ENGLISH Summary of activities Notes

Year Six As part of our induction programme to Year Six we JW will teach Friday’s lesson.
Set Two will begin by looking at writing an autobiography.

Biographi
es &
Autobiogr
aphies

Date: Learni Target

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Whole Class Word/ Independent Work Plenar Resourc
ng Introduction (Text) Sentence Level y es
8-9- Intent
pupils/
Speaking & Listening
Areas Easy Medium Hard
2008 ions & to
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Criteri
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Monday • Recap our work from • • The children will put together a CV for the person The • Notes
Learning Intention: Friday’s lesson where we they interviewed on Friday. children from
We Are Learning To interviewed each other to should Friday’s
produce a CV for a job collect information for a CV be given lesson
Success Criteria: • We are going to put a • Best
I can produce a well- together a CV in order to moment paper
presented, concise CV apply for the job we to read
discussed on Friday. the CV
• Recap the importance of that has
presentation been
prepared
• Discuss the importance of
for them.
keeping information
concise – well explained by
brief
Wednesday • Look again at our timelines • Play a VCOP
game
• Write about
a special
• Write about
a special
• Write
about a
Share
some of
• Thursd
ay’s
Learning Intention: that we prepared on the work
We Are Learning To write moment moment special work
Thursday. Explain how that has
from our from our moment
an event
autobiography
in my Roald Dahl would have
timeline for timeline for from our been • Roald
done the same thing before written. Dahl -
Success Criteria: an an timeline
he wrote his autobiography Boy
I can use sentence autobiograp autobiograph for an
‘Boy’. He then chose
openers in my hy y – use two autobiogra
special events to write in
autobiography different phy – use
more detail about.#
sentence three
• Read the story of The Motor starters different
Car. sentence
• Because an autobiography starters
is personal, what does it
allow us to do – give very
specific information, give
personal thoughts and vivid
detail
Wednesday
Learning Intention:
• Look back at yesterday’s
work
• Look at some of
the different
• Write about
a special • Write about
• Write
about a
Look at
how we
• Roald
a special have Dahl –
We Are Learning To write
an event in my
• Think about the work that
types of
sentence
moment
from our moment
special
moment built up Boy
was produced and discuss openers and timeline. from our from our suspense • Whiteb
autobiography
Success Criteria: how the work could be practice writing Use two timeline. Use timeline. in our oards
I can build up suspense in more entertaining by sentences of this different three Use four writing. • Marker
my story telling building up suspense type sentence different different s
• Read through the Great openers. sentence sentence • Cleaner
Mouse Plot and observe the openers. openers. s
way that the author writes
for most of the page before
he reaches the main part of
the story.
• What effect does this have
on the reader?
Thursday
Learning Intention:
• The children must now • Look at a • Write about
• Write about
their hopes
• Write
about
The
personal
• Card
write the final part of their Sentence Opener their hopes homewor for
We Are Learning To and their
autobiography – the future. game from the and k for this homew
identify events that are aspirations hopes and
• This is slightly different VCOP games. aspirations week will ork
suitable for an for the future. aspiration
because the events have for the be to • VCOP
autobiography Use three s for the
not happened yet. In this future. Use copy up games
Success Criteria: different future.
part, the write explains two the
I can compile a timeline sentence Use four
about their hopes and different writing
of the events in my life openers. different
aspirations for the future. sentence for part
that are suitable for an sentence
autobiography openers. openers. of their
autobiogr
aphy,
adding a
photo.
Friday • Look at an example of an • • The children will carry out a Parkinson style The • Exampl
Learning Intention: interview from Parkinson. interview with somebody in their class. children e of an
We Are Learning To • Who does the most talking? • Note taking is not required – the interviewer must will be intervie
given w from
collect information for a
CV
• What sort of questions are
listen very carefully and respond to what has been
explained to them. their Parkins
Success Criteria: asked? homewor on
I can carry out an • How does the interviewer k for the
interview to collect respond after their weekend.
information for a CV interviewee has finished
their answer? They next
question is usually based
on the previous answer.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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