Key Stage One : English : Extra : Witch’s Cauldron : Lesson Four – Potion Recipe


This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to sequence and adapt a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell. The children can explain how to compose sentences for the instructions using clear and concise vocabulary.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to sequence and adapt a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Learning Objectives

Being introduced to non-fiction texts that are structured in different ways. Write sentences with different forms using commands for instructions.

Learning Outcomes

I can explain how to structure and format a set of instructions. I can select vocabulary to use when writing instructions for a specific activity.

Potion Recipe

Teaching sequence to help the children sequence and adapt a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Potion Ingredients

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children suggest how to prepare different materials to use when making a potion

Changing Wood Recipe

Shared reading text for whole class discussion to help the children explain how to structure and format a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Changing Metal Recipe

Activity to help the children complete and extend a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell for a specific function

Changing Metal Recipe (support)

Activity cards to help the children sequence a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell for a specific function

Potion Recipe

Interactive activity to help the children sequence and adapt a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to sequence and adapt a set of instructions about how to make a potion to cast a spell

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