Year 4: The Flower – Stepping Stones

£12.50

This unit of work is based on The Flower by John Light. Brigg’s life in the city is dull and dreary until the day he discovers a forbidden book in the library. He sets out on a mission to find a flower to bring some joy to his world.

Final writing outcome: Write the story from Brigg’s point of view

Mastery skills:
– Plan writing by discussing the structure, vocabulary and grammar of similar writing
– Discuss and record ideas
– Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, although, before, after, while, so, because
– Expand noun phrases by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases

Short writing opportunities to develop mastery:
– Narrative
– Descriptive writing
– Instructions
– Diary entry
– Persuasion

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What are Stepping Stones?
Stepping Stones by The Literacy Company are our short term literacy plans for teachers which introduce our text-based mastery approach to writing.
Each plan comprises 15 sessions to teach a small number of key writing skills from the National Curriculum. Throughout the unit of work, pupils are given the opportunity to repeatedly practise these skills through meaningful short pieces of writing linked to the text. This builds towards a final extended writing task in which pupils can apply the skills with confidence and independence.
Planning features:
  • Key activities for each session
  • Examples of grammar skills pupils are expected to use
  • Focus vocabulary and links to common exception words and NC word lists
  • Essential resources included for the activities
  • The first session is a ‘hook’ for learning
  • Some of the sessions provide a suggested challenge for those learners targeted to reach greater depth in writing
  • Opportunity for pupils to explore the genre of the final writing outcome in more detail
These plans will give you a flavour of our more extensive, award-winning writing programme Pathways to Write.

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