Y2 TERM 2

QCA schemes of work: geography

NLS writing objectives

Unit 3. An island home

Children should learn:
To identify the physical and human features of a place.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
With the help of pictures and photographs, ask the children to identify suitable words to do with physical and human landscapes in Struay and to put the words into two columns - one for physical and one for human.

NLS non-fiction text focus: alphabetically ordered texts

T20 to make class dictionaries and glossaries of special interest words giving explanations and definitions eg linked to topics

S3 to re-read own writing to check for grammatical sense (coherence) and accuracy (agreement) - identify errors and suggest alternative constructions

S9 to secure the use of simple sentences in own writing

Y2 TERM 3

QCA schemes of work: geography

NLS writing objectives

Unit 4. Going to the seaside

Children should learn:
to use secondary sources to find out information;
about the nature of places.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Divide the children into groups and ask each group to use travel brochures to identify between six and eight seaside places around the world. Ask the children to write a report about different seaside places.

NLS non-fiction text focus: non-chronological reports

T19 to make simple notes from non-fiction texts eg key words and phrases, page references, headings to use in subsequent writing

T20 to write non-fiction texts, using texts read as models for own writing, eg use of headings, subheadings, captions

T21 to write non-chronological reports based on structure of known texts, eg There are two sorts of X … they live in …. The A's have x but the B's etc, using appropriate language to present …and categorise ideas

S5 to write in clear sentences using capital letters and full stops accurately