This free series of three lessons will get your class using descriptive language to sell the homes of traditional tale characters as well as develop their comprehension and persuasion skills. First, your class will look at the features of property listings, then they will answer comprehension questions about the properties. Next, they will write their own descriptions. Finally, they will become the customers and estate agents.
This downloadable planning pack of three lessons is tailored to the Year 1 curriculum and designed to engage your children and ignite their imaginations. Each lesson comes with detailed planning, slideshows for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources.
Lesson 1
Reading Comprehension
This lesson introduces your class to the purpose and features of property listings. Your children will look at property descriptions in detail and use their comprehension skills to answer questions about different traditional tale properties.
This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Property Listings Cards
- Worksheets
- Character Cards
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Lesson 2
Descriptive Writing
During this lesson, your children will be introduced to some of the descriptive language estate agents use to describe properties, including cozy, rustic, and characterful. They will think about why these words are used and what effect they have. Your class will then have a go at writing their own property descriptions for traditional tale properties. They will think carefully about the purpose of the description.
This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation, and printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Worksheets
- Word Bank
- Character Cards
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Lesson 3
Matching Customers to Properties
The final lesson in this series challenges your class to be the estate agent. They will listen carefully to the customer's requirements and then look closely at the properties that are available. Your children will have to use reasoning to explain why a character should choose a property.
This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, a slideshow presentation, and printable teaching resources.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Audio files
- Property Listings Cards
- Property Request Cards
- Response Cards
- Property Cards
- Character Cards
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