Planning and Activities
Fiction
English Year 3 Summer Modern Fiction
The Hodgeheg
Enjoy Dick King-Smith’s The Hodgeheg. Explore plot, character and dialogue. Study speech punctuation and adverbs for time, place and manner. Write a new animal adventure.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to The Hodgeheg: characters, setting, plot and prediction
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith
Unit 2 SPAG: Punctuating direct speech; prediction
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Punctuating Speech
Unit 3 SPAG: Adverbs for time, place and manner; action scenes
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Adverbs
Unit 4 Comprehension: Explore plot and tension building; write a book review
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith
Websites
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Unit 5 Composition: Write a new animal adventure story
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith