English

Summer 2

English

Our text this half term is 'Grandad's Secret Giant' by David Litchfield. This is a story with a moral message about keeping secrets and acceptance.

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)

Using persuasive devices and language

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, including the moral of acceptance. Some children may include the point of view of the giant.