Our Planet, Our Future

Unit Objectives

• Build background knowledge of natural resources and how they can be used sustainably.

• Use comprehension strategies (predicting, questioning, inferring, summarising, visualising, connecting) to make meaning across persuasive, narrative and informative texts.

• Identify the structure and language of a persuasive PEEL paragraph (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link).

• Plan, draft, revise, edit and publish persuasive PEEL paragraphs about a chosen natural resource.

• Construct complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions to elaborate ideas and explain reasons.

• Apply revising and editing strategies to improve their own and peers' writing.

Success Criteria

✅ Summarise the main idea of an informative or persuasive text in their own words.

✅ Use evidence from the text and images to infer characters' or authors' opinions.

✅ Identify the four parts of a PEEL paragraph in a mentor text.

✅ Write at least one persuasive PEEL paragraph about a natural resource.

✅ Include at least three complex sentences using a variety of subordinating conjunctions.

✅ Revise their writing for clarity and structure, and edit for grammar, punctuation and spelling.

Learning Intention

• I can understand what a resource is.

• I can predict the topic and audience of a persuasive text.

Success Criteria

• I can use the title, cover and pictures to predict what an author wants the reader to think or do.

What is a natural resource?

-Turn and talk-

What are some examples of a natural resource?

-Find your personal dictionary-

Add resource to a word web at the front of your dictionary.

Write the definition for resource in your dictionary.

The first page.

🎯 Who?

🎯 What?

🎯 Where?

🎯 Who is the audience?

What is the evidence to support your ideas?

Learning Intention

• I can identify the points and reasons a writer uses to persuade.

Success Criteria

• I can list at least three reasons Alex gives in his letters and the reasons his mum gives back.

Look Back

How does the author want you to feel about Alex?

The author wants the reader to feel sympathetic towards Alex because he tries hard to convince his mum.

I know this because he keeps writing polite notes and explaining his ideas.

Reasons

On a lined piece of paper:
1. Write the title Reasons
2. Rule a column down the centre
3. Write a subtitle on the left- Alex
4. Write a subtitle on the right- Mom

Let's read again.

For each letter, summarise the main argument.

Highlight the reason you believe is the strongest for Alex and Mom.

Why do you think they are the strongest?
-turn and talk-

Turn your page over.

Write your own letter with one of the strongest reasons.
Make sure to write it differently from the book.

Share your letter.

Learning Intention

• I can use predicting and questioning to build my understanding of natural resources.

Success Criteria

• I can write two questions I have before and after reading.

Renewable

Can you think of some examples of non renewable resources?

Share your new knowledge with the class.

Learning Intention

• I can summarise the main idea of an informative text.

• I can find supporting detail for the main idea.

Success Criteria

• I can use a graphic organiser to organise the main idea and supporting detail from a text.

Let's read a text together.

🌟 Key Questions for Supporting Details

What facts or examples support this idea?

What evidence does the author give?

How do I know this is true based on the text?

What details explain more about the main idea?

Which sentences tell me more about this point?

How do you know the detail you found is relevant?

Learning Intention

• I can summarise the main idea of an informative text.

• I can find supporting detail through comprehension questions for the main idea.

Success Criteria

• I can use a graphic organiser to organise the main idea and supporting detail from a text.

Watch the video. 

Question for the end...

What is the main idea of the video?

Finished?

Share it with me to print it out.

Learning Intention

• Match each comprehension question to the Super 6 reading strategy that will best help answer it.

• Use Super 6 strategies (Monitoring, Questioning, Summarising, Visualising, Making Connections) to locate evidence in a text and answer comprehension questions.

Success Criteria

• Name the Super 6 strategy that best matches each question type.

• Re-read a section of the text to find a specific word, fact or piece of evidence (Monitoring).

• Use the glossary or surrounding sentences to work out what an unfamiliar word means (Monitoring/Questioning).

• Say or write the main idea of a section in one sentence (Summarising).

• Describe what they can see in their "mind movie" of the text using the writer's words (Visualising).

• Link the topic to themselves and explain why they think something matters (Making Connections).

You will need the following colouring pencils: Red, Yellow, Green, Purple, Turquoise

Let's work together to answer the comprehension questions.

Underline the information we need from the text
using the coloured pencil which matches the strategy we use to find it.

Learning Intention

• Plan an informative paragraph about sustainability using a Single Paragraph Outline.

• Draft a paragraph that contains key information and supporting details for a clear audience.

• Use a topic sentence, supporting detail sentences and a concluding sentence to control the structure of the paragraph.

• Expand at least two sentences using a conjunction (because, but, so).

Success Criteria

• Write a clear topic sentence that names the topic and a controlling idea.

• List 3–4 supporting details as NOTES (not full sentences) on the outline.

• Turn each note into a complete supporting sentence in their draft.

• Write a concluding sentence that links back to the topic sentence.

• Include at least two sentences expanded with because, but or so.

Let's co-construct a topic sentence together. 

🎯 Remember: The topic sentence is the main idea of your paragraph, what your paragraph is about.

Sentence stems if you need it:

✏️ Sustainability is important because...

✏️ Sustainability is important but...

✏️ Sustainability is important so...

Let's co-construct the first point. 

🎯 Remember: These are just notes to begin with.

🤔 What are the key points we have learned in our reading?

Complete the outline.

🎯 Remember: Use your text to choose the points you want to write about.

🤔 What are the key points we have learned in our reading?

Concluding sentence- restates your main idea using different words.

Draft your paragraph.

Rule up a lined piece of paper with a red pen. 

🎯 A line across the top

🎯 Margin down the left

🎯 Name and Date

🎯 Title

✏️ Using your outline, write your paragraph using complete sentences.

Make sure to include:

🎯 Topic sentence | 🎯 4 points in complete sentences |  🎯 Concluding sentence

🎯 Use at least two conjunctions in your paragraph (but, so, because)

🤔 Don't forget: capital letters, full stops, only one paragraph.

Finished?

🎯 Use a red pen to complete a CUPS check.

Success Criteria

• Use an editable worksheet to complete a comprehension task.

🎯 Open the email I sent to you called Comprehension Task.

🎯 Listen and follow along to save the task to your OneDrive. 

🎯 Open the document and complete the task.

🎯 Make sure to press Ctrl+S every time you finish a question to save your work.

🎯 Go back to the email I sent you, click Reply.

🎯 Attach your document to the email and click Send.