Planning and Activities
Non-fiction
English Year 4 Spring Recounts
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears
Explore recounts through Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (Emily Gravett), After the Fall (Dan Santat),The Dark (Lemony Snicket). Study adverbials and possessive apostrophes.
The planning and resource documents for each session in this English block are free to all users.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to recounts and discussion of fears and phobias
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
Unit 2 SPAG: Apostrophes for possession; recounting events in a story
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
After the Fall by Dan Santat
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Apostrophes for Possession
Unit 3 SPAG: Adverbials; adding detail and creating tension
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
The Dark by Lemony Snicket
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Adverbials
Unit 4 Comprehension: Recounts of scary events; differently structured texts
(suggested as 4 days)
Unit 5 Composition: Write a ‘narrow escape’ recount
(suggested as 4 days)
