English
Autumn 1
English
Our first text is 'Troll Swap'. This is a fun story with 2 main characters who change places with each other.
Writing opportunities include:
Plan or say out loud what is going to be written about
Use punctuation correctly – full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamtion sentences
Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
Use subordination (because) and coordination (and)
Use paragrpahs correctly to organise ideas
Use a range of openers and conjunctions, includng and, but,so, that, if
Children will have opportuniteis to describe characters and settings. They will also use their own imagination to substitute characters and events.
The assessed task will be to retell their own version of the story, using some substitution.