JANUARY : UNIT 2A
“Big Ideas”
and/or
Standard
Essential
questions
Traditional tales from
different cultures
Traditional tales from
different cultures
How would you identify
characters and settings in
a story.
Who do you think is
the main character in
the story?
Which way does the
familiar setting impact on
the story.
What do you think
and feel about the
setting?
How do authors show
that time has passed in a
story?
Where do you think
the story took place?
Did you enjoy the story?
Explain your answer.
Traditional tales from
different cultures
-W hat is planning?
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When did you find
out about the main
character?
Why do you think the
story ended this
way?
How might
characters react at
the end
Traditional tales
from different
cultures

How do
authors use
different ways
of joining
sentences and
linking ideas?
In which way
can
vocabulary
choices be
used to
describe
people and
events ?
-Why should we
plan a story before
writing?
-How can we plan a
story?
-What should we
have in mind when
planning a story?
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When do
authors
change
characters
and settings in
a story? And
how does it
impact on the reader.
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In which ways
do authors
show that
time has
passed?
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Content/Key
Factual
Information
Enjoy, discuss and share
opinions of books read
Read and respond to
question words.
. Develop awareness
of an author’s skill by
looking at the
connectives they use
Write a story with
planned structure,
characters and
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together.
Start to make simple
inferences.
Find and discuss new and
interesting words in reading
to link sentences,
their choice of
vocabulary and how
they signal the
passage of time
setting, interesting
words and phrases,
a variety of
connecting words,
and words to signal
the passing of time.
Editing(improve
own writing)
 .
Skills

Differentiate
between characters,
setting and event.
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Predict and ask
questions about the
plot of a story.
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Review a book read
together with
recommendations
for others to read.
Use a dictionary for
new words and their
meaning.
Read stories with
familiar settings
Answer some simple
questions about
implicit meanings in
the story and
characters’ feelings
. Identify
connectives used
by an author in a
story.
Analyze the
impact of the
connectives used
in the story and
on the reader.
Enhance the
quality of a story
using connectives
Record ideas
about, setting
and plot
development
using mind
map.
Make choices
from your mind
map to inform
your planning.
Select from the
ideas to inform
your planning
Write longer
captions under
a sequence of
pictures to
retell the story.
Draw a picture
of the story
before writing
it.
Write about
some particular
aspects of the
story
Retell the story
in a story
frame
Retell the story
independently.
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Assessments
 Reading and
comprehension.
 Reading
comprehension
 Character mapping
 Book evaluation
 Book review
 Summarize the story
 Write the meaning of
new words found in the
story
 Discuss and answer
questions about
implicit meaning
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 Written
commentary on
connectives
 Oral presentation
 Write a story
using connectives
to signal time
 Plan a story
 Write a story
 Retell a story
 Draw a caption
to retell a story.
As learners write,
encourage them to
use:
 Group discussion

a phonic
representa
tion for
tricky
unknown
words

high
frequency
words they
should
know

a variety of
sentence
openings

sentence
punctuatio
n correctly
(capital
letters, full
stops,
question
marks)

speech
marks to
show
dialogue

connective
s to link
ideas
 Oral presentation
 Vocabulary Piggy Back
time connectives to
show how time is
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passing
Activities
Character Profile
Story board
Modelling
Group discussion
Read and answer
comprehension
questions about
implicit meaning
Modelling

their story
makes
sense and
they have
followed
their plan

they have
spelled
most
words
correctly
and the
verbs are
in the past
tense for
narration

the
punctuatio
n, including
question
marks and
speech
marks, is
correct

they have
chosen the
best words,
including a
variety of
words to
link
sentences.
.
Oral presentation
Story boards
Short story
Games on
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connectives
Resources
 100 Literacy hours
 100 Literacy hours
 100 Literacy hours
 Nelson Thornes
 Nelson Thornes
 Nelson Thornes
 100 Literacy
hours
 Nelson Thornes
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