Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 3/4 Autumn Stories on a Theme
Feeling at Home
Using two wonderful texts The Blue House and I'll Take You to Mrs Cole, explore settings and how characters feel about home. Focus on prepositions and punctuating dialogue applying this to their own story based on those read.
The planning and resource documents for each session in this English block are free to all users.
Unit 1 Core: Reading/discussing stories about feeling at home
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl
I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole by Nigel Gray and Michael Foreman
Unit 2 SPaG: Prepositions
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole by Nigel Gray and Michael Foreman
Poems (in resources):
Dear Mum by Brian Patten
Crazy, Mayonnaisy Mum by Julia Donaldson
Unit 3 SPaG: Punctuating direct speech
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl
Unit 4 Composition: Discussing, planning and writing stories based on those read
(suggested as 5 days)
