Starting Points: The Lion and The Unicorn
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.
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.
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.
We recommend this text highly for classes learning about WWII and specifically evacuation. It is an accessible text that can both anchor a unit of work and complement other texts about WWII.
