Starting Points: Stuck

Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Stuck by Oliver Jeffers 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 Year 1 and Year 2.

In this set of Starting Points, you will find planning to support the following grammar objectives:

• How the prefix un- changes the meaning of verbs and adjectives

• Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences

• Use of -ly to turn adjectives into adverbs

• Subordination

• How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicates its function

• Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense through writing

• Use of the progressive form of verbs

• Use of capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks and question marks to demarcate sentences

• Apostrophes to mark where letters are missing

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