Mrs Armitage on Wheels

Fiction

Have fun with repeating patterns in Mrs Armitage on Wheels and Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present. Explore repeated refrains and develop sentence writing and punctuation skills.

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

Unit 1 Core: Sequence, retell and discuss Mrs Armitage on Wheels (suggested as 4 days)

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Planning and Activities

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Texts
Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake

Unit 2 SPAG: Use capital letters and full stops accurately (suggested as 3 days)

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Planning and Activities

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

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Texts
Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake

Unit 3 Comprehension: Share, discuss and retell Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present (suggested as 3 days)

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Planning and Activities

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

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Texts
Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham

Optional Texts
Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake

Unit 4 SPAG: Joining words and clauses using ‘and’ (suggested as 3 days)

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Planning and Activities

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

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Texts
Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham

Unit 5 Composition: Write a repeating pattern story (suggested as 4 days)

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Planning and Activities

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Texts
Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham

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