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Lesson plan outlines - Year 6
Term 1
John Glenn
Range:- Biography and journalistic writing
Aims:
- to introduce a biography and to talk about the key features of this text type;
- to compare a journalistic treatment of similar events and discuss the differences in language choice;
- to explore compound and complex sentences and the meaning changes inherent in these structures;
- to develop pupils' skills in writing biographies using factual data as a source.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1
Range:
Aims:
- to introduce the classic poem of the Pied Piper and allow pupils to give personal responses to elements of the text;
- to involve pupils in using the poem as a basis for journalistic reporting;
- to look carefully at some archaic words and consider modern alternatives.
'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' by Robert Browning
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 2
Range:
Aims:
- to work further on the classic poem of the Pied Piper and encourage further personal responses to elements of the text;
- to involve pupils in identifying descriptive elements (adjectives) in parts of the poem;
- to understand the conventions of playscripts.
'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' by Robert Browning
Plague diary
Range:
Aims:
- to introduce a renowned diary, and the key features of such a text;
- to use this diary as part of an enquiry into its historical period;
- to investigate clause structure in complex sentences.
Extracts from the diary of Samuel Pepys for 1665
Treasure Island
Range:- Classic fiction by long established authors
Aims:
- to introduce a novel by a long established author, examine the role of the narrator in the opening and explore vocabulary change over time;
- to plan a modern retelling of the passage.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Term 2
Mars
Range:
Aims:
- to introduce a discussion text as a balanced written argument;
- to help pupils extract the main meanings from extended texts by note taking.
Palindromes
Range:
Aims:
- to introduce a discussion text;
- to explore one form of conditional sentence.
School Meals Nutrition
Range:
Aims:
- to introduce formal writing and to identify key features of this text type, focusing particularly on the use of passive sentences and impersonal forms.
School Meals Policy
Range:
Aims:
- to introduce formal writing and to identify key features of this text type, focusing particularly on the use of passive sentences and impersonal forms.
- to extend knowledge of past tense and the various ways in which this can be formed.
Walking in Hamptonshire
Range:- Public information documents
Aims:
- to introduce public information documents and to identify the key features of this type of text, focusing particularly on the use of conditional constructions. The lesson will lead pupils to write a commentary on the pamphlet provided.
Term 3
Author Style
Range:- Analysing an author's style
Aims:
- to analyse an author's style at a structural and a language level.
War Record by Nick Warburton, published by Oxford University Press
Comparing Poems
Range:- Different author's treatment of the same theme
Aims:
- to compare and contrast poems written on the same theme.
Winter by Judith Nicholls and Winter by William Shakespeare from The Speller's Bag, compiled by John Foster, published by Oxford University Press.
The Frozen Man by Kit Wright, Wild Flower by Catherine Benson and Two Tanka by Marian Swinger, from The Moonlit Stream and other poems, compiled by John Foster, published by Oxford University Press.
Explanatory Texts
Range:
Aims:
- to consolidate the pupils' understanding of the presentational features of explanatory texts;
- to consider the language conventions of explanatory texts.
Extracts from Exploring Space, by Elizabeth Miles, published by Oxford University Press.
Ordering Texts
Range:
Aims:
- to explore the cohesion of texts.
Retrieving Information
Range:
Aims:
- to retrieve information quickly;
- to use the skills of skimming and scanning.
Extracts from Animal Chatter, by Kenna Bourke, published by Oxford University Press
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