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English Year 3/4 Summer Short Stories

Look Both Ways

Listen to and read the short stories in Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds. Discuss use of language, dialogue and the characters. Learn how to use direct speech and adverbials in their writing. Plan and write a short story about a walk home from school where something happens.

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

Core
Unit 1 Core: Reading short stories and exploring character, setting and plot (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

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Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

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SPAG
Unit 2 SPaG: Writing and Punctuating Dialogue (suggested as 3 days)

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Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

SPAG
Unit 3 SPaG: Identifying and using adverbials, including fronted adverbials (suggested as 2 days)

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Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

Composition
Unit 4 Composition: Discuss, plan and write a short story (suggested as 5 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

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Essential Text
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

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