Lesson Planning
Non-fiction
English Year 3 Spring Reports
Harry Potter and Hogwarts
Read reports about Harry Potter studio tours. Understand features of reports; study conjunctions, prepositions and adverbs. Look at Hogwarts students’ school reports.
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Unit 1 Core: Read reports, analyse features and write short NCR
(suggested as 4 days)
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With TA/Tutor
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Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Generally Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling
Weblinks
Time-lapse film clip showing the construction of the model of Hogwarts
Harry Potter Studio Tour website
Presentations
PowerPoint on Features of Reports
Unit 2 SPAG: Identify conjunctions; add information about time, cause and place
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
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TA/Tutor materials are not being created for this unit.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JK Rowling
Film
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Clauses and Conjunctions
Unit 3 Composition: Read and write formal structured reports (school reports)
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
TA/Tutor materials are not being created for this unit.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Harry Potter books, especially Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J K Rowling
Presentations
PowerPoint: Features of Reports
Unit 4 SPAG: Using prepositions and adverbs to indicate time, place and cause
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
TAs & Tutors / Home Learning
With TA/Tutor
TA/Tutor materials are not being created for this unit.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Websites
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone First Quidditch Match (Part 1 of 2)
Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - The Quidditch Match
Unit 5 Composition: Write a report about a school using the features of non-chronological reports.
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Harry Potter books
Presentations
PowerPoint on Features of Reports