Year 3 English Unit of Work based around the story 'After the Fall' How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat. English planning objectives link to the Year 3 National Curriculum for Reading, Speaking and Listening, Grammar and Writing. This unit comes downloadable with 10 lesson plans, worksheets and display poster. End of unit writing piece: A recount about a time they have overcome a fear / phobia.
 
Planning and resources only are included with this download. The text can be purchased here: After the Fall 
 
Unit Overview: 
This unit will begin with the challenge of rebuilding ‘Humpty Dumpty’ with eggshells. The children will then be introduced the text ‘After the Fall’ by Dan Santat and they will learn that his text is a ‘sequel’ to the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. Children will begin to make simple predictions about the book based upon what they already know about ‘Humpty Dumpty’. Through shared reading lessons, children will be taught how to make inferences about a text by drawing upon what they read and what they already know. They will make inferences about the characters thoughts and feelings. The class will then follow simple instructions on making a paper aeroplane (much like in the story), they will be challenged to a writing task: to write a set of instructions. Synonyms will be taught to vary the adjectives used in sentences and children will compose sentences about how Humpty Dumpty felt as he was climbing back up the wall. The text will be used to establish how fronted adverbials are used effectively. The final piece of writing will be based around the children’s prior learning throughout the unit. They will plan and write a recount about a time when they have overcome a fear or phobia.
 
Reading Objectives
 
Predicting what might happen from details stated and implied.
Drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence.
Reading texts that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes.
 
Speaking and Listening Objectives
 
Use relevant strategies to build their vocabulary (use of thesaurus).
 
Grammar Objectives
 
To use varied adjectives in expanded noun phrases.
Use a thesaurus to explore synonyms.
Using fronted adverbials.
Using commas after fronted adverbials.
 
Writing Objectives
 
Discussing and recording ideas.
Composing and rehearsing sentences orally, progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures.
Assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements.
 
Documents Included:
Editable English Planning Document (Microsoft Word Document)
Unit Display Titile (PDF)
Fronted Adverbial Matching Activity (PDF)
Fronted Adverbial Word Mat (PDF)
HOOK Activity eggshell collage outline (PDF)
Instructios for making paper aeroplanes (PDF)
Making inferences worksheet 1 (PDF)
Making Inferences worksheet 2 (PDF)
Paper plane instructions writing frame (PDF)
Planning a recount worksheet (PDF)
Synonym Ladder worksheet (PDF)
 
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