Post on 31-Jul-2021
Year 3 Knowledge Organiser – Let’s go on an adventure!
Focus authors this half term:
Angela McAllister
Enid Blyton
Topic overviewIn this topic children learn all about authors and adventure stories!
Key characters:
Leon and Abdul Kazam from Leon and the Place Between.
Joe, Beth, Frannie and Moon Face from the Enchanted Wood.
Wild World by Angela
McAllister 2018
The Secret Seven series –
The Secret Seven
Adventure
Our Timeline
of booksLeon and the
Place Between by
Angela McAllister
2008
Key VocabularyAuthor – the person who writes the story.Illustrator – the person who illustrates the story.Narrator – the person who tells the story.Super expanded noun phrase – adjective, adjective noun prepositionConjunction – Connects two clauses in a sentence.Simile – Compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as.’ For example, she was as fast as lightening. Pattern of three – 3 words to emphasise an idea or feeling, these could be adverbs or adjectives. Angry, annoyed and frustrated, the boy searched high and low. This could also be 3 short sentences to add impact. Adverbs – describe the verb. It describes how/when/where and why something is being done.
Winters Child by Angela McAllister
2013
The Famous Five Series - Five on a Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton 1942
The Enchanted Wood by
Enid Blyton1939
Angela McAllister is a well-known picture book author of over 70 books. Her books have won several awards, whilst the picture book, Leon and the Place Between has been adapted for the stage. Other books she has
written include Winters Child, Wild World and A Mouse So Small.
Enid Blyton was a well-known English story writer; whose books are still enormously popular and have been translated into 90 languages. She wrote on a
wide range of topics including education, adventure, fantasy and mystery and is best remembered today for The Famous Five and Secret Seven series besides The
Faraway Tree series.
Winters Child by Angela McAllister
2013
The Famous Five Series - Five on a Treasure Island
by Enid Blyton 1942
Leon and the Place
Between by Angela
McAllister 2008
Year 3 Knowledge Organiser – Let’s go on an adventure!