Lesson Planning
Non-fiction
English Year 5/6 Summer Reports
Survivors
Share exciting real-life survival stories from Survivors by David Long and find out about the Tham Luang cave rescue. Investigate relative clauses and cohesion between and within paragraphs. Write different types of reports including a podcast episode.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Explore survival reports: structure, audience and impact
(suggested as 5 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond by David Long
Weblinks
Interview with Juliane Koepcke from bbc.co.uk
Michael Rosen’s tips for a compelling recount from bbc.co.uk
News article about Juliane Koepcke from bbc.co.uk
Unit 2 SPaG: Relative Clauses: Describing extreme environments
(suggested as 2 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond by David Long
Weblinks
Interview with illustrator Kerry Hyndman from jabberworks.livejournal.com
Unit 3 SPaG: Cohesion between and within paragraphs: Reporting events
(suggested as 3 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential Text
Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond by David Long
Weblinks
Article about Strelczyk’s and Wetzel’s escape from East Germany for teacher reference
Unit 4 Composition: Research and write a podcast episode about a survival story
(suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential Text
Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond by David Long
Weblinks
Newsround video report [play to 30 sec] from bbc.co.uk
Detailed report on rescue from bbc.co.uk
Simple report (Newsround) from bbc.co.uk