Starting Points: The Polar Express
Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 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 KS2.
Revision of apostrophes used for contraction and possession
Revision of the four sentence types
Use of exclamation marks
Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions, adverbs, or
prepositionsUse of inverted commas and other punctuation to write direct speech
Noun phrases expanded by modifying adjectives, nouns and
preposition phrasesFronted adverbials, including the use of commas after fronted
adverbialsRelative clauses
Linking ideas across paragraphs using tense choices (use of past & past perfect)
Use of the passive voiceHyphens used to avoid ambiguity
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 Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 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 KS2.
Revision of apostrophes used for contraction and possession
Revision of the four sentence types
Use of exclamation marks
Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions, adverbs, or
prepositionsUse of inverted commas and other punctuation to write direct speech
Noun phrases expanded by modifying adjectives, nouns and
preposition phrasesFronted adverbials, including the use of commas after fronted
adverbialsRelative clauses
Linking ideas across paragraphs using tense choices (use of past & past perfect)
Use of the passive voiceHyphens used to avoid ambiguity
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 Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 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 KS2.
Revision of apostrophes used for contraction and possession
Revision of the four sentence types
Use of exclamation marks
Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions, adverbs, or
prepositionsUse of inverted commas and other punctuation to write direct speech
Noun phrases expanded by modifying adjectives, nouns and
preposition phrasesFronted adverbials, including the use of commas after fronted
adverbialsRelative clauses
Linking ideas across paragraphs using tense choices (use of past & past perfect)
Use of the passive voiceHyphens used to avoid ambiguity
Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.
This resource is also available to download as part of our Christmas Bundle.
