Year 2 English Planning and Resources, English Unit of Work based around the picture book 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark' by Jill Tomlinson. 13 Lessons fully planned with objectives linked to the KS1 National Curriculum for Reading, S & L, Grammar and Writing Composition. Lessons and worksheets included. Final writing piece: Narrative Writing
 
Planning and resources included only. The book can be purchased here: The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
 
Reading Objectives:
Answering and asking questions.
Predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.
Becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories.
 
Speaking and Listening Objectives:
 
Consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on the contributions of others.
Participate in role play.
 
Grammar and Spelling Objectives:
Expanded noun phrases to describe and specify.
Sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, commands.
To explore synonyms.
 
Writing Objectives:
Consider what they are going to write before beginning by:
Planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about.
Encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence.
Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form.
 
Unit Overview:
In this unit, children will be greeted with a special ‘class owl’ and be introduced to the book ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. Children will explore different ‘synonyms’ for the word ‘Afraid’. Through Shared Reading lessons, children will begin to ask and answer questions for the main character ‘Plop’. As the children continue to read the story, they will make predictions based upon what they have already read. The class will then be taught how to develop their own viewpoints about being afraid of the dark. Children will then take part in role play activities to retell the story of ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’, taking freeze frames at different stages of the story. Expanded noun phrases will then be explored within the text to describe characters. The class will then be taught to use their own expanded noun phrases to describe other woodland animals. Statements, command, questions and exclamations will be identified within the text and children will be taught the main features of these types of sentences. The main writing outcome of this lesson is to plan and write their own story about a different woodland animal with a different fear.
 
Resources Included in the Zip File:
Editable Planning Documents (13 lessons Microsoft Word Document)
'Afraid' Synonym Worksheet (PDF)
Asking questions template (PDF)
Command sentences Presentation (PPTX)
Exclamation Sentences Presentation (PPTX)
Question Sentences Presentation (PPTX)
Statement Sentence Presentation (PPTX)
Expanded Noun Phrases Worksheets (PDF)
Owl Mask (PDF)
Publishing the story writing frame (PDF)
Questions and Exclamations Worksheet (PDF)
Reasons to / to not be afraid of the dark worksheets (PDF)
Statements and commands worksheet (PDF)
Story map (PDF)
Story planning document (PDF)
Classroom Display Banner (PDF)
Classroom display vocabulary (PDF)
 
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