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Teach a complete 2-week KS1 English unit based on A Cloudy Lesson (Literacy Shed).
This pack takes pupils step-by-step through writing their own set of instructions, using phonics-friendly routines and progressive grammar objectives.

What’s included:

8-lesson PowerPoint slideshow (Star Words, Model Sentence, Hold a Sentence, Build a Sentence, Independent Write, Editing)

Full PDF version (ready-to-use, perfectly formatted)

Model text (How to Blow the Perfect Cloud)

Word banks (six key words per step)

Pupil writing frame (for independent writing)

Pupil editing checklist

Why it works:

Methodical & progressive - one clear LO per lesson, covering all 4 instruction steps.

Phonics-aligned - Year 1 Hold a Sentence examples use only Set 1 & 2 sounds plus CEWs.

Mixed-age friendly - designed for Year 1, Year 2, or combined Y1/2 classes. Y2 tasks stretch with adverbs, conjunctions, expanded noun phrases, and editing.

Editable PowerPoint included - fonts may shift depending on your system, but the file is fully editable.

PDF version included - ready to project with formatting locked in place.

Learning objectives covered:

Using expanded noun phrases for detail

Using imperative verbs to give instructions

Using adverbs to explain how

Using time words to order steps

Independent writing & pupil-led editing

National Curriculum Links:

Year 1: sequencing sentences, imperative verbs, time conjunctions, capital letters and full stops.

Year 2: adverbs, expanded noun phrases, sentence openers, conjunctions, editing.