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English Year 3/4 Spring Biographies

Extraordinary Animals

Discover the amazing biographies of extraordinary animals. Summarise events, write film pitches and create a biography. Use paragraphs to organise writing and explore and use adverbials.

Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.

Core
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to the features of biography texts (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Wild Lives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History by Ben Lerwill

Composition
Unit 2 Composition: Paragraphs and Headings (suggested as 2 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Wild Lives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History by Ben Lerwill

SPAG
Unit 3 SPAG: Adverbials and Fronted Adverbials (suggested as 3 days)

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Optional Text
Wild Lives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History by Ben Lerwill

Composition
Unit 4 Composition: Write an illustrated animal biography spread (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Wild Lives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History by Ben Lerwill

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