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Year 2 English Planning and Resources, English Unit of Work based around the  book ‘Tidy’ by Emily Gravett . 15 Lessons fully planned with objectives linked to the KS1 National Curriculum for Reading, S & L, Grammar and Writing Composition. Lessons and worksheets included. Final Writing piece: Article on Protecting Forests.

Reading Objectives:

Predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.
Drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher.
Summarising the text.
Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.
Becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories.
Answering and asking questions.
Recognising the features of an article.

Speaking and Listening Objectives:

Articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions.
Participate in discussions, role play, and debates.

Grammar and Spelling Objectives:

To use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify.
To use commas in a list.
To use possessive apostrophes.
To use subordination (using when, if, that, or because).

Writing Objectives:

Writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary.
Encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence.
Evaluating their writing with the teacher and other pupils.

**Unit Overview:
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In this unit, children will be hooked by a visit to their school forest area to investigate the ‘mess’ they find. They will then be introduced to the story ‘Tidy’ by Emily Gravett and begin to make simple predictions about the text. Shared reading lessons will teach children the strategies to summarise, make inferences, sequence and retell the story. Speaking and listening lessons will encourage children to consider a moral question about forests and generate their own questions to ask characters through hot seating activities. The class will then read an article about ‘Protecting Forests’ and identify the features of this article. Grammar lessons will then explore the use of expanded noun phrases in which children will be required to write a short forest setting description. They will then be taught how to use commas in a list, possessive apostrophes and subordination within sentences. Children will then be guided through the writing process to plan, draft, write and edit their own article about protecting forests. The article will include each grammar element taught within this unit. The class will then publish their article by hand or using digital devices to create a class magazine.

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