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Learning Sequence – Unit Overview
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Arriving in Madgascar. Look at image of Make inferences as to where Sunny has Retell story orally in full sentences using
Sunny. arrived. How do the children know? Use time adverbials to sequence the events.
Children infer Sunny’s feelings and evidence. Revisit Sunny’s feelings at each stage and
emotions. Record. Discuss how the writer shows Sunny’s add words to map.
Read postcard from Madagascar. Find changing feelings though the story. What Retell story orally in full sentences using
clues to show how Sunny feels. Record on do they notice about the postcards? time adverbials and feelings/ly words
role on the wall. Show how Sunny’s feelings have changed words.
Use ‘because’ and ‘and’ to join ideas through the story- record on emotions Use story map in sections to rewrite story.
together. graph. Model process. Scaffold appropriately –
Write accurate sentences to give Sunny’s Retell the story using story map. Stick some children will need fewer pictures.
feelings and reasoning, using evidence pictures of each place in the right order. Emphasis should be on writing accurate
from the text. Generate time adverbials to help meaningful sentences.
Share what children would do at Aunty sequence the story. Discuss meaning of Evaluate writing using Does my writing
Bea’s and Uncle Rob’s. adverbials and best order. Annotate map. make sense? prompts. Make changes.
Compare Sunny’s experience from the first Teach use of –ly adverbs and best place Proof read with zero tolerance check.
postcard to the last. to use them for effect.
Identify key points for each postcard. Play ‘sentence, not a sentence’
Use ‘but’ to join ideas together. Write
speech bubble to give advice to Sunny for
what he should do.
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