Starting Points: Arthur and the Golden Rope

Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Arthur and the Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton. 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 3 and Year 4.

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

• Word families based on common nouns

• Expressing time, place and cause using adverbs and prepositions

• Use of the present perfect form of verbs

• The use of direct speech

• Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases

• Fronted adverbials

• Appropriate choice of noun and pronoun

• Use of commas after fronted adverbials.

In this pack you will find the following resources:

• Expanded Noun Phrase teaching slides

• Expanded Noun Phase activity

• Prepositions pack

• Word builder activity

• Quest story checklist

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