Year 3 Knowledge Organiser – Let’s go on an adventure!

Focus authors this half term:

Angela McAllister

Enid Blyton

Topic overviewIn this topic children learn all about authors and adventure stories!

Key characters:

Leon and Abdul Kazam from Leon and the Place Between.

Joe, Beth, Frannie and Moon Face from the Enchanted Wood.

Wild World by Angela

McAllister 2018

The Secret Seven series –

The Secret Seven

Adventure

Our Timeline

of booksLeon and the

Place Between by

Angela McAllister

2008

Key VocabularyAuthor – the person who writes the story.Illustrator – the person who illustrates the story.Narrator – the person who tells the story.Super expanded noun phrase – adjective, adjective noun prepositionConjunction – Connects two clauses in a sentence.Simile – Compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as.’ For example, she was as fast as lightening. Pattern of three – 3 words to emphasise an idea or feeling, these could be adverbs or adjectives. Angry, annoyed and frustrated, the boy searched high and low. This could also be 3 short sentences to add impact. Adverbs – describe the verb. It describes how/when/where and why something is being done.

Winters Child by Angela McAllister

2013

The Famous Five Series - Five on a Treasure Island

by Enid Blyton 1942

The Enchanted Wood by

Enid Blyton1939

Angela McAllister is a well-known picture book author of over 70 books. Her books have won several awards, whilst the picture book, Leon and the Place Between has been adapted for the stage. Other books she has

written include Winters Child, Wild World and A Mouse So Small.

Enid Blyton was a well-known English story writer; whose books are still enormously popular and have been translated into 90 languages. She wrote on a

wide range of topics including education, adventure, fantasy and mystery and is best remembered today for The Famous Five and Secret Seven series besides The

Faraway Tree series.

Winters Child by Angela McAllister

2013

The Famous Five Series - Five on a Treasure Island

by Enid Blyton 1942

Leon and the Place

Between by Angela

McAllister 2008

Year 3 Knowledge Organiser – Let’s go on an adventure!