· Sequel to story with different creatures in the walls
· Persuasive text - Lucy trying to convince her family that there are wolves/different animals in the walls
· Sentence sequence based on model in book of different places to live
· Postcard from one of the suggested places in book or from additional ideas
· New blurb for book which gives clues about the story
· Alternative scenario following the point where Lucy has returned to the house and is about to be discovered by the wolves
· Retell story from the point of view of pig-puppet
· Newspaper report on the family being forced to leave their home by wolves or wolves rightfully winning back their home (bias)
· Letter from wolf to mother about life in the walls / KS2
/ 1. Responding to the Text
· Visual Literacy: use the picture on the front cover – what could this be about?
· Book talk: read sections of story and discuss illustrations
· Book talk: what do you like or not like about the book?
· Book talk: have you any questions about the story? Does it remind you of anything?
· Writer talk: find all the verbs that can be linked to fear. How are they used to build tension?
· Writer talk: what techniques has the writer used? What is their effect? (Repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia, expanded noun phrases, specific verbs and adjectives)
· Writer talk: use selected pages and look at how the writer has used different fonts, text size, colour and bold for different aspects - family/wolves, dialogue/action/description. What is the impact?
· Read pages from the text aloud, changing volume, tone and expression in line with the font type and content
Hook
· Torn note from Lucy asking for help
· Wallpaper with eyeholes cut out stuck round the room
2. Capturing Ideas
· Create a soundscape for the noises inside the walls
· Consider other places the family could live in and add possible information/details
· Develop possible alternative scenarios for what happens when Lucy is about to be discovered by the wolves
· Hot seat a wolf
· Interview family member/s/wolf
· Create plan for alternative animal in the walls:
-sounds made, focusing on using verbs as nouns
-family reactions
-what animals might do when they invade the house / Sentence Games (use throughout unit)
· List poem - In the walls l heard… ( verbs used as nouns and expanded noun phrases
· Complex sentence game
· Improve a sentence based on picture and sentence from book- focus on the grammatical elements that need consolidation or review / 3. Contextualised Grammar Teaching
· Time adverbs
· Adverbs for opposition
· Collective nouns
· Plural possession
· Expanded noun phrases
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