Planning and Activities
Fiction
English Year 1 Summer Stories on a Theme
Superheroes
Superheroes All Sorts, Super Daisy, Superhero ABC will inspire your class to read and write! Study antonyms and punctuation while producing comic strips based on invented superheroes.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core Unit 1 – Read, recognise and enjoy a text about superheroes
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Group Readers
Superheroes All Sorts
Group Readers
Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
Unit 2 SPAG: Spelling of plurals and words ending –ed and -ing
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Class book from Unit 1
Websites
DC Super Friends Episode 13, League Vs. Legion from www.YouTube.com
DC Super Hero Girls , Season 3 from www.YouTube.com
Group Readers
Superheroes All Sorts
Group Readers
Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
Unit 3 Composition: Recognising and writing antonyms and comparisons
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Super Daisy by Kes Gray and Nick Sharrett
Group Readers
Superheroes All Sorts
Group Readers
Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.
Unit 4 SPAG: Alphabet and initial sounds; using capitals for proper names
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod
Unit 5 Composition: Write dialogue and produce a comic strip about a superhero
(suggested as 5 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Group Readers
Superheroes All Sorts
Group Readers
Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education.