This English scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explore descriptive language used in stories about family life, practise spelling words with le endings and write sentences using the correct punctuation based on I Want a Pet, Lauren Child.

Explore descriptive language used in stories about family life, practise spelling words with le endings and write sentences using the correct punctuation

Lesson One : Word Guess

Play games to identify the spelling and meaning of different words with le endings

Lesson Two : Animal Sentences

Select and use descriptive vocabulary to describe some of the different animals that could be kept as pets by a family

Lesson Three : Animal Lists

Select and compile lists of descriptive vocabulary words that can be used to describe a range of different animals

Lesson Four : Animal Capitals

Practise using capital letters in sentences to describe different animals that could be kept as a pet by a family

Lesson Five : Pet Boxes

Make collections of words and sentences to describe an unusual pet that could have been kept by a family

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