KS1 English Planning and Resources, English Unit of Work based around the  book 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. 9 Lessons fully planned with objectives linked to the KS1 National Curriculum for Reading,  Grammar and Writing Composition. Lessons and worksheets included.
 
Writing for a Purpose:
Writing Christmas cards
Writing ‘question’ challenge cards for a board game
Character description
Sequencing and retelling a traditional tale (writing a Toytown Christmas Annual)
Writing a descriptive poster for ‘Wolf’s Spotter’s guide
Writing sentences to describe elements of the story from ‘The Jolly Postman’
Planning and writing a letter to Santa
 
Planning and resources included only. The book can be purchased here: The Jolly Christmas Postman
 
Reading Objectives:
Make verbal predictions.
Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.
Becoming very familiar with key stories, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics.
 
Grammar and Punctuation Objectives:
Write sentences using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.
Punctuating sentences with question marks.
To use adjectives and expanded noun phrases to describe characters or objects.
 
Writing Objectives:
 
Saying out loud what they are going to write about.
Composing a sentence orally before writing it.
Sequencing sentences to form short narratives.
 
 
Unit Overview:
In this unit, a ‘special delivery’ will be delivered to class. The ‘hook’ task will lead the children to discover the text ‘The Jolly Christmas Postman’ by Allan and Janet Ahlberg. Shared reading lessons will take the children on a journey to visit each character within the story (The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Humpty Dumpty, Gingerbread Man, Mister Wolf and Mr and Mrs Santa). Reading lessons will teach children the skills to make verbal predictions, simple inferences and retell familiar stories.  Grammar and punctuation lessons will guide children to develop question sentences and expanded noun phrases within their writing. 
This unit will explore a number of different writing opportunities: writing Christmas cards; writing ‘question’ challenge cards for a board game; character description; sequencing and retelling a traditional tale (writing a Toytown Christmas Annual); writing a descriptive poster for ‘Wolf’s Spotter’s guide; writing sentences to describe elements of the story from ‘The Jolly Postman’; planning and writing a letter to Santa.
 
Resources Included in the Zip File:
Editable Planning Documents (9 lessons Microsoft Word Document)
Adjectives and expanded noun phrases (PDF)
Board game template (PDF)
Christmas card template (PDF)
Classroom display banner (PDF)
Display vocabulary (PDF)
Events from the story display images (PDF)
Events from the story writing frames (PDF)
Hook activity delivery label (PDF)
Humpty Dumpty jigsaw (PDF)
Letter from Santa (PDF)
Letter writing frame (PDF)
Letterbox display image (PDF)
Planning a letter template (PDF)
Postman display image (PDF)
The Gingerbread Man Large storyboard (PDF)
The Toytown Christmas Annual writing frame (PDF)
Wolf Spotter's Guide template (PDF)
Word Mat (PDF)
 
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