About the Read in to Writing The Iron Man unit:

• Suggested year group: Year 3

• Length of unit: 6 weeks/30 sessions

• Themes and topics: Relationships, difference, feelings, challenge, threat, peace, war, world countries, sounds and music, heat and cooling

• Writing outcomes: An internal monologue, a diary entry, a formal speech, a poem, free writing and a newspaper report on the Iron Man’s battle
  
  About The Iron Man by Ted Hughes:
  
  Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the world.