Starting Points: Moth: An Evolution Story

Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas and Daniel Egnéus 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 6.  

In this set of Starting Points we have planned for learning across the English Programme of Study including the following aspects of grammar:

• Passive voice

• Cohesive devices (repetition of words and phrases, adverbials, ellipses)

• Layout devices (headings, sub-headings)

• Hyphens used to avoid ambiguity

• Past perfect

• Adverbials (including fronted adverbials) and prepositions

• Formal and informal vocabulary

• Formal and informal structures

In this pack you will find the following resources:

• Descriptive techniques resource

• Descriptive techniques bingo

• Theme tokens

• Vocabulary cards

• Definition cards

This book is a popular choice for classes learning about evolution and adaptation.

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