Fiction

English Year 1 Summer Stories on a Theme

Superheroes

Superheroes All Sorts, Super Daisy, Superhero ABC will inspire your class to read and write! Study antonyms and punctuation while producing comic strips based on invented superheroes.

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

Core
Unit 1 Core Unit 1 – Read, recognise and enjoy a text about superheroes
(suggested as 4 days)

Group Readers

Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.

You Will Need

Group Reader
Superheroes All Sorts by Ruth Merttens

SPAG
Unit 2 SPAG: Spelling of plurals and words ending –ed and -ing
(suggested as 4 days)

Group Readers

Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.

Composition
Unit 3 Composition: Recognising and writing antonyms and comparisons
(suggested as 3 days)

Group Readers

Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Super Daisy by Kes Gray and Nick Sharrett

Group Reader
Superheroes All Sorts by Ruth Merttens

SPAG
Unit 4 SPAG: Alphabet and initial sounds; using capitals for proper names
(suggested as 3 days)

SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation

There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.

You Will Need

Essential Text
Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod

Composition
Unit 5 Composition: Write dialogue and produce a comic strip about a superhero
(suggested as 5 days)

Group Readers

Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.

You Will Need

Group Reader
Superheroes All Sorts by Ruth Merttens