Lesson Planning
Fiction
English Year 1/2 Summer Stories on a Theme
Books
Enjoy reading and comparing picture books about Ralfy Rabbit by Emily Mackenzie. Use Charlie Cooks Favourite Book as inspiration to write your own stories about well-known characters. Explore how adjectives can be turned into adverbs and how conjunctions can be used.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Exploring and comparing stories about books
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Also Need
Essential Texts
Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar by Emily Mackenzie
Beware! Ralfy Rabbit and the Secret Book Biter Emily Mackenzie
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Weblinks
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, read by Deanna Rodger (Hamilton Oral stories)
Book review for Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book
Unit 2 SPaG: Joining clauses using coordination or subordination
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Hamilton Group Reader
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to Be Told by Wilf Merttens
Weblink
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to Be Told, Hamilton Oral Story told by Wilf Merttens
Group Readers
The Little Story Who Didn’t Want to be Told
This is a story for children and grownups - both will love the neat twist at the end. The delicate and quixotic illustrations add to its charm and, even for the most reluctant readers, this is a real page turner. Children are made aware of the rich language of storytelling in this exemplary text.
Unit 3 SPaG: Using the suffix -ly to turn adjectives into adverbs
(suggested as 2 days)
Unit 4 Composition: planning and writing stories about books
(suggested as 5 days)
