Diary of a Minecraft Zombie Literature Course
This key stage 2 English literature course uses the highly entertaining series of books, ‘Diary of a Minecraft Zombie’.
Your kid will love following the antics of Zombie and his friends, Skelee, Creepy and Slimey as they try to survive school and deal with everyday problems. Here’s an example of one of the teaching slides:
On this course we cover reading skills and strategies, as well as the national curriculum KS2 syllabus of grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary:
Grammar |
synonyms |
antonyms |
adjectives |
nouns |
plural nouns |
comparatives |
adverbs |
figurative or literal language |
onomatopoeia |
similes |
personification |
compound words |
silent W |
subject-verb agreement |
simple past tense |
conditional tenses |
commands |
modal verbs – should |
future tense |
types of sentences |
Reading strategies, Word work |
cause and effect |
compare and contrast |
giving opinions |
visualisation |
problem and solution |
plot |
characters’ feelings |
sequence |
inference |
prediction |
setting |
summarising |
Each class includes preparation and homework materials.
Students are expected to have a copy of books 1-6 for this course. Each book costs from £1.99 Kindle version on Amazon.
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- 24 classes in the course
- Each class is 50 minutes long
- Homework materials included
- Covers KS2 English Language curriculum
- English language and literature combined course