The
Naughty
Bus
English Planning
Week 4
Success Criteria
•Identify nouns in context: Children can correctly spot and
name nouns from The Naughty Bus text when prompted.
•Apply knowledge to mapping: Children can create a noun
•map in their English books that groups words into categories
.(e.g., people, places, objects).
•Demonstrate understanding through discussion:
Children can explain why the words they’ve chosen are nouns,
showing awareness of what makes a noun.
Starter:
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Lesson 1
What is a noun?
A noun is a naming word. It is the
word we use to name a person, a
place, an animal, or a thing
•Person → teacher, friend, bus driver
•Place → school, park, shop 🏫🌳
•Animal → dog, cat, bird 🐶🐱🐦
•Thing → book, bus, chair 📖🚌🪑
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Activity:
We are going to look at
some of the nouns from
Naughty Bus and write
them in our English
books.
Lesson
2:nounsCriteria
Success
•Identify in context: Children can correctly spot and
name nouns from The Naughty Bus text when prompted.
•Apply knowledge to mapping: Children can create a noun
•map in their English books that groups words into categories
.(e.g., people, places, objects).
•Demonstrate understanding through discussion:
Children can explain why the words they’ve chosen are nouns,
showing awareness of what makes a noun.
What is an adjective?
•An adjective is a describing word.
•It tells us what something looks like, feels
like, sounds like, tastes like, or smells
like.
•Adjectives make sentences more interesting.
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ass Discussion
Activity:
We are going to look at
some of the adjectives
from Naughty Bus and
write them in our
English books, linking
them to the nouns we
learned in Lesson 1.
Lesson 3:
Success Criteria
•I can say the days of the week in order.
•I can join in with the Days of the Week song.
•I can play the Days of the Week game and say the correct day.
•I can write the days of the week in my English book
Days of the week:
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Activity 1:
Children will work in groups where
they arrange the days of the week in
order using flash cards.
Activity 2:
We are going to practice writing the
days of the week into our English
books with neat handwriting, so that
next lesson we can look at what
naughty bus did on each of these days.