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English Year 1/2 Summer Stories on a Theme

Feelings

Enjoy reading Gustavo the Shy Ghost and What if.....? Discuss the characters' feelings and create atmospheric descriptions. Revise past and present tense and learn about progressive form. Share Arlo the Lion who Couldn't Sleep; use story maps to plan your own version of this story including a new character.

Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.

Core
Unit 1 Core: Read and respond to stories about feelings (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

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Essential Texts
What if?... by Anthony Browne
Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z Drago

Weblinks
What’s the Big Idea: Episode 3. What’s a Friend? from youtube.com

SPAG
Unit 2 SPaG: the past tense – simple and progressive forms (suggested as 3 days)

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Essential Text
Arlo, the Lion who Couldn’t Sleep by Catherine Raynor

SPAG
Unit 3 SPaG: Understanding and using the prefix ‘un’ (suggested as 2 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

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Essential Text
What if?... by Anthony Browne

Composition
Unit 4 Composition: Story Writing (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Texts
Arlo, the Lion who Couldn’t Sleep by Catherine Raynor
Can’t you Sleep Little Bear by Martin Waddell

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