Starting Points: The Spider and the Fly
Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Mary Howitt’s classic narrative poem, The Spider and the Fly, and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in KS2.
In this set of Starting Points our suggestions for grammar learning include:
Revision of the four sentence types (command, statement, question, exclamation)
Revision of apostrophes to show where letters are missing
Revision of capitals used for names
Use of inverted commas and the range of punctuation required to write direct speech
Use of modal verbs
Use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark boundaries between independent clauses
Sentences expanded through the use of subordinating conjunctions
Prepositions used to indicate when and where the action takes place in sentences
Relative clauses
Noun phrases expanded to enhance descriptions, including through the use of prepositional phrases
Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.
Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Mary Howitt’s classic narrative poem, The Spider and the Fly, and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in KS2.
In this set of Starting Points our suggestions for grammar learning include:
Revision of the four sentence types (command, statement, question, exclamation)
Revision of apostrophes to show where letters are missing
Revision of capitals used for names
Use of inverted commas and the range of punctuation required to write direct speech
Use of modal verbs
Use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark boundaries between independent clauses
Sentences expanded through the use of subordinating conjunctions
Prepositions used to indicate when and where the action takes place in sentences
Relative clauses
Noun phrases expanded to enhance descriptions, including through the use of prepositional phrases
Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.
Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Mary Howitt’s classic narrative poem, The Spider and the Fly, and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in KS2.
In this set of Starting Points our suggestions for grammar learning include:
Revision of the four sentence types (command, statement, question, exclamation)
Revision of apostrophes to show where letters are missing
Revision of capitals used for names
Use of inverted commas and the range of punctuation required to write direct speech
Use of modal verbs
Use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark boundaries between independent clauses
Sentences expanded through the use of subordinating conjunctions
Prepositions used to indicate when and where the action takes place in sentences
Relative clauses
Noun phrases expanded to enhance descriptions, including through the use of prepositional phrases
Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.
You can also download this resource as part of our Spooky Stories KS2 bundle.
