Planning and Activities
Non-fiction
English Year 4 Summer Reports
Narratives of Liberation
Explore recounts using biographies from the civil rights movement: Henry’s Freedom Box and the story of Rosa Parks' life. Use dialogue punctuation, apostrophes and paragraphs.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core – Read about an escape and write a short recount
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Unit 2 SPAG: Write dialogue using correct punctuation and a variety of reporting clauses
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Presentations
SPAG: Writing and Punctuating Dialogue
Unit 3 Comprehension: Explore a biography; use paragraphs in writing biographical recounts
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Who was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Optional Texts
Little People, Big dreams: Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser
Presentations
SPAG: Paragraphs
Unit 4 SPAG: Identify correct uses of apostrophes and use in own writing
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
Little People, Big dreams: Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser
Who was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Presentations
SPAG: Uses of Apostrophes
Unit 5 Composition: Write a recount in the form of a biographical blog
(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
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Who was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Little People, Big dreams: Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser