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Year 4 English Term 3
Year 4 · English · Term 3
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Week 1 Lesson 1: Refresh reading stamina and discussion roles
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to refresh reading stamina and discussion roles.
- I can explain the focus skill: reading stamina discussion.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 1 Lesson 2: Identify purpose, audience and context in a new text
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to identify purpose, audience and context in a new text.
- I can explain the focus skill: purpose audience context.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 1 Lesson 3: Summarise key ideas using headings and topic sentences
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to summarise key ideas using headings and topic sentences.
- I can explain the focus skill: summarising key ideas.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 1 Lesson 4: Infer character feelings using evidence from the text
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to infer character feelings using evidence from the text.
- I can explain the focus skill: inference character evidence.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 1 Lesson 5: Evaluate how a text informs, influences or engages readers
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to evaluate how a text informs, influences or engages readers.
- I can explain the focus skill: evaluate text effects.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 2 Lesson 6: Compare storylines across familiar and unfamiliar contexts
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to compare storylines across familiar and unfamiliar contexts.
- I can explain the focus skill: compare storylines.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 2 Lesson 7: Track character goals, choices and changes
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to track character goals, choices and changes.
- I can explain the focus skill: character development.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 2 Lesson 8: Describe setting details and how they shape mood
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to describe setting details and how they shape mood.
- I can explain the focus skill: setting and mood.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 2 Lesson 9: Identify plot tension and turning points
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to identify plot tension and turning points.
- I can explain the focus skill: plot tension.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 2 Lesson 10: Write a short literary response using evidence
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to write a short literary response using evidence.
- I can explain the focus skill: literary response.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 3 Lesson 11: Explore literary devices that shape meaning
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to explore literary devices that shape meaning.
- I can explain the focus skill: literary devices.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 3 Lesson 12: Explain deliberate word play and vocabulary choices
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to explain deliberate word play and vocabulary choices.
- I can explain the focus skill: word play vocabulary.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 3 Lesson 13: Investigate direct and reported speech in texts
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to investigate direct and reported speech in texts.
- I can explain the focus skill: direct reported speech.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 3 Lesson 14: Use adverb groups and prepositional phrases for detail
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use adverb groups and prepositional phrases for detail.
- I can explain the focus skill: adverb prepositional detail.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 3 Lesson 15: Revise sentences for emphasis, rhythm and clarity
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to revise sentences for emphasis, rhythm and clarity.
- I can explain the focus skill: sentence revision.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 4 Lesson 16: Plan a narrative with problem, tension and resolution
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to plan a narrative with problem, tension and resolution.
- I can explain the focus skill: narrative planning.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 4 Lesson 17: Develop a character through action, dialogue and choice
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to develop a character through action, dialogue and choice.
- I can explain the focus skill: character through dialogue.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 4 Lesson 18: Build setting and mood using precise details
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to build setting and mood using precise details.
- I can explain the focus skill: setting details.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 4 Lesson 19: Draft a narrative scene using paragraphs to organise ideas
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to draft a narrative scene using paragraphs to organise ideas.
- I can explain the focus skill: paragraphing narrative.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 4 Lesson 20: Edit a narrative for dialogue punctuation and reader impact
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to edit a narrative for dialogue punctuation and reader impact.
- I can explain the focus skill: edit narrative.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 5 Lesson 21: Identify stages and features of informative texts
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to identify stages and features of informative texts.
- I can explain the focus skill: informative structure.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 5 Lesson 22: Gather facts and sort notes into categories
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to gather facts and sort notes into categories.
- I can explain the focus skill: note taking categories.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 5 Lesson 23: Use topic-specific vocabulary and objective language
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use topic-specific vocabulary and objective language.
- I can explain the focus skill: objective topic vocabulary.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 5 Lesson 24: Write linked informative paragraphs with connectives
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to write linked informative paragraphs with connectives.
- I can explain the focus skill: linked informative paragraphs.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 5 Lesson 25: Add visual features to support information
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to add visual features to support information.
- I can explain the focus skill: visual features information.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 6 Lesson 26: Distinguish fact, opinion and feeling language
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to distinguish fact, opinion and feeling language.
- I can explain the focus skill: fact opinion feeling.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 6 Lesson 27: Plan a persuasive argument for a clear audience
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to plan a persuasive argument for a clear audience.
- I can explain the focus skill: persuasive planning.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 6 Lesson 28: Use reasons, examples and evidence to support an opinion
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use reasons, examples and evidence to support an opinion.
- I can explain the focus skill: reasons evidence.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 6 Lesson 29: Strengthen persuasive language with modality and word choice
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to strengthen persuasive language with modality and word choice.
- I can explain the focus skill: modality word choice.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 6 Lesson 30: Edit and publish a persuasive paragraph
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to edit and publish a persuasive paragraph.
- I can explain the focus skill: publish persuasive paragraph.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 7 Lesson 31: Navigate online text features such as headlines, menus and links
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to navigate online text features such as headlines, menus and links.
- I can explain the focus skill: online text navigation.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 7 Lesson 32: Explore framing, placement and salience in images
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to explore framing, placement and salience in images.
- I can explain the focus skill: image salience.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 7 Lesson 33: Compare a print article and a web page on the same topic
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to compare a print article and a web page on the same topic.
- I can explain the focus skill: compare print digital.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 7 Lesson 34: Create captions and labels that guide a viewer
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to create captions and labels that guide a viewer.
- I can explain the focus skill: captions labels.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 7 Lesson 35: Design a multimodal page for a chosen audience
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to design a multimodal page for a chosen audience.
- I can explain the focus skill: multimodal design.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 8 Lesson 36: Build complex sentences with time and cause connectives
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to build complex sentences with time and cause connectives.
- I can explain the focus skill: complex sentences.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 8 Lesson 37: Use adverbial and prepositional phrases to add circumstances
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use adverbial and prepositional phrases to add circumstances.
- I can explain the focus skill: circumstantial detail.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 8 Lesson 38: Check tense choices and how they affect meaning
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to check tense choices and how they affect meaning.
- I can explain the focus skill: tense choices.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 8 Lesson 39: Spell multisyllabic and multimorphemic words
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to spell multisyllabic and multimorphemic words.
- I can explain the focus skill: multisyllabic spelling.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 8 Lesson 40: Choose accurate homophones using sentence context
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to choose accurate homophones using sentence context.
- I can explain the focus skill: homophones context.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 9 Lesson 41: Listen for key points and acknowledge another opinion
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to listen for key points and acknowledge another opinion.
- I can explain the focus skill: listening key points.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 9 Lesson 42: Plan an oral presentation with a clear structure
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to plan an oral presentation with a clear structure.
- I can explain the focus skill: presentation planning.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 9 Lesson 43: Use voice, pace, pitch and volume for audience impact
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use voice, pace, pitch and volume for audience impact.
- I can explain the focus skill: voice features.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 9 Lesson 44: Rehearse with visual features and cue cards
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to rehearse with visual features and cue cards.
- I can explain the focus skill: rehearse visuals.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 9 Lesson 45: Give and use peer feedback to improve a presentation
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to give and use peer feedback to improve a presentation.
- I can explain the focus skill: peer feedback.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 10 Lesson 46: Select portfolio evidence and explain learning growth
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to select portfolio evidence and explain learning growth.
- I can explain the focus skill: portfolio reflection.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 10 Lesson 47: Edit a written text for paragraphs, punctuation and vocabulary
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to edit a written text for paragraphs, punctuation and vocabulary.
- I can explain the focus skill: editing toolkit.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 10 Lesson 48: Publish a written or multimodal text for a real audience
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to publish a written or multimodal text for a real audience.
- I can explain the focus skill: publishing audience.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 10 Lesson 49: Present a final text and respond to questions
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to present a final text and respond to questions.
- I can explain the focus skill: final presentation.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
Week 10 Lesson 50: Review Term 3 English skills and set next learning goals
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to review Term 3 English skills and set next learning goals.
- I can explain the focus skill: review goals.
- I can use evidence, examples or precise language in my response.
- I can check my work against the success criteria and improve it.
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