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Overview and Outcomes: This is a three-week Writing Root based upon Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen. Children will learn and revise many of the key grammar requirements of Y6 and have opportunity to apply them within short and longer written outcomes.
Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen A Guide for Reading Groups Main characters Ade – a loyal and determined boy who lives with his mum in a flat in a London tower block. Mum – Ade’s mum who is suffering from depression and refuses to leave their flat. Gaia – Ade’s best friend at school who lives in the tower block opposite Ade’s.
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Ade’s decision to leave the tower block to go and rescue someone he thinks he has seen outside. The children begin the lesson by considering whether this was a responsible decision, using evidence from the text to support their viewpoint. PART TWO When studying hapter 19 in Lesson 6, the children were introduced to tension devices.
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Learn how to support your child's reading, writing and communication skills as they start school. Learn more. Age 9 to 12. Our tips, milestones and fun activities can help you to develop your older child's literacy skills from home. Learn more. Themed activities.
Read Write Inc. Phonics is a method of teaching reading and writing, which is centred around learning the sounds of the letters (phonics) and then blending them together to read words. The children also learn to break down words into individual sounds in order to write them.
Oxford Level 1. Level 1 books are for children who are just beginning to learn about books and reading. At this stage, your child is likely to be learning the alphabet at nursery, and may be able to recognise some simple, common words. Some books are wordless, with pictures telling the story. Wordless books provide lots to talk about, and help ...
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This story is told from the viewpoint of a boy who is living in a tower amongst others which are falling down. The reader is taken on a journey with the young boy, who experiences many troubles and difficulties along the way as well as support from nearby neighbours.