Lesson Planning
Non-fiction
English Year 3 Summer Information Texts
Amazing Records
Read, research and write information texts about amazing world records, both real (Guinness) and funny (Quentin Blake). Grammar includes conjunctions and present perfect form. Be inspired to create your own records and blog about them.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to information texts about amazing records
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
The World’s Laziest Duck and other Amazing Records by John Yeoman & Quentin Blake
Unit 2 SPAG: Simple past and present perfect form
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
The World’s Laziest Duck and other Amazing Records by John Yeoman & Quentin Blake
Grammar PowerPoint: Verbs, simple past and present perfect forms
Revise how verbs can show present and past tense and how this is formed by adding ed with regular verbs and in different ways with irregular ones. Explore how to form the perfect form of the past tense and how it helps show the impact of that verb.
Unit 3 Comprehension: Research and write about world records
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Websites
World Records Hall of Fame and Children’s Guinness World Records both from guinnessworldrecords.com
Unit 4 SPAG: Conjunctions; elaborating points in persuasion
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
All in resources
Grammar PowerPoint: Conjunctions
Explore how conjunctions join clauses, giving extra information about time, place and cause. Investigate how clause order can change impact and punctuation. Use conjunctions to elaborate on persuasive points.
Unit 5 Composition: Blog about the Class’s Amazing Records
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
All in resources
Websites
World Records Hall of Fame and Children’s Guinness World Records both from guinnessworldrecords.com