Planning and Activities
Fiction
English Year 6 Autumn Historical Fiction
War Horse and War Game
Read powerful WWI fiction: War Horse and War Game. Revise clauses and use formal and informal register, including subjunctive form. Write stories inspired by reading.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Introduction to War Horse and historical fiction
(suggested as 4 days)
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With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Texts
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Optional texts
War Games by Michael Foreman
Websites
Horses in World War 1
Unit 2 SPAG: Revise single and multi-clause sentences
(suggested as 3 days)
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Coping with Lockdown?
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Clauses and Conjunctions
Unit 3 SPAG: Explore formal and informal language
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
Coping with Lockdown?
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Formal and Informal Register
Unit 4 Comprehension: Explore versions of War Horse and dramatize a chapter
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
Coping with Lockdown?
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
You Will Need
Texts
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Websites
War Horse National Theatre production trailer
War Horse (2011) film trailer (Certified for all audiences – Film has 12a certificate)
War Horse (2011) clip – cavalry charging the Germans (No combat scenes)
Unit 5 SPAG: Explore the subjunctive form
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
Coping with Lockdown?
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
If your class or school is having to close for a while, these materials provide a home dimension as well as a clear route map outlining what to teach online, and what to practise at home.
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Texts
War Game by Michael Foreman
Optional text
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Presentations
Grammar PowerPoint: Subjunctive Form
Unit 6 Composition: Write a story with a historical setting
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
Coping with Lockdown?
With TA/Tutor
These materials are for a TA or Tutor to use with a small group of children or one child.
They support the learning in class in this unit.
Notes are provided for teacher and TA/Tutor.
Back to Lockdown?
Home Learning packs are not being prepared for this unit.
You Will Need
Texts
(Either or both)
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
War Games by Michael Foreman
Website
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