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Y4 Summer Term Overview

LESSON 5

W Writing prose from pictures/diagrams/maps

Show the children some local maps and/or diagrams in text books. Talk

about the advantages and disadvantages of diagrams and pictures being
used to convey information. Discuss with them how they learn best – from

pictures or from words. Use a map or a diagram to give the children an

opportunity to write a piece of prose about it.
Eg the water cycle, directions from a local landmark to the school, a

poster advertising something, pictures of parts of a flower, a tree or a

creature.

LESSON 6

Writing an explanation

Pose the questions: -
Why should I brush my teeth?

Why do I need a brush and toothpaste?
What will happen to my teeth if I do not clean them?

Discuss the benefits of explanations in words and through diagrams or a

combination of both. Encourage the children to use both words and
diagrams to answer the questions.

LESSONS 7-8

Writing an imaginary story
Read a section of ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift.

www.online-literature.com/swift/gulliver

Talk about how it must have felt for the Lilliputians to find a giant on

their beach. Gulliver was a ship’s surgeon on the eighteenth century and

was shipwrecked onto the beach in Lilliput. The Lilliputians were tiny
people so they took a while to realise what the big hill was on their land.

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