Planning and Activities
Fiction
English Year 2 Autumn Traditional Tales and Fables
Explore Brilliant Fables!
Explore fables including The Frog and Scorpion, Ant and Grasshopper. Write dialogue between grasshopper's indignant sister and cruel ant. Look at compound sentences and write a fable.
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Unit 1 Core: Introduction to animals in traditional oral fables
(suggested as 3 days)
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With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Optional Texts
The Hare and the Tortoise by Helen Ward
Websites
The Scorpion and the Frog from www.YouTube.com
Indian red scorpion
Northern leopard frog both from video.nationalgeographic.co.uk
Other websites (see resource)
Unit 2 SPAG: Write dialogue between two animal characters from a fable
(suggested as 2 days)
Planning and Activities
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With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Websites
The Scorpion and the Frog from www.YouTube.com
The Hare and the Tortoise retelling from www.bbc.co.uk
Unit 3 Composition: Explore a dilemma; write dialogue based on a fable
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
Coping with Lockdown?
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Websites
The Ant and the Grasshopper from player.hamilton-trust.org.uk
Other websites (see resources)
Group Readers
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Group Readers
The Ant and the Grasshopper
This beautifully illustrated retelling of Aesop’s fable is a perfect accompaniment to any teaching on traditional tales or stories with morals. The clear, decodable text and lovely watercolour pictures make this an excellent, accessible book to use as a group reader or whole class starting point for discussion. Children will enjoy thinking about the moral of the story and exploring the characters' actions and feelings.
Unit 4 Comprehension: Features of oral fables and sayings
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
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With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Websites
Proverbs from www.engvid.com
Group Readers
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Group Readers
The Ant and the Grasshopper
This beautifully illustrated retelling of Aesop’s fable is a perfect accompaniment to any teaching on traditional tales or stories with morals. The clear, decodable text and lovely watercolour pictures make this an excellent, accessible book to use as a group reader or whole class starting point for discussion. Children will enjoy thinking about the moral of the story and exploring the characters' actions and feelings.
Unit 5 SPAG: Conjunctions for co-ordination and subordination
(suggested as 2 days)
Planning and Activities
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With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Preparation
It is very helpful to read the advice on terminology in the Notes to Teachers before teaching this unit.
Websites
Animal Rhymes from www.nurseryrhymes.org
Essential Resources
Nutty Nursery Rhyme Lines and Fanboys (see resources)
The Tortoise and the Baboon (see resources)
Unit 6 Composition: Plan and write a new fable based on those read
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
Coping with Lockdown?
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Preparation
Children will be familiar with The Hare and the Tortoise and The Frog and the Scorpion from Unit 1, but if you have not taught Unit 3, you will need to allow time for them to read The Ant and the Grasshopper or listen to it here.
Essential Resources
Story Outlines and Maps (see resources)
Group Readers
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Group Readers
The Ant and the Grasshopper
This beautifully illustrated retelling of Aesop’s fable is a perfect accompaniment to any teaching on traditional tales or stories with morals. The clear, decodable text and lovely watercolour pictures make this an excellent, accessible book to use as a group reader or whole class starting point for discussion. Children will enjoy thinking about the moral of the story and exploring the characters' actions and feelings.