LKS2 English Planning and Resources, English Unit of Work based around the  book 'WISP  - A Story of Hope' by Zana Fraillon and Grahame Baker-Smith. 15 Lessons fully planned with objectives linked to the LKS2 National Curriculum for Reading, S & L, Grammar and Writing Composition. Lessons, worksheets, presentations and displays included. Final Writing piece: First-person narrative.
 
Planning and resources included only. The book can be purchased here: Wisp
 
Reading Objectives:
Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence.
Predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Discuss words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination.
Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding by discussing words and phrases that capture the reader's interest and imagination.
Check that the text makes sense, discussing their understanding and explaining the meaning of words in context.
 
Speaking and Listening Objectives:
Listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers.
Ask relevant questions to extend understanding and knowledge.
Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas.
Participate in discussions, presentations, role play, improvisations and debates.
Consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on the contributions of others.
Ask relevant questions
Articulate and justify answers.
Maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations.
Consider and evaluate different viewpoints.
 
Grammar and Spelling Objectives:
Use fronted adverbials.
Use commas after fronted adverbials.
Speaking and writing in the first person (I, me, my).
Express time, place and cause using conjunctions.
Select appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning.
Compose and rehearse sentences orally, progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures. (personification)
 
Writing Objectives:
Develop positive attitudes towards writing by creating settings, characters and atmosphere.
Select appropriate grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency.
Select appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning.
Discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar.
Assess the effectiveness of their own and others' writing and suggest improvements.
Propose changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
proofread for spelling and punctuation errors.
Read their own writing aloud, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear.
 
Unit Overview:
This LKS2 English unit is based on Wisp: A Story of Hope by Zana Fraillon and Grahame Baker-Smith. Throughout the sequence, children develop their reading, speaking, listening and writing skills while exploring the themes of hope, belonging and kindness. The unit culminates in pupils planning, drafting, editing and publishing an imaginative first-person narrative, The Night I Followed the Wisp, written from Idris’s perspective.
Children begin by exploring the story through prediction, inference and vocabulary activities, using evidence from the text and illustrations to understand Idris’s thoughts and feelings. They develop their oracy skills through discussion of the story’s central message and consider how hope can change someone’s outlook. The writing sequence builds progressively through explicit teaching of key grammar and vocabulary. Children explore powerful verbs to describe movement precisely, fronted adverbials to develop sentence structure, personification to create setting and atmosphere, and subordinating conjunctions to connect and develop ideas.
Before writing, pupils step into Idris’s shoes through freeze frames, thought tracking and hot seating, developing character understanding and first-person voice. They then plan their narrative around five stages: The Camp, Wisp Appears, Following Wisp, The Discovery and Hope. Using their Writer’s Toolkit, children draft and refine their narratives before editing for vocabulary, grammar, spelling and punctuation. Finally, pupils publish and share their completed Stories of Hope, providing a meaningful audience and celebrating their development as confident, imaginative writers.
 
Resources Included in the Zip File:
Editable Planning Documents (15 lessons Microsoft Word Document)
Classroom Display Banner (PDF)
Display Vocabulary (PDF)
PowerPoint 134 Lesson Slides (PPTX)
Word Mat (PDF)
Fronted Adverbial Display Vocabulary (PDF)
Hook Letter from Idris (PDF)
Making Predictions Worksheets (PDF)
Inference Questions Worksheets (PDF)
Vocabulary Detectives (PDF)
Word Web Worksheets (PDF)
Powerful Verbs Worksheets (PDF)
Fronted Adverbial Partner Activity (PDF)
Fronted Adverbial Worksheets (PDF)
Personification Worksheets (PDF)
Subordinating Conjunctions Worksheets (PDF)
Subordinating Conjunctions Matching Game (PDF)
Idris Emotions (PDF)
Planning Document (PDF)
Powerful Verbs Display Vocabulary (PDF)
Quotes Display (PDF)
 
 
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