English lesson Powerpoints – Sugar Smart World

Developed with teachers, these English lesson PowerPoints explore how much sugar is in our everyday food and drink. Pupils can then create a poster, comic strip or persuasive letter to share what they've learned.

Try this

After completing the Sugar Smart World English lesson, pupils can create a poster, comic strip or persuasive letter using the Sugar Smart World template and fact sheet.

Curriculum

Supports the English curriculum.

KS1

• spelling words containing each of the 40-plus phonemes already taught
• using spelling rules (for example, adding -s or -es as the plural marker for nouns)
• writing sentences by saying out loud what they're going to write about
• writing for different purposes

Lower KS2

• writing for a range of purposes and audiences – in particular to persuade

Upper KS2

• using a variety of punctuation – including brackets, commas, apostrophes and semi-colons

Learning objectives

After completing these lessons, pupils should be able to:

• explain why we shouldn't eat too much sugar
• identify some everyday sugar swaps they can make
• share information or persuade others to make everyday sugar swaps