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Y4 Summer Term Overview

SUGGESTIONS FOR WRITING LESSONS

Term Objectives

1. To write a holiday report.

2. To write poems without rhyme.
3. To read and appraise a well-known poem.

3. To write prose from diagrams, posters, maps.

4. To write an explanation.
5. To create compound sentences.

6. To use similes in writing.

LESSON 1

W Writing a chronological holiday report

Encourage the children to share about their holidays. Talk about the

difference between a basic factual report eg I went to London then I
went to see my grandparents, with an expanded, more detailed and

creative report. Suggest ways of using adjectives and adverbs to create

interest as well as more factual detail describing scenery, feelings,
opinions, etc. Encourage the children to write chronologically starting with

the beginning of their holidays.

LESSON 2

Writing a class poem without rhyme

Read from a non-fiction book the description of a butterfly then read the

poem ‘Was Worm’ (see separate sheet) about the butterfly to compare
how it is written. Draw attention to words which are missed out in the

poem and the extra descriptive words used. Talk about changing words

like ‘bright as a peacock’ to ‘peacock-bright’ for use in poems.

Use a large picture of an animal, eg a camel, elephant, peacock, lion. Let
the children suggest describing words to put up on the board about the

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