Key Stage Two : English : Extra : Bonfire Party
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to select and use formal and informal language to compose invitations, letters and speeches for a family and town party on Bonfire Night. The class can practise using adverbials of time to specify when, how long or how often something happened.
Select and use formal and informal language to compose invitations, letters and speeches for a family and town party on Bonfire Night
Lesson One : Bonfire Guests
Identify and record some of the special formal and informal vocabulary that might be used when inviting different groups of people to a Bonfire Night party
Lesson Two : Firework Display
Practise using adverbials of time when describing the sequence of events at a family Bonfire party
Lesson Three : Bonfire Invitations
Select and use formal and informal language to invite different groups of people to a family Bonfire party
Lesson Four : Firework Complaint
Select and use formal language when writing a letter of complaint about a neighbour’s firework display
Lesson Five : Bonfire Speech
Practise writing a speech to open a town’s firework display using formal language and sentence structures
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