English
ENGLISH in Year 4
SPRING 1
This half term, we are exploring the text ‘Escape from Pompeii’ by Christina Balit.
Escape from Pompeii tells the story of a young boy called Tranio who lives in Pompeii at the time of the famous eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. This captivating picture book allows readers to follow the footsteps of Tranio and his friend Livia as they come to terms with the destruction of their city and find their own routes to freedom.
Throughout our English lessons, children will learn how to write sequences of events, write paragraphs, for each stage of a story, create dialogue between characters, use the 1st and 3rd person consistently and use tenses appropriately.
Children will build upon these skills to produce a historical narrative from a character's point of view.