Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 4 Summer Stories on a Theme
Stories From Other Cultures
Immerse yourselves in wonderful stories from Africa. Read Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, The Pot of Wisdom and African Tales. Write Ananse stories using extended sentences.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core Unit: Introducing African stories
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Texts
African Tales by R. Griffin and G. Mhlophe
Optional Texts
Africa Is Not a Country by M. Melnicove and M.B. Knight
A Is for Africa by I. Onyefulu
Anna Hibiscus by Tobia L. Atinuke
The Fastest Boy in the World by E. Laird and P. Bailey
Unit 2 SPAG: Using conjunctions to express time, cause and place
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
The Pot of Wisdom by A. Badoe
Unit 3 Comprehension: Exploring a story from another country
(suggested as 3 days)
Unit 4 SPAG: Identifying and using adverbials, including fronted adverbials
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
The Pot of Wisdom by A. Badoe
Unit 5 Composition: Writing a version of an African story
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
The Pot of Wisdom by A Badoe