Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 5/6 Summer Short Stories
Happy Here
Enjoy reading a selection of stories from Happy Here, exploring character, setting and plot. Learn about relative clauses and adverbials of time. Plan and write a short story based on A House Like No Other involving a character who grows in confidence after finding a magical item.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Reading short stories and exploring character, setting and plot
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Happy Here: 10 Stories from Black Authors & Illustrators Introduced by Sharna Jackson
Unit 2 SPaG: Using relative clauses in descriptive writing
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Happy Here: 10 Stories from Black Authors & Illustrators Introduced by Sharna Jackson
Unit 3 SPaG: Using adverbs of time to create cohesive paragraphs
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Happy Here: 10 Stories from Black Authors & Illustrators Introduced by Sharna Jackson
Weblinks
Theresa Lola talks about writing ‘A Good Weekend’
Unit 4 Composition: Writing a short story about gaining confidence
(suggested as 5 days)
