Planning and Activities
Non-fiction
English Year 3/4 Autumn Instructions and Explanations
Keeping Healthy
A fun block drawing on dance crazes, cures from Horrible Histories, happy minds and active bodies. Explore paragraphs and headings, possessive apostrophes and commas. Write instructions and letters of explanation.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introducing Instructions: Food and Exercise
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts:
Included in resources.
Optional Texts:
Any reference or instruction books about food, the human body, exercise, sport, recipes or health.
Unit 2 Composition: Paragraphs and Headings: Fitness Fun
(suggested as 2 days)
Unit 3 SPAG: Possessive apostrophes, singular and plural, & commas in lists
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
PowerPoint: possessive apostrophes and commas in lists
You Will Need
Essential Texts:
Included in resources.
Optional Texts:
Any Horrible History books you might have available.
Unit 4 Composition: Writing guides for happy minds
(suggested as 5 days)
