The Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Learning Objectives

The learning objectives outlined for Year 5 students during Summer Term 1 revolve around the core texts "The Man Who Walked Between the Towers" by Mordicai Gerstein and "If" by Rudyard Kipling. These texts serve as a springboard for a variety of educational goals across different areas of the curriculum. In Science, the topic of Forces is linked to the texts, providing a multidisciplinary approach to learning. The unit's written outcomes aim to develop students' journalistic writing skills, with applications extending to recounting trips, experiences, or visits, as well as crafting explanatory texts about forces or biographical information texts.

The objectives are divided into four key areas: Spoken Language, Reading, Writing - Composition, and Writing - Grammar and Vocabulary. Students are expected to give and listen to opinions using Standard English, perform their own compositions, and engage with the texts through a range of reading strategies. These include understanding narrative techniques, exploring language for effect, and developing inference and prediction skills. In writing, the emphasis is on developing dialogue, action, and description to advance narratives, understanding the purpose and audience for different text types, and summarising key information. Grammar objectives focus on using relative clauses, commas, topic sentences, and modal verbs and adverbs to enhance writing and create coherence across paragraphs. These objectives are designed to foster a deep engagement with literature and develop the students' abilities in expression, comprehension, and critical thinking.