You are here: Home>Find Out More>English Year Four ... Find Out More : English Resources : Year Four Before you join Clickteaching please take some time to look through our example resources. These are only a handful of the thousands of worksheets, lesson plans and activity ideas that are available in the member's section. Listed below are the current full schemes of work available for Year Four.  These are the titles of the new Primary Framework units of work currently available on the site. There are also thousands of lesson plans, activity ideas and worksheets covering all topics and themes. All of these units of work have been based on the objectives of the new Primary Framework.  Stories in series The Worst Witch based on The Worst Witch, Jill Murphy Mr Majeika based on Mr Majeika by Humphrey Carpenter  Recounts The day the rains came read and analyse recounts about the weather The great flood write own recount of a weather event What's in the news? investigate the structure and format of newspapers Producing a class newspaper write newspaper stories and articles  Stories from other cultures Stories from South America based on Around the world in 80 tales Stories from North America based on Hiawatha pictures by Susan Jeffers Stories from five continents write a story based on ideas from a different culture  Poetry - Creating images Firework poems create poems based on own experiences Winter poems read and write poems about frost and snowflakes  Stories with historical settings Stories from British history based on Britannia - 100 great stories from British History Saint George and the Dragon based on St George and the Dragon, Geraldine McCaughrean Writing about history produce a story based on an historical event  Plays Producing a school play investigate how plays are different from other types of writing Writing a play script create a short play about school life  Poetry: Exploring form Different types of poems (one) read and write haiku, rhyming couplets and alphabet poems Different types of poems (two) read and write lists, thin poems, prayers, epitaphs and songs  Stories that raise issues Boys versus girls based on Bill's New Frock, Anne Fine School friends based on How to write really badly, Anne Fine What happened at school? based on The Fib, George Layton Feeling sad based on Sad, Michael Rosen  Persuasive writing What makes a good advert? explore how adverts use persuasive writing Advertising the school fayre design a persuasive poster to attract people to a school fayre School tuck shop adverts create adverts to sell cakes at a school tuck shop School radio commercial create an advert using persuasive language  Stories about imagined worlds The Ice Palace based on Ice Palace, Robert Swindells Tales from Narnia (one) based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C S Lewis Tales from Narnia (two) based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C S Lewis Where can we go on a journey? write a story based on an imaginary world  Classic Poetry The Highwayman based on The Highwayman, Alfred Noyes Song of Hiawatha based on Hiawatha pictures by Susan Jeffers  Information Writing Our Town compile an information leaflet about the local area Designing information books plan an information book on a classroom topic Wild cats booklet research and produce an information booklet  Explanations Robots at work explain how to automate an everyday process The Ice Palace, Robert Swindells Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him. order online The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C S Lewis When Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are sent to stay with a kind professor who lives in the country, they can hardly imaging the extraordinary adventure that awaits them. order online The Highwayman Alfred Noyes's famous poem still has the power to thrill us as we read the story of the highwayman and his doomed love for Bess, the landlord's black-eyed daughter. order online The Fib and Other Stories, George Layton collection of ten funny, poignant stories about growing up in a northern town in the 1950s. "The Fib" features an array of characters, some extremely awkward situations, and a host of memorable falsehoods. order online The Owl Tree, Jenny Nimmo The owl tree is not like any tree Joe has ever seen. It's huge and leafy and shivers at times like a person; it even seems to speak. order online Recommended Reading in association with Amazon Bookshop Pompeii This series offers a unique journey through different periods in history. Detailed artworks tell the story of a specific location as it changes with time. As they explore each scene, readers learn about the people who lived in this place, looking at their beliefs and way of life. order online

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