Planning and Activities
Non-fiction
English Year 1 Autumn Commands and Requests
Commands: What You Shouldn't Do at School
Using humorous texts (You Can’t Take an Elephant on a Bus) study different sentence types; punctuate correctly. Focus on commands and ‘bossy’ language. Write commands.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core Unit: Introduction to commands and other sentence types
(suggested as 4 days)
Group Readers
What You Shouldn't Do Before School
What you Shouldn’t Do Before School, by Ruth Merttens, is funny account of all the things you shouldn’t do when getting ready for school. Children will enjoy the humour and apt illustrations, as well as relating to the mischief!
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
You Will Need
Texts
What You Shouldn’t Do at School by Joshua McManus
Group Readers
What You Shouldn’t Do Before School (provided below)
Unit 2 SPAG: Write and punctuate questions and commands
(suggested as 3 days)
Unit 3 Comprehension: Respond to stories, compare and relate to commands
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
Group Readers
What You Shouldn't Do Before School
What you Shouldn’t Do Before School, by Ruth Merttens, is funny account of all the things you shouldn’t do when getting ready for school. Children will enjoy the humour and apt illustrations, as well as relating to the mischief!
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
You Will Need
Texts
You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus by Patricia Cleveland Peck
Group Readers
What You Shouldn’t Do Before School
Unit 4 SPAG: Draw on own experience to write commands and requests
(suggested as 3 days)
Unit 5 Composition: Identify and write commands and requests
(suggested as 4 days)
