Lesson 1

• Language Arts
• Primary Education

WALA: The Tower of London. The Home of the Crown Jewels

1: Fact finding about the Tower of London

2: Learn more about the Crown Jewels

3: Unpick and explore the stylistic features of a newspaper article

4:Delve into the Crime of the missing Crown Jewels

5: Write a newspaper report about the Stolen Crown Jewels

The Tower of London: Home of the Crown Jewels

Fact finding

Who lived there?

When was it built?

What was it used for?

Why was it built?

What happens there now?

Stylistic Features of a newspaper report

Using example newspaper, collate stylistic features of the text type eg. headline, 5 W's, witness accounts. past tense, third person, indirect speech 

Modelled writing 

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Stylistic Features Check List

Think, pair, write, share... 

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Stylistic Features Check List

1: Fact finding about the Tower of London

2: Learn more about the Crown Jewels

3: Unpick and explore the stylistic features of a newspaper article

4:Delve into the Crime of the missing Crown Jewels

5: Write a newspaper report about the Stolen Crown Jewels

REVIEW and 

EVALUATE