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Unit C – Story Fables
This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and describe some of the different characters settings and events that can feature in traditional fables, identify families of words with common spellings and practise punctuating direct speech in sentences based on Aesop’s Funky Fables.
Explore and describe some of the different characters settings and events that can feature in traditional fables
Lesson One : Word Combinations
Select and combine prefixes, suffixes and word roots to make collections of words from the same spelling family
Lesson Two : Character Lists
Select and compile lists of words used in fables to describe the appearance and behaviour of different story characters
Lesson Three : Story Dialogue
Practise using speech marks to punctuate dialogue sentences from a fable that can be used to show character traits
Lesson Four : Fable Ending
Compose an alternative ending to a story fable illustrating the actions and thoughts of characters about the narrative events
Lesson Five : Fable Writing
Edit and redraft an alternative ending to a story fable to teach the reader another moral lesson through the narrative
- Summer Picnic
Calculate numbers of picnic items by dividing two and three digit by one digit numbers with remainders - Woodland
Select and use times tables facts to divide numbers of woodland materials into equal groups - Roman Army
Read and write a set of instructions about how to prepare the Roman army for battle - Household Appliances
Read and write explanations to explain how and why different household appliances work and function