Finborough School Learning Programme
Year Group: Year 5
Week Commencing
Subject: English
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Autumn Term 2016
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Learning (Objective)
What is an autobiography and what are its key features
(Using Jessica Ennis Autobiography – Unbelievable)
I can write an autobiography. I can reflect independently
and critically on my own writing, edit and improve it.
To develop an understanding and appreciation of a long
text
Success
Criteria
To understand the style of autobiographical writing. Begin
to use features including key achievements and emotions.
Plan own autobiography.
Write an autobiography using plan, key facts and
achievement. Include detail and emotions. I will check, edit
and improve my work.
Write an advert
Plan and write a letter
Use descriptive language to describe a setting
I know what an autobiography is. I can write about my life
and include how I feel. I can plan my piece of writing about
me.
I can write about me an include how I felt. I will edit my
own work for punctuation and try to improve some of my
word choices.
Write an advert
Plan and write a letter
Use descriptive language to describe a setting
To understand the style of autobiographical writing. Begin
to use features including key achievements and emotions.
Write facts about your life with great grammar, spelling,
punctuation and detail. Plan autobiographical writing.
Write an autobiography using plan, key facts and
achievements. I will check, edit and uplevel my work to
include better vocabulary, punctuation and emotions.
Write an advert
Plan and write a letter
Use descriptive language to describe a setting. Check, edit
and uplevel work to include better vocab, punctuation and
description of emotions.
Find another famous autobiography and write about its
key features.
Using Jessica Ennis blurb, write a blurb for your
autobiography (include your chosen title e.g
‘Unbelievable’)
Complete ICT and English homework on google docs or MS
word.
Core
Support
Challenge
Homework (s)
Finborough School Learning Programme
Year Group: 5
Subject: English
Week Commencing
Learning (Objective)
4
What is a recount? Write a personal recount based on an
exciting trip or holiday.
Autumn Term 2016
5
What are instructions? Write a clear and detailed set of
instructions for a game (Tie in with Water based board
games)
6
How can we write persuasively? Use persuasive techniques
and super sentence starters to write persuasively (Tie in
with Dragon’s Den Project)
What is a review? What types of reviews are there? Write a
review of your own board game.
Success
Criteria
To recount a personal trip or holiday with correct
structure, detail and description of things seen and done.
Core
Write a clear set of instructions for a game including you
will need and step by step
What is persuasion? Use persuasive sentence starters to
create persuasive sentences.
After playing games, write a review of the game including
what you thought of it.
What persuasive techniques can we use? Sort types of
persuasive techniques and match up with definitions.
Create sentences with openers and persuasive techniques.
Using openers and techniques write a persuasive letter
‘Why we shouldn’t get homework this weekend.’
To write about a personal trip or holiday using adjectives
to describe things seen and done. Use template for
structure.
Support
To recount a personal trip or holiday with correct
structure, detail and description of things seen and done.
Use paragraphs to section your work.
Challenge
Homework (s)
Ask someone at home to tell you about a fantastic trip,
holiday or experience they’ve had. Write down:
What they did
Where they went
Why it was so memorable
Using writing frame write a clear set of instructions for a
game including you will need and step by step
What is persuasion? Use persuasive sentence starters and
writing frame to create persuasive sentences.
After playing games, write a review of the game including
what you thought of it.
What persuasive techniques can we use? Sort types of
persuasive techniques and match up with definitions.
Write a clear set of instructions for a game including you
will need and step by step, add impressive imperative verbs
and vocabulary
Using openers, techniques and writing frame write a
persuasive letter ‘Why we shouldn’t get homework this
weekend.’
What is persuasion? Use persuasive sentence starters to
create persuasive sentences, including a variety of
punctuation.
After playing games, write a review of the game including
what you thought of it. Include paragraphs and great
description of features and emotions.
What persuasive techniques can we use? Sort types of
persuasive techniques and match up with definitions.
Create sentences with openers and persuasive techniques.
To test and make own water-based board games ready to
play in school.
Using openers and techniques write a persuasive letter
‘Why we shouldn’t get homework this weekend.’ Use
paragraphs, letter features, great vocabulary and range of
punctuation.
Review a persuasive letter what is good and bad about it.
How can it be improved?
Finborough School Learning Programme
Year Group: 5
Subject: English
Week Commencing
Learning (Objective)
7
Autumn Term 2016
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9
Write a persuasive speech to the Dragons about why you should get money to build your water park.
(Massive Cross Curricular Dragon’s Den project involving planning, designing,
costing, creating presentation, presenting and pitching to Finborough Dragons)
Success
Criteria
Core
Children will work in mixed ability groups but all be writing their own part of the persuasive speech to
the Dragons. (They will use persuasive techniques and sentence starters from previous week.)
Support
Challenge
Homework (s)
Link to Topic creating PowerPoint Presentations
Ongoing work for Dragon’s Den
Finborough School Learning Programme
Year Group:
Subject:
Week Commencing
Learning (Objective)
Success
Criteria
Core
Support
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(Massive Cross Curricular Dragon’s Den project
involving planning, designing, costing, creating
presentation, presenting and pitching to Finborough
Dragons)
(Massive Cross Curricular Dragon’s Den project
involving planning, designing, costing, creating
presentation, presenting and pitching to Finborough
Dragons)
This week should involve the actual Dragon’s Den pitch
week!
Challenge
Homework (s)
Autumn Term 2016
Ongoing work for Dragon’s Den
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To evaluate the Dragon’s Den Pitch and project.
Watch Dragon’s Den pitches. Peer and self-evaluate. What
went well,? What could you improve on? What have you
learnt?
Evaluate each part of the project (including teamwork),
how did you group get on? Were you successful? What
would you do differently?