Year+4

We linked this to the Tudors - Terry Deary stories are great! :) **~Jog_on**
 * __Narrative 1 - Stories with Historical Settings__**

Just added a message on the other page (not sure which one) - but we re-enacted the Battle of Bosworth to explain how the Tudors began. Children LOVED writing about it - so excited (them & me!) **~ sal 26**

Have got another Dr Who obsessed class this year so will be basing this genre on that! **fccwidow** I used the Iron Man for this last year, but am having a bit of a rethink for this year! **~Jog_on**
 * __Narrative 2 - Stories set in Imaginary Worlds__**

Linked this this year with Maori/Aboriginal myths and legends as doing NZ as a mini topic within the 'Our Planet' topic.**fccwidow** Did this with Chinye and Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters last year and it worked well...am trying to re-plan this at the moment though, as I don't think it's quite up to scratch! **~Jog_on**
 * __Narrative 3 - Stories set in Other Cultures__**

We used Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson for this last year - it dealt not only with bullying, but also with suicide, shoplifting, weight and redundancy. **~Jog_on** Used Sam's Duck by Michael Morpurgo (from idea from hamilton Trust and Bill's New Frock - **fccwidow**
 * __Narrative 4 - Stories which raise Issues or Dilemmas__**

I used the exemplified unit from the old framework for this last year...am having a rethink for this though...think it would fit in well with Christmas and making a story into a playscript! **~Jog_on** I used Fantastic Mr Fox script as a starter and lots of Shared/guided work but ran out of time as was Book Week! - **fccwidow**
 * __Narrative 5 - Plays__**

Write a Nativity newspaper **fccwidow** Using ideas from the TES forum, I used a trailer from Spiderman 3 to inlfuence this unit and it worked really well! **~Jog_on** Yes I also used the Spiderman clip at the start of the Unit - worked really well -
 * __Non-fiction 1 - Recounts: Newspapers/Magazines__**
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Non-fiction 2 - Information Texts

I love Until I met Dudley - it makes a great intro to the genre. Also use Wallace and Grommit's Cracking Contraptions DVD. **fccwidow**
 * __Non-fiction 3 - Explanation__**

Have made TV adverts using digiblue, posters using Publisher for our class's 'Healthy Tuck Shop' also made flapjacks, designed fruit smoothies/juices and prepared fruit salad and manned the 'shop' for 3 days. **fccwidow**
 * __Non-fiction 4 - Persuasion__**

Poetry 1 - Creating Images I've been running our poetry unit in tandem with historical stories because I think this works better with cross curricular links. We had some super shared poetry based on the poem Silence Listens - great 'sit up & notice' ideas & lovely word choices & images. Then I showed children a youtube of a rose flowering (loosely linked to the Tudor rose) & they used a really imaginative range of similes and metaphors to describe this image. Some children even linked these images to the character of Henry VIII eg. the soft, velvet of the rose & Henry's love of hunting/wearing of fur, scarlet colour & executioner's axe/Henry's beheaded wives etc. ~ **sal 26**

So far during this unit we've looked at a few poems beginning with a theme of School. We read a poem called 'Don't' and wrote a poem about what we shouldn't do on school. I've now moved onto looking at the Magic Box and we've thought about descriptive ideas. They made their own magic box today and began to write ideas on paper of things for the poem to put in the box. Next week we are going to write the poem and type it up and finally record them using video camera and watch them back. The kids are really excited! **~ Smileystar**

Poetry 2 - Exploring Form