Fiction

English Year 3/4 Spring Stories on a Theme

Daily Life

Meet the engaging characters in Atinuke's No.1 Car Spotter and Anna Hibiscus and enjoy stories of their daily life. Revise speech punctuation and verb tenses. Create a character and write a story modelled on those read.

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

Core
Unit 1 Core: Reading and discussing No. 1 Car Spotter and Anna Hibiscus
(suggested as 5 days)

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Texts
The No. 1 Car Spotter by Atinuke
Anna Hibiscus by Atinkue

SPAG
Unit 2 SPaG: Punctuating direct speech; roleplay
(suggested as 3 days)

You Will Need

Essential Text
The No. 1 Car Spotter by Atinuke

SPAG
Unit 3 SPaG: Verbs and the Present Perfect Form
(suggested as 2 days)

You Will Need

Essential Text
Anna Hibiscus by Atinuke

Composition
Unit 4 Composition: Writing a ‘daily-life’ story
(suggested as 5 days)

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Texts
The No. 1 Car Spotter by Atinuke
Anna Hibiscus by Atinkue