Gangsta Granny by David Walliams - teaching resource

Gangsta Granny by David Walliams – KS2 English Teaching Resource

Bring Gangsta Granny by David Walliams to life in the classroom with this comprehensive KS2 English teaching resource. Packed with engaging activities, this unit of work helps develop key reading, writing, and comprehension skills while exploring the popular children’s novel.

This editable teaching resource includes:

• A 123-slide PowerPoint presentation

• 26 ready-to-use worksheets

• A wide range of lesson ideas and activities for all abilities

Key Features:

• Character and Plot Predictions: Develop inference skills by predicting story events.

• Author Study: A brief biography of David Walliams to understand his writing style.

• Empathy and Creative Writing: Write in character, including agony aunt letters from Ben’s perspective.

• Character Analysis: Explore key characters, including Ben and Granny.

• Language Analysis: Examine Walliams's use of language techniques.

• SPaG Activities: Includes sentence types, apostrophes, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs.

• Themes Exploration: Discuss loneliness, attitudes to the elderly, family dynamics, prejudice, and childhood experiences.

• Drama Techniques: Use conscience alley and zone of relevance to deepen understanding of events and characters.

• Writing Skills: Learn how to write recounts, letters, explanations, instructions, and newspaper articles.

• First, Second & Third Person Writing: Practice different narrative perspectives.

• Cross-Curricular Links: Science (digestive system), Geography (rivers and jewels), History (Crown Jewels, Robert Peel), PSHE (charities like Childline, Silverline, The Highway Code, ethics, respect for the elderly).

• Web Links: Additional resources to extend learning.

This flexible Gangsta Granny teaching pack can be delivered over 2 weeks or extended to a full half term. The unit is structured chronologically but can be easily adapted to meet the needs of your class. Teachers are encouraged to select activities appropriate to their pupils, especially when handling sensitive themes.

Note: A copy of the Gangsta Granny novel is required for this unit.

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