Starting Points: Escape From Pompeii

Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Escape From Pompeii by Christina Balit 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 4.  

In this set of starting points, we have planned for the following grammar learning:

• The difference between plural and possessive -s

• Fronted adverbials

• Commas to mark fronted adverbials

• Direct speech

• Creating cohesion

In this pack, we have included the following resources:

• Adverbials sorting table activity

• Commas table activity

• Descriptive techniques sheet

• Emotion graph

• Role on the Wall sheet

• Tell Me prompt

• Vocabulary cards

• Vocabulary definitions

• Y3 and Y4 Statutory words

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