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Year 4: English - Dramatic Diaries
Y4 English Lesson Plan
Dramatic Diaries
This lesson plan covers a range of national curriculum objectives for year 4, to support a unit of work
focusing on non-fiction. However, it could be adapted to use with younger or older learners.
We recommend you read through the plan carefully and adapt it to suit the needs of your learners,
considering how many sessions you9ll need to effectively cover each element. You may wish to expand on
one or more areas in the plan and extend the writing task over more than one lesson. You might even
choose to devote a day to the project and supplement this activity with other Guinness World Records
activities.
Although helpful, you do not need a copy of any Guinness World Records books to be able to teach this
lesson.
The symbols used in this lesson plan and in the lesson presentation
indicate suggestions for partner work and group work.
Pair Work
Group Work
National curriculum learning objectives
Spelling:
Words ending in 8_sion9, 8_ssion9, 8_tion9 and 8_cian9 words.
Key vocabulary
Grammar:
Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech
Use past, present and future tenses
Reading:
Reading texts that are structured in different ways and reading for a
range of purposes
Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
World record,
comma, direct
speech, dialogue,
inverted comma,
paragraph, past
tense, present tense,
future tense
Writing:
Organising paragraphs around a theme
Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions,
including when, if, because, although
Discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn
from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
Discussing and recording ideas
Non-statutory: Pupils should also learn the conventions of different types of writing (for example, a
diary written in the first person)
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