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Primary Year 3 SK Scheme of Work
SCHEME OF WORK: NON-TEXTBOOK BASED LESSON (Unit 10)

LESSON: 158 (Writing 30) MAIN SKILL FOCUS: Writing THEME: World of Knowledge
WEEK: TOPIC: The world around us CROSS-CURRICULAR ELEMENT: Creativity & LANGUAGE/GRAMMAR FOCUS: Review of superlatives

& comparatives
Imagination

CONTENT LEARNING MATERIALS / DIFFERENTIATION
STANDARD STANDARD LEARNING OUTLINE REFERENCES STRATEGIES
Pre-lesson
Main Skill Main Skill Get Smart plus 3 Differentiate learning
according to the needs of
Writing 4.3 Writing 4.3.3 Plan, 1. Play Missing Planets (see Teacher’s Book, p.153). Teacher’s Book, p.153 your pupils and class.
Communicate with draft and write an Lesson delivery
appropriate increased range of Please see the seven
language form and simple sentences 2. Talk to pupils about the universe, telling them that there are many solar Poster paper differentiation strategies
style for a range of systems in the universe, but we don’t know very much about the other solar listed in the introduction.
purposes in print systems. Tell pupils they will imagine a solar system. You could give an Colour pens and Please also consider the
and digital media example of another solar system, an imaginary one, or even have pupils pencils following:
Complementary research this, if you have time. More proficient
Skill 3. Ask pupils to work in groups of three or four. First they note in their groups/pupils can include
Complementary Writing 4.2.4 notebooks the basic information about the planets in their imaginary solar different information about
Skill Describe people system, e.g. how many planets there are, what they are called, how their solar system, for
Writing 4.2 and objects using big/hot/cold they are etc. Monitor carefully and help pupils with ideas and example whether the
Communicate suitable words and language at this planning stage. planets have life on them,
basic information phrases 4. Each group makes a poster. They should decide who will write, who will draw moons around them etc.
intelligibly for a and who will manage the group. The writer(s) should draft the text that will go
range of purposes on the poster, the artist(s) should plan and draw the solar system on the
in print and digital poster, the manager should make sure that the information is correct
media between the artwork and the text.
5. When the writer(s) has finished the first draft, all the group members should
help review it and check the language and content. Monitor and help as
pupils do this.
6. Pupils finish their posters by adding the text to them.
7. Display the posters in the classroom.
Post-lesson
8. Ask pupils to look at the posters and comment positively on them. Give some
feedback on the content, design and on how well groups have worked
together as a team to produce the posters.

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