In this ongoing class, you will learn how to draw information from reading fun fiction and non-fiction texts. You'll learn how to find verbs, adverbs, nouns, noun phrases, adjectives, and adverbs. You'll learn how to write using different types of sentences, how to use the linking words 'and, but and or', and how to use 'when, if, that and because'. You'll learn when to use a full stop, commas, apostrophes, question marks and exclamation marks alongside a variety of other things you need to know to make your writing absolutely amazing! 

*Please note, this is not a beginner English class. You must be able to read texts (by blending sounds in trickier words, if necessary) that are applicable for your age.

Week beginning July 4th 2022: we are learning about adverbs, those little words that tell us how a verb is acting, for example, if we take the sentence, 'The boy smiled' if we add an adverb it could read, 'The boy smiled cautiously' which changes the original meaning! We will then read a short story and write a short paragraph story of our own using sentences that include adverbs and to finish up, we will complete the worksheets I will provide.

Week beginning July 11th: we will be reading a fractured fairytale about Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! We will then answer some questions and create our own illustrations and finish off by writing a short paragraph story about the Gingerbread Man and the Three Little Pigs.

Week beginning July 18th: we will be learning about how we make meaning from what we see and read by using inference. It's amazing how much we can tell about someone just by looking at them. We will read a short story and look at how the author has used this technique. Can we do the same thing when we write our own short paragraph story?

Week beginning: July 25th: we will be reading the story, 'The Bear Who Came To Breakfast'. After this, we will sequence the story using pictures, write some captions for the story, and write a thank you letter to the bear!

Week beginning August 1st: we will be doing further work on the story 'The Bear Who Came To Breakfast'. We will be creating our own newspaper report about a very special gardener!