Planning and Activities
Non-fiction
English Year 2 Summer Persuasive Writing
Bedtime Arguments, Adverts & Letters
With this relatable theme, children speak and write powerfully about bedtimes, bedroom inventions and petition for a pyjama party. Grammar includes tense and sentence forms.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Role-play an argument, for and against child-dictated bedtimes
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential text
Bedtime by Eleanor Farjeon (plan resources)
Unit 2 SPAG: Sentence forms: statements, questions, exclamations, commands
(suggested as 3 days)
Unit 3 Composition: Reading and writing adverts for bedtime creations
(suggested as 4 days)
Unit 4 SPAG: Verb forms, simple and progressive past and present forms
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential text
Peace at Last by Jill Murphy, or use website
Websites
Peace at Last from youtube.com
Unit 5 Composition: Write persuasive letters for a pyjama fun day
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential text
Included in resources
Websites
Wild London: Hedgehogs from wildlondon.org.uk
Wild London: How can you help hedgehogs at home from wildlondon.org.uk
How to help hedgehogs in your garden from youtube.com