Literacy Year 1/2 New Framework Plan: Spring a Wks 1-3 Narrative: Unit 2B Traditional Tales

Literacy Year 1/2 New Framework Plan: Spring A – Wks 1-3 Narrative: Unit 2B Traditional Tales

Chn hear and retell traditional stories from a range of cultures. They use role-play to develop their understanding of story structure and characterisation. Chn write dialogue in various different ways, then plan & write an alternative ending to a story.
Week / Strands 1-4
Speaking/Listening/Drama / Strands 5-6
Word Level / Strands 7-10
Text Level / Strands 11-12
Sentence/Presentation
Year 1
Week 1 / 1. Retell stories, ordering events using story language.
4. Act out traditional/well known stories, using voices for characters.
4. Explore familiar themes & characters through improvisation & role-play. / 6. Spell new words using phonics as the prime approach. / 7. Identify main events & characters in stories, & find specific information in simple texts.
7. Explore the effect of patterns of language & repeated words & phrases.
7. Make predictions showing an understanding of ideas, events & characters.
9. Convey information & ideas in simple non-narrative forms.
9. Independently choose what to write about, plan & follow it through.
8. Visualise & comment on events, characters & ideas, making imaginative links to their own experiences. / 11. Compose & write simple sentences independently to communicate meaning.
12. Write most letters, correctly formed & orientated.
Year 2
Week 1 / 1. Tell real & imagined stories using conventions of familiar story language.
4. Present part of traditional stories for members of their own class.
4. Adopt appropriate roles in small groups. / 6. Spell with increasing accuracy & confidence, drawing on word recognition & knowledge of word structure & spelling patterns. / 7. Draw together ideas & information from across a whole text, using simple signposts in the text.
7. Explore how particular words are used including words & expressions with similar meanings.
7. Give some reasons why things happen or characters change.
9. Maintain consistency in non-narrative (speech).
9. Draw on knowledge & experience of texts in deciding and planning what & how to write.
8. Explain their reactions to texts, commenting on important aspects. / 11. Write simple & compound sentences.
12. Write legibly.
Year 1
Week 2 / 4. Explore familiar themes & characters through improvisation & role-play.
3. Take turns to speak & listen to others’ suggestions & talk about what they are going to do.
2. Listen & express views on how a story or information was presented.
4. Discuss why they like a performance.
1. Experiment with & build new stores of words to communicate in different contexts.
2. Listen to & follow instructions accurately, asking for help and clarification if necessary. / 6. Spell new words using phonics as the prime approach. / 9. Independently choose what to write about, plan & follow it through.
7. Identify the main events & characters in stories, & find specific information in simple texts.
9. Convey information & ideas in non-narrative (speech) dialogue form.
8. Visualise and comment on events, characters and ideas, making imaginative links to their own experiences. / .
Year 2
Week 2 / 4. Present part of traditional stories or their own stories for the class.
3. Listen to each others view’s & preferences.
2. Respond to presentations by describing characters & commenting constructively.
4. Adopt appropriate roles in small groups.
4. Consider how mood & atmosphere are created in live performance.
1. Explain ideas using imaginative & adventurous vocabulary.
2. Listen to others in class, ask relevant questions & follow instructions. / 6. Spell with increasing accuracy and confidence. / 9. Draw on knowledge & experience of texts in deciding and planning what & how to write.
7. Draw together ideas & information from across a whole text, using simple signposts in the text.
8. Explain their reactions to texts, commenting on important aspects.
8. Visualise & comment on events, characters & ideas, making imaginative links to their own experiences.
9. Maintain consistency in non-narrative (speech). / 11. Write simple compound sentences and begin to use subordination in relation to time and reason.
Year 1
Week 3 / 4. Explore familiar themes & characters through role-play.
3. Take turns to speak & listen to others’ suggestions. / 5. Read more challenging texts which can be decoded using their acquired phonic knowledge and skills, along with automatic recognition of high frequency words. / 7. Identify the main events & characters in stories, & find specific information in simple texts.
9. Independently choose what to write about, plan & follow it through.
10. Write non-chronological texts using simple structures.
9. Find & use new & interesting words & phrases, including story language.
9. Create short simple texts on paper & on screen that combine words with images. / 11. Compose & write simple sentences independently to communicate meaning.
12. Write most letters, correctly formed & orientated.
Year 2
Week 3 / 4. Present part of traditional stories for members of their own class.
3. Work effectively in groups, taking turns to speak. / 5. Spell with increasing accuracy & confidence, drawing on word recognition & knowledge of word structure & spelling patterns. / 7. Draw together ideas & information from across a whole text, using simple signposts in the text.
9. Draw on knowledge & experience of texts in deciding & planning what & how to write.
10. Use planning to establish clear sections for writing.
9. Sustain form in narrative, including use of person & time.
9. Make adventurous word & language choices appropriate to style & purpose of the text.
9. Select from different presentational features to suit particular writing purposes on paper and on screen. / 11. Compose sentences using tense consistently, (present & past).
11. Write simple & compound sentences.
12. Write legibly.
Themes / Adjectives, alternative story endings, characterisation, descriptive writing, dialogue, discussion text, editing own work, illustrations, letter layout, narrative, note making, oral discussion, play scripts, punctuation, reading & writing simple words, retelling stories, role-play, sentence structure, sequencing, setting, speaking and listening, spelling patterns, spelling rules, story structure, stories from other cultures, traditional stories.

Y1/2 N Unit2B SprA – Weeks 1 – 3