A 3-week, fully resourced primary literacy unit based on We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen. KS1 Fiction. National-Curriculum-aligned grammar, WT/ARE/GD differentiation, and ready to teach.

What’s inside

This complete English unit gives you everything for three weeks of high-quality teaching, designed to match the standard of leading primary schemes (Literacy Tree, Write Stuff, Power of Reading).

• 15 lesson PowerPoints — illustrated cover slides, success criteria, vocabulary previews, modelled writing, “big questions” (Bloom’s-laddered), differentiation tiers, plenary, and reflection.
• 15 differentiated resource sheets — Working Towards, Age-Related Expectations, and Greater Depth, with sentence frames, word banks, and writing frames.
• Complete teacher unit plan — unit overview, key themes, model texts, full session-by-session plans, key questions, assessment focus, and vocabulary focus.
• Child-friendly mark scheme — “I can…” success criteria for the final writing piece, ready for self- and peer-assessment.
• 3 weekly exit tickets — 5 multiple-choice questions per week, with teacher answer keys.

Final writing outcome

A two-part written response: a transcript of the turtles’ silent thoughts as they discover the hat, and a friendship letter from one turtle to the other explaining the choice he made under the stars.

Grammar features (Year 2 NC-aligned)

• Question marks to show internal thoughts and wonderings.
• Coordination using the conjunction ‘but’ to join two related ideas.

Themes explored

Fairness and sharing, Temptation and self-control, Friendship and loyalty.

Key vocabulary

Tempted, fair, loyal, guilty, wonder, decision, sunset, promise.

Format & compatibility

• Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) and Word (.docx) files.
• UK English spelling.
• One printer-friendly A4 page per resource sheet.
• Compatible with Literacy Tree, Write Stuff, and Power of Reading planning approaches.

Year groups & key stage

• Year 2 (KS1).
• 15 sessions over 3 weeks (≈45–60 minutes per lesson).

Tags

KS1, Year 2, English, fiction, Jon Klassen, reading and writing, complete unit, differentiated, NC-aligned, lesson plans, resources, we found a hat