A 3-week, fully resourced primary literacy unit based on Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson. KS2 Fiction. National-Curriculum-aligned grammar, WT/ARE/GD differentiation, and ready to teach.

What’s inside

This complete English unit gives you everything for three weeks of high-quality teaching, designed to match the standard of leading primary schemes (Literacy Tree, Write Stuff, Power of Reading).

• 15 lesson PowerPoints — illustrated cover slides, success criteria, vocabulary previews, modelled writing, “big questions” (Bloom’s-laddered), differentiation tiers, plenary, and reflection.
• 15 differentiated resource sheets — Working Towards, Age-Related Expectations, and Greater Depth, with sentence frames, word banks, and writing frames.
• Complete teacher unit plan — unit overview, key themes, model texts, full session-by-session plans, key questions, assessment focus, and vocabulary focus.
• Child-friendly mark scheme — “I can…” success criteria for the final writing piece, ready for self- and peer-assessment.
• 3 weekly exit tickets — 5 multiple-choice questions per week, with teacher answer keys.

Final writing outcome

A twin-voice narrative chapter alternating between Ruby and Garnet as one significant event pulls them in opposite directions — readers hear both sisters’ inner thoughts side by side, with dialogue in inverted commas and a clear paragraph break each time the voice switches.

Grammar features (Year 3 NC-aligned)

• Subordination using the conjunction ‘when’ to show time and reason in complex sentences.
• Inverted commas to punctuate direct speech (with comma before the speech, capital letter to open, end punctuation inside).

Themes explored

Twin identity and individuality, family change and step-parents, drifting apart from someone you love, finding your own voice.

Key vocabulary

Identical, twin, stubborn, shy, muttered, mirror, separate, alternating.

Format & compatibility

• Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) and Word (.docx) files.
• UK English spelling.
• One printer-friendly A4 page per resource sheet.
• Compatible with Literacy Tree, Write Stuff, and Power of Reading planning approaches.

Year groups & key stage

• Year 3 (KS2).
• 15 sessions over 3 weeks (≈45–60 minutes per lesson).

Tags

KS2, Year 3, English, fiction, Jacqueline Wilson, reading and writing, complete unit, differentiated, NC-aligned, lesson plans, resources, double act