Starting Points: The Lion and The Unicorn UPDATED

Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on The Lion and The Unicorn by Shirley Hughes you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling.  This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in Upper KS2.  

In this set of Starting Points, we have planned for the following grammar learning:

• Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity

• Linking ideas across and between paragraphs with adverbials

• Revise the use of direct speech and extend to develop character

• Use of single dashes to mark the boundary between independent clauses

• How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity

• Use of the passive (including the agentless passive) to affect the presentation of information in a sentence

The following resources are included in this pack:

• Commas Table

• Passive and agentless passive teacher slides

• Statutory words for Year 5 and Year 6

• Tell Me Grid

• Theme Tokens

Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.