About the Read in to Writing Mary Poppins unit:
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Suggested year group: Year 3
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Length of unit: 6 weeks/30 sessions
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Themes and topics: Relationships and changes, family, dependence and independence, magic, book/film adaptations
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Writing outcomes: A series of diary entries, shape poems, an extended narrative and a persuasive letter
About Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers:
When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins into the home of the Banks children, their lives go topsy-turvy and are changed forever. This original, classic story is still charming readers and transporting new fans into the mysterious world of everyone’s favourite magical nanny.