KS1 English Planning and Resources, English Unit of Work based around the  book 'Room on the Broom' by Julia Donaldson . 11 Lessons fully planned with objectives linked to the KS1 National Curriculum for Reading,  Grammar and Writing Composition. Lessons and worksheets included. Writing Focus: Character Description and story writing: 'Dragon's Side of the Story'.
 
Planning and resources included only. The book can be purchased here: Room on the Broom
 
Reading Objectives:
Discussing word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known.
Predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.
Learning to appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart.
Discussing the sequence of events in books and how items of information are related.
Becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories.
 
Grammar and Spelling Objectives:
To use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify.
Exploring spellings within rhyming words.
Understand the purpose of exclamation marks.
Recognise and use onomatopoeia.
Sequencing events with temporal connectives.
 
Writing Objectives:
Writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary.
Sequencing sentences to form short narratives. 
Re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense. 
Evaluating their writing with the teacher and other pupils.
 
Unit Overview:
This unit begins with an engaging ‘hook’ activity, creating a special potion in a witch’s cauldron. The class will then be introduced to the text ‘Room on the Broom’ by Julia Donaldson. Shared reading lessons will encourage children to make simple predictions, and explore key words within the text. Children will also be taught how to make inferences about characters using evidence from the text and information they already know. The class will be taught to recognise rhyming words within the text, followed by activities to generate their own rhyming words for sentences. Once the class are familiar with the story, they will use storyboards and story maps to retell the story using sequencing, temporal connectives. The class will then explore onomatopoeia and exclamation marks within the text, generating their own onomatopoeia for the ‘dragon’ in the story. Following this, the class will focus on the character description of the ‘beast’ within the story, exploring expanded noun phrases used within the text. Children will then generate their own expanded noun phrases for the ‘witch’ and the ‘dragon’ within the story, writing a short description for these characters. The class will then be guided through the writing process, planning ideas to write a story from ‘The Dragon’s Side of the Story’. Shared writing lessons will model good writing practice, building upon the grammar and spelling skills taught within this unit.
 
Resources Included in the Zip File:
Editable Planning Documents (11 lessons Microsoft Word Document)
Beast Description Writing Frame (PDF)
Display Vocabulary (PDF)
Inference Partner Task (PDF)
Labelling Key Vocabulary (PDF)
Making Inferences Worksheet (PDF)
Making Inferences (PDF)
Making Predictions (PDF)
Onomatopoeia Presentation (PDF)
Onomatopoeia Worksheet (PDF)
Planning the dragon's story worksheet (PDF)
Retelling Room on the Broom (PDF)
Rhyming Sentences Worksheet (PDF)
Rhyming Word Game (PDF)
Rhyming Words Presentation (PPTX)
Rhyming Words Worksheet (PDF)
Room on the Broom Classroom Display Banner (PDF)
Room on the Broom Large Storyboard (PDF)
Sequencing Story Map (PDF)
Sequencing the Story Worksheet (PDF)
Sequencing Words Display (PDF)
The Beast Description and Word Groups (PDF)
The Dragon's Side of the Story Front Cover (PDF)
Vocab Matching Game (PDF)
Witch and Dragon Description writing frame (PDF)
Word Mat (PDF)
Writing Frame (PDF)
 
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