This year 5 Black Lives themed unit of work is based on Young, Gifted and Black by Jamie Wilson and Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story by Catherine Johnson.

In the first text (Young, Gifted and Black), pupils will meet 52 icons of colour from past and present in this inspirational collection of stories. The second text (Race to the Frozen North) tells the true story of how 19th-century explorer Matthew Henson became the first person to reach the North Pole but his achievements were never acknowledged.

The unit comprises 15 sessions of English planning and focuses on mastering key writing skills (grammar, vocabulary and punctuation) from the national curriculum. Opportunities to develop reading comprehension, writing composition and spoken language skills are also woven throughout the unit.

Mastery Skills:

• Identify the audience for and purpose of writing
• Organise paragraphs around a theme with a focus on more complex narrative structures
• Use commas after fronted adverbials
• Use commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing

Short writing opportunities:

• Diary entry
• Character profile
• Recount
• Email
• Character description
• Letter
• Setting description

Resources: PowerPoints, lesson planning and abridged methodology.

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This unit can be used individually or as part of a whole-school themed project with our other units on this theme.

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