English Year 6 Summer Non-fiction for Transition
Goals, Dreams and Change
Inspire dreams, set goals and trigger change with this sophisticated block. Explore dreams and goals with You are Awesome, give presentations on climate change, and engage in politics, debating and writing to your MP with Usborne’s Politics for Beginners.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Growth mindset; goals and dreams
(suggested as 4 days)
Unit 2 Composition: Presentations on Climate Change
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
Resource PowerPoint
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Provided in resources
Websites
13 ways to save the earth from nationalgeographic.com
BBC Newsround’s climate change resource from bbc.co.uk
Unit 3 Composition: Political futures: persuasive debates and letters
(suggested as 4 days)
Lesson Planning
Resource PowerPoint
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Politics for Beginners Usborne Publishing
Websites
All from YouTube.com:
Day 1 The history, structure & function of parliament in greater depth (for research &/or background)
Day 2 Quick introduction to parliament
Day 3 Being heard in politics
Find your MP from parliament.uk