Description
This dark, humorous narrative is set during the First World War and, through exaggeration, shows the effects of extreme patriotism that can appear in wartime. Thomas, the narrator, hates Mrs Biggs, his teacher. He also hates singing.
This pack contains a range of structured literacy activities including
- Spelling rules ck / dge / drop the e / y as a consonant or vowel
- Sounds of -ed
- Exploring parts of language - adverbs, adjectives, nouns, verbs etc
- Doubling or not when adding -ing, -ed
- Floss rules
- Compound words
- Identifying and naming suffixes
- Identifying and naming prefixes
- Vowel teams
- Root words
- Controlling 'r'
- Diagraphs
- Schwa words
- Ghost diagraphs
- -oo- and -oo- / -au and -ow /
- Hard and soft c and g
- Common subordinating conjunctions
- And much more!!
Themes explored include: First World War, piano, school, German, destruction, humour, bully
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