SPaG: the past tense, simple and progressive forms

English Year 1/2
This unit is part of Year 1/2 Mixed Age English Planning The Story Blanket

You Will Need

Essential Text
Why not me? by Ruth Merttens and Jackie Abey, Hamilton Group Reader

Presentation
Grammar PowerPoint: Past tense

Group Readers

Why not me? 
This story plays with the genre of traditional stories. A woodpecker wants to know why she is not in any tale. This story draws children’s attention to a wide range of tales and then challenges the reader to write a story with a woodpecker in it!