Lesson Planning
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English Year 5/6 Summer Instructions and Explanations
Fake News
Tackle the tricky issue of Fake News with this excellent block. Learn technical vocabulary, examine texts, carry out fact-checking and write a guide to help others. Incorporates modal verbs and adverbs and organisational devices.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: News, Fake News and Fact-Checking
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text:
Breaking News: How to Tell What’s Real from What’s Rubbish by Nick Sheridan
Optional Texts:
Fake News: True or False Quiz Book by Clive Gifford
Question Everything: An Investigator's Toolkit by Susan Martineau
Unit 2 SPAG: Modal Verbs & Adverbs: Headlines, Speculation & Codes of Conduct
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
Modal Verbs and Adverbs
You Will Need
Essential Texts:
Included in resources
Unit 3 SPAG: Bullets, colons and semi-colons for lists: Newsworthy or Not?
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
Bullets, Colons and Semi-colons
You Will Need
Essential Text:
Breaking News: How to Tell What’s Real from What’s Rubbish by Nick Sheridan
Unit 4 Composition: Create and Present a Guide on Fake News
(suggested as 5 days)
