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Real Writing Year 3 - Unit 20
Journey to the Arctic Circle, by Ross Montgomery
Curriculum links: Geography (Arctic and Antarctic)
This writing unit for Year 3 is built around an original model text by Ross Montgomery - a story describing an expedition to the Arctic Circle, which turns out to be imaginary! The example text is available as a PDF in three versions (plain, illustrated and annotated); annotated and non-annotated PowerPoint presentations are also included.
Two fully resourced lesson plans are included for Year 3 English objectives:
Pupils will: revisit word classes; understand how adverbs modify verbs and that whilst they often end with the suffix -ly, they do not always (nor are all words ending with -ly suffixes); understand the spelling rules for adding the suffix -ly, and exceptions; turn adjectives into adverbs, and use them in sentences.
Pupils will: understand that using synonyms for ‘said’ can make meaning clearer for the reader; improve sentences by using a synonym for said, as well as an adverb; write a section of dialogue, correctly punctuated, using synonyms for ‘said’.
Tier two words: miracle, survival, beset
Tier three words: Arctic Circle, avalanche, base camp, environment, expedition, landscape
Year 3 spellings: appear, disappear, continue, enough, heard, purpose
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