Year 2 information writing, 3 week unit, Brighton Pier

Talk! Drama! Reading skills! Grammar skills! Games! Writing an information text!
In this three week non-fiction writing unit, children look at an information text (a poster about the now destroyed Brighton Chain Pier). Then they play with the text and create new sentences of their own, developing key Year 2 grammar skills. Finally they create an information text of their own (Brighton Palace Pier), applying the skills taught in the previous two weeks. Every resource is included and resources are differentiated 3 ways – there’s a lot of work here!
You could easily swap the model for an attraction local to you. I would simply keep the model and swap the outcome to an attraction near you – the skills in this unit are all transferable. When you download, use the full unit and planning in the zip folder – ignore the files uploaded for the preview.

Here are the objectives covered thoroughly across the three weeks:
This unit revisits Y1 grammar:
I can make up sentences.
I can join my ideas using ‘and’.

This unit introduces new Y2 grammar concepts:
I can use commas for lists.
I can use questions, statements, exclamation and commands.
I can use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify [for example, ‘the polished stones’].
I can add a chunk (clause) using ‘and’ (coordination)

This unit introduces the following Y2 terminology: noun, noun phrase, statement, exclamation, command, adjective, verb, comma

This unit introduces these Y2 composition objectives:
I can write an information poster.
I can plan or say out loud what I am going to write about.
I can use new words (vocabulary).
I can write my ideas in sentences (continued from Y1).
I can make improvements and changes with the teacher or with my friends.
I can re-read to check that my writing makes sense.
I can proof-read to check my spelling and punctuation [Are the ends of my sentences punctuated correctly?]
I can read aloud what I have written clearly and with expression.

Reading skills :
I can spot meaning breakdown. I can repair a meaning breakdown.

Enjoy!