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Y4 Autumn Term. Writing Words (WW)

LESSON 5-6

Writing book reports
Ask the children to bring in / select their favourite book. Explain that good books can
be shared / advertised by writing book reports. The children could start a class file
of book reports to encourage one another to read the best books. (See separate

sheet) Show the children how to find the author, ISBN, publisher, and other details
about the book before writing about it.

LESSON 7

Descriptive writing
Take the children outside where they can view some countryside or else show them a
DVD of some countryside. To reinforce the use of adjectives, gather lots of
describing words on the board. Let the children compare what they see to other

things (similes). Posture the children to describe the scene to a person who has gone
blind. Let them draw the person’s attention to God’s amazing creativity. Psalm 19:1-6
may be read to the children. Talk about maintaining consistent person and tense in

writing.

LESSON 8

Humorous writing

Read the story of Pooh and Heffalump in the AA Milne story of ‘Winnie the Pooh’ or
some other humorous short passage. Write adjectives to describe the characters.
Let the children select their own animals for Pooh and Piglet to catch. Encourage the
children to make up a humorous ending and also to write their own titles. Remind the

children of keeping consistent person and tense in writing.

LESSON 9

Creating an ending for a story/poem

Read the poem ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ using a children’s version. Tell the story
as far as the Piper taking away the rats. Difficult vocabulary should be explained to
the children. Ask whether the Piper kept his word. The poem illustrates an important

principle of ‘Let your word be your bond’ or keeping your promises.

Finish reading the story and discuss it drawing out that promises must be kept.
Outline the parts of the story: -
• Hamelin’s problem

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