Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 2 Summer Stories by the Same Author
Lauren Child
Explore wonderful stories about Clarice Bean and her fantastic family. Practise using commas in lists and punctuating speech. Write letters in character and write and publish a story in the style of Lauren Child.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to the Clarice Bean stories by Lauren Child
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
My Uncle is a Hunkle by Lauren Child
Unit 2 SPaG: Sentence punctuation including commas to separate items in a list
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
My Uncle is a Hunkle by Lauren Child
Website
Scene from Mary Poppins where Jane and Michael compose an advert for a nanny from YouTube.com
Unit 3 Comprehension and composition: understanding characters; writing a letter ‘in character’
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
What Planet Are You From? by Lauren Child
My Uncle is a Hunkle by Lauren Child
Website
Clip from Charlie and Lola I can Dance Like a Dancer, from YouTube.com
Unit 4 SPaG: writing conversations using speech marks
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
I Want a Pet by Lauren Child
Unit 5 Composition: writing a story based those by Lauren Child
(suggested as 5 days)
