Planning and Activities

Delve into letter-writing, revising conventions, purpose, and register, and analyse fascinating historical texts. Write fan letters, tactful RSVPs and job applications. Study modal verbs, commas, colons and bullet points.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
Essential Texts
All provided in resources
Optional Text
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience Compiled by Shaun Usher
Websites
Letters of Note website
Excerpt from The BFG from YouTube.com (watch from about 2 mins to 5 mins)
Essential Texts
All provided in resources
Presentation
Grammar PowerPoint: Adverbs of Possibility & Modal Verbs
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
Essential Texts
All provided in resources
Optional Text
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience – Compiled by Shaun Usher
Websites
The Skills of Leonardo da Vinci; To my Widow on Letters of Note; I Like Words all on the Letters of Note website
Background to Leonardo da Vinci and Captain Scott from YouTube.com
Essential Texts
All provided in resources
Websites
Background on Cruella De Vil from disneyfandom.com
Clip of Cruella De Vil from YouTube.com
Bullet Points from bbc.co.uk
Presentation
Grammar PowerPoint: Commas, bullet points & colons
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
Essential Texts
All provided in resources
Optional Text
Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience – Compiled by Shaun Usher
Websites
Letters of Note website
Pottermore Guide to Wizarding Careers from wizardingworld.com
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