LKS2 English Planning and Resources, English Unit of Work based around the  book ‘WISP  - A Story of Hope’ by Zana Fraillon and Grahame Baker-Smith. 15 Lessons fully planned with objectives linked to the LKS2 National Curriculum for Reading, S & L, Grammar and Writing Composition. Lessons, worksheets, presentations and displays included. Final Writing piece: First-person narrative.

Unit Overview:

This LKS2 English unit is based on Wisp: A Story of Hope by Zana Fraillon and Grahame Baker-Smith. Throughout the sequence, children develop their reading, speaking, listening and writing skills while exploring the themes of hope, belonging and kindness. The unit culminates in pupils planning, drafting, editing and publishing an imaginative first-person narrative, The Night I Followed the Wisp, written from Idris’s perspective.

Children begin by exploring the story through prediction, inference and vocabulary activities, using evidence from the text and illustrations to understand Idris’s thoughts and feelings. They develop their oracy skills through discussion of the story’s central message and consider how hope can change someone’s outlook. The writing sequence builds progressively through explicit teaching of key grammar and vocabulary. Children explore powerful verbs to describe movement precisely, fronted adverbials to develop sentence structure, personification to create setting and atmosphere, and subordinating conjunctions to connect and develop ideas.

Before writing, pupils step into Idris’s shoes through freeze frames, thought tracking and hot seating, developing character understanding and first-person voice. They then plan their narrative around five stages: The Camp, Wisp Appears, Following Wisp, The Discovery and Hope. Using their Writer’s Toolkit, children draft and refine their narratives before editing for vocabulary, grammar, spelling and punctuation. Finally, pupils publish and share their completed Stories of Hope, providing a meaningful audience and celebrating their development as confident, imaginative writers.

Resources Included in the Zip File:

• Editable Planning Documents (15 lessons Microsoft Word Document)
• Classroom Display Banner (PDF)
• Display Vocabulary (PDF)
• PowerPoint 134 Lesson Slides (PPTX)
• Word Mat (PDF)
• Fronted Adverbial Display Vocabulary (PDF)
• Hook Letter from Idris (PDF)
• Making Predictions Worksheets (PDF)
• Inference Questions Worksheets (PDF)
• Vocabulary Detectives (PDF)
• Word Web Worksheets (PDF)
• Powerful Verbs Worksheets (PDF)
• Fronted Adverbial Partner Activity (PDF)
• Fronted Adverbial Worksheets (PDF)
• Personification Worksheets (PDF)
• Subordinating Conjunctions Worksheets (PDF)
• Subordinating Conjunctions Matching Game (PDF)
• Idris Emotions (PDF)
• Planning Document (PDF)
• Powerful Verbs Display Vocabulary (PDF)
• Quotes Display (PDF)

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