Infinity Academies Trust
English
Writing
In our writing this term, we will be starting by writing to persuade before morning on to write to inform. Saints class will be using the power of persuasion and persuasive techniques again to write a persuasive news article.
We will be moving on to writing a chronological report based on our new knowledge and understanding of slavery from our Maafa topic. This will give the children the to chance to discover and research their own interests and see where their curiosity takes them.
Key VocabularyPros cons against for argument bias fair unfair fact opinion chronologicalnon-chronologicalcriticise despite immediate develop disastrous sacrifice sincere |
Reading
This term, Saints class will be reading High-Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson
The detective duo everyone is dying to meet!
Summer in London is hot, the hottest on record, and there's been a murder in THE TRI: the high-rise home to resident know-it-alls, Nik and Norva. Who better to solve the case?
Armed with curiosity, home-turf knowledge and unlimited time - until the end of the summer holidays anyway. The first whodunnit in a new mystery series by Sharna Jackson.