Planning and Activities
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English Year 5 Summer Letters
Historical and Modern Letters
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.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to different types of letters and correspondence
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
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)
Unit 2 SPAG: Degrees of possibility - Adverbs & Modal Verbs; invitations and RSVPs
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Texts
All provided in resources
Presentation
Grammar PowerPoint: Adverbs of Possibility & Modal Verbs
Unit 3 Comprehension: Historical and letters of note
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
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
Unit 4 SPAG: Commas, colons and bullet points for clarity
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
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
Unit 5 Composition: Write a job application letter, roleplay interviews
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
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