Planning and Activities
Non-fiction
English Year 2 Spring Instructions
Instructions by Neil Gaiman
Using Instructions by Neil Gaiman, explore reading, giving, planning and writing instructions. Learn about different sentence types and revise sentence punctuation.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Reading and writing instructions
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Instructions by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess
Websites
Animated version of Instructions voiced by Neil Gaiman from YouTube.com
Unit 2 SPAG: identifying and using different types of sentence – questions, statements, commands and exclamations
(suggested as 3 days)
Unit 3 Composition and comprehension: Reading and writing instructions
(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
Instructions by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess
Fairy Land Instructions (in resources)
Group Reader
Dream On by Ruth Merttens (provided below)
Group Readers
Dream On
Children will develop their imagination with this charming and fantastical tale. Powerful imagery and description are used to help support the children's own writing as children are encouraged to explore the magical contained in the everyday. The beautiful hand-drawn illustrations help to support emerging independent readers as they follow the story.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education
Unit 4 SPAG: sentence punctuation; apostrophes in contractions and for possession
(suggested as 3 days)
Unit 5 Composition: Write instructions to accompany a fairy-tale map
(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
Instructions by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess
Group Reader
Dream On by Ruth Merttens (provided below)
Group Readers
Dream On
Children will develop their imagination with this charming and fantastical tale. Powerful imagery and description are used to help support the children's own writing as children are encouraged to explore the magical contained in the everyday. The beautiful hand-drawn illustrations help to support emerging independent readers as they follow the story.
You can purchase printed copies of this Group Reader from Hamilton Education