Inspired by: Where The Forest Meets The Sea - Medium Term Plan

In the Year 4 module titled "Where the Forest Meets the Sea," students embark on a literary journey through Jeannie Baker's book published by Walker Books, exploring a variety of English objectives over a six-week period. In the first week, the focus is on reading comprehension, where students delve into books with different structures and purposes. The composition objective encourages the creation of engaging narratives, complete with settings, characters, and plot. The grammar and punctuation objective emphasises the use of Standard English verb inflections, guiding students to say 'we were' instead of 'we was', and 'I did' instead of 'I done'. Teacher ideas include exploring texts like "My Father Knew A Place," "Into The Forest," and "Scene Today" to support these learning goals.

As the weeks progress, the plan incorporates a range of objectives including identifying themes, improving grammatical consistency, summarising main ideas, using dictionaries, recognising poetry forms, and proofreading. Composition tasks evolve from creating narratives to using organisational devices and discussing writing structures. Grammar objectives expand to include modifying noun phrases, using a wider range of conjunctions, and mastering the possessive apostrophe. By week six, students are engaging with a broad spectrum of texts, rehearsing sentences orally to build vocabulary, and ensuring clarity and cohesion in their writing through appropriate noun and pronoun use. The module culminates with imaginative exercises like "Bunyips," "Lurking In The Shadows," and "Once There Was An Old Man," fostering a rich and varied understanding of both the written and spoken word.