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Find Out More : English Resources : Year Four
teaching resources Before you join Clickteaching please take some time to look through our example resources. These are only a handful of the thousands of worksheets, lesson plans and activity ideas that are available in the member's section. Listed below are the current full schemes of work available for Year Four.

 These are the titles of the new Primary Framework units of work currently available on the site. There are also thousands of lesson plans, activity ideas and worksheets covering all topics and themes. All of these units of work have been based on the objectives of the new Primary Framework.

 Stories in series

The Worst Witch
based on The Worst Witch, Jill Murphy

Mr Majeika
based on Mr Majeika by Humphrey Carpenter



 Recounts

The day the rains came
read and analyse recounts about the weather

The great flood
write own recount of a weather event

What's in the news?
investigate the structure and format of newspapers

Producing a class newspaper
write newspaper stories and articles



 Stories from other cultures

Stories from South America
based on Around the world in 80 tales

Stories from North America
based on Hiawatha pictures by Susan Jeffers

Stories from five continents
write a story based on ideas from a different culture





 Poetry - Creating images

Firework poems
create poems based on own experiences

Winter poems
read and write poems about frost and snowflakes



 Stories with historical settings

Stories from British history
based on Britannia - 100 great stories from British History

Saint George and the Dragon
based on St George and the Dragon, Geraldine McCaughrean

Writing about history
produce a story based on an historical event



 Plays

Producing a school play
investigate how plays are different from other types of writing

Writing a play script
create a short play about school life



 Poetry: Exploring form

Different types of poems (one)
read and write haiku, rhyming couplets and alphabet poems

Different types of poems (two)
read and write lists, thin poems, prayers, epitaphs and songs



 Stories that raise issues

Boys versus girls
based on Bill's New Frock, Anne Fine

School friends
based on How to write really badly, Anne Fine

What happened at school?
based on The Fib, George Layton

Feeling sad
based on Sad, Michael Rosen



 Persuasive writing

What makes a good advert?
explore how adverts use persuasive writing

Advertising the school fayre
design a persuasive poster to attract people to a school fayre

School tuck shop adverts
create adverts to sell cakes at a school tuck shop

School radio commercial
create an advert using persuasive language



 Stories about imagined worlds

The Ice Palace
based on Ice Palace, Robert Swindells

Tales from Narnia (one)
based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C S Lewis

Tales from Narnia (two)
based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C S Lewis

Where can we go on a journey?
write a story based on an imaginary world



 Classic Poetry

The Highwayman
based on The Highwayman, Alfred Noyes

Song of Hiawatha
based on Hiawatha pictures by Susan Jeffers



 Information Writing

Our Town
compile an information leaflet about the local area

Designing information books
plan an information book on a classroom topic

Wild cats booklet
research and produce an information booklet



 Explanations

Robots at work
explain how to automate an everyday process

Order Online The Ice Palace, Robert Swindells
Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him.
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  • Order Online The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C S Lewis
    When Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are sent to stay with a kind professor who lives in the country, they can hardly imaging the extraordinary adventure that awaits them.
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  • Order Online The Highwayman
    Alfred Noyes's famous poem still has the power to thrill us as we read the story of the highwayman and his doomed love for Bess, the landlord's black-eyed daughter.
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  • Order Online The Fib and Other Stories, George Layton
    collection of ten funny, poignant stories about growing up in a northern town in the 1950s. "The Fib" features an array of characters, some extremely awkward situations, and a host of memorable falsehoods.
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  • Order Online The Owl Tree, Jenny Nimmo
    The owl tree is not like any tree Joe has ever seen. It's huge and leafy and shivers at times like a person; it even seems to speak.
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    Order Online Summer things to make and do
    This inspiring activity book is packed with exciting and inventive ideas for things to make and do. This is an ideal book to keep children occupied during the long summer months.
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