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English Year 5 Spring Recounts

Reports and Journalism

Use Tuesday by David Wiesner to study reports. Write speech, playscripts, speech bubbles, direct and reported speech. Use modal verbs; learn about cohesion. Write newspaper reports.

Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.

Core
Unit 1 Core Unit: Introduce reports and features of reports using ‘Tuesday’ (suggested as 4 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

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Texts
Tuesday by David Wiesner

SPAG
Unit 2 SPAG: Study modal verbs and adverbs of possibility (suggested as 3 days)

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Tuesday by David Wiesner

SPAG
Unit 3 SPAG: Identify and write direct and reported speech (suggested as 3 days)

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SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

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Texts
Tuesday by David Wiesner

SPAG
Unit 4 SPAG: Identify and use devices to build cohesion within paragraphs (suggested as 3 days)

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Texts
Hurricane by David Wiesner

Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Devices to Add Cohesion

Composition
Unit 5 Composition: Read and write newspaper reports (suggested as 4 days)

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Texts
Tuesday by David Wiesner

Presentations
SPAG PowerPoint: Degrees of Possibility
SPAG PowerPoint: Devices to Add Cohesion

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