to using more advanced comprehension techniques to explore deeper meanings. They develop their use of complex grammatical structures to extend ideas and learn to express themselves effectively through detailed descriptions, selecting precise vocabulary to express personal connections. The reading and writing skills honed in this unit prepare pupils for the next unit, where they will use a range of sentence types and apply coordination and subordination to the writing of an information text.
Prior knowledge requirements
- An author is someone who writes a text.
- An illustrator is a person who draws pictures to illustrate a text.
- A story has a beginning, middle and ending.
- Able to discuss the use of rich vocabulary and their meanings.
- Ability to link events in books to personal experiences and knowledge.
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to decode unfamiliar words.
- Ability to read common exception words.
- Awareness of character, setting, plot and theme.
- A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
- Capital letters are used for proper nouns.
Threads
Why this why now
Building on the previous unit, pupils progress from discussing themes and events to using more advanced comprehension techniques to explore deeper meanings. They develop their use of complex grammatical structures to extend ideas and learn to express themselves effectively through detailed descriptions, selecting precise vocabulary to express personal connections. The reading and writing skills honed in this unit prepare pupils for the next unit, where they will use a range of sentence types and apply coordination and subordination to the writing of an information text.
Prior knowledge requirements
- An author is someone who writes a text.
- An illustrator is a person who draws pictures to illustrate a text.
- A story has a beginning, middle and ending.
- Able to discuss the use of rich vocabulary and their meanings.
- Ability to link events in books to personal experiences and knowledge.
- Ability to apply phonics knowledge to decode unfamiliar words.
- Ability to read common exception words.
- Awareness of character, setting, plot and theme.
- A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
- Capital letters are used for proper nouns.
Reading, writing & oracy
'The Proudest Blue': reading and writing
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.
8 lessons in unit
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