Literacy Subject Plan

Year / Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2
1 / Castles & Dragons
‘Jack and the beanstalk’
Information texts
Acrostic poems
Writing questions
Acting in role
News report
Wanted poster / Victorians
Information texts
Postcards
Diaries
Letters
Fact files / Plants & animals
‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’
Information texts
Fact files
Instructions / Plants & animals
‘The little red hen’
‘The Gruffalo’
Letter
Sequencing stories / Space
‘Bob’
‘Aliens love underpants’
‘Beegu’
Nouns, verbs, adjectives
Letter writing
Diaries
Character descriptions
Instructions / Under the sea
‘Rainbow Fish’
‘Tiddler’
‘Commotion in the Ocean’
‘Night Pirates’
Poems
Letters
Character description
Diaries
2 / The Lonely Beast/The Great Explorer
Chris Judge
Letter Writing
Newspaper Article
I can write my address in the right place.
I can write the date.
I can start my letter correctly (Dear Sir, Madam, Mr, Mrs)
I can say why I am writing.
I can sign my letter correctly (Yours faithfully, sincerely).
I can write in a formal way.
I can start a new paragraph for each new point I make.
I can use capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.
I can use commas to separate lists.
I can use apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession. / The Dark
Lemony Snicket.
Narrative and Diary Entries
I can identify features of a narrative
I can write in sentences (inc story starter, about setting and characters & leaving spaces between words)
I can write in the past tense (what happened)
I can use and, or & but (co-ordinating conjunctions)
I can use words like when, if, that, because (subordinating conjunctions)
I can use adjectives (expanded noun phrases)
I can use capital letters correctly.
I can use . correctly.
I can use ! & ? correctly / The Hodgeheg
Dick King Smith
Information Texts
I can identify features of an information
I can use features of a non-fiction text to find information.
I can write headings & sub-headings to section my work (inc use of ? for questions)
I can write facts.
I can write in the present tense.
I can use adjectives (expanded noun phrases)
I can use and, or & but (co-ordinating conjunctions)
I can use words like when, if, that, because (subordinating conjunctions)
I can use . correctly.
I can use capital letters correctly. / Traction Man
Traction Man and Turbo Dog.
Mini Grey
Narrative and Diary Entries
I can identify features of a narrative
I can write in sentences (inc story starter, about setting and characters & leaving spaces between words)
I can write in the past tense (what happened)
I can use and, or & but (co-ordinating conjunctions)
I can use words like when, if, that, because (subordinating conjunctions)
I can use adjectives (expanded noun phrases)
I can use capital letters correctly.
I can use . correctly.
I can use ! & ? correctly / Claude in the City
Alex T Smith
I can identify features of a narrative
I can write in sentences (inc story starter, about setting and characters & leaving spaces between words)
I can write in the past tense (what happened)
I can use and, or & but (co-ordinating conjunctions)
I can use words like when, if, that, because (subordinating conjunctions)
I can use adjectives (expanded noun phrases)
I can use capital letters correctly.
I can use . correctly.
I can use ! & ? correctly / Claude on Holiday
Alex T Smith
I can identify features of an information
I can use features of a non-fiction text to find information.
I can write headings & sub-headings to section my work (inc use of ? for questions)
I can write facts.
I can write in the present tense.
I can use adjectives (expanded noun phrases)
I can use and, or & but (co-ordinating conjunctions)
I can use words like when, if, that, because (subordinating conjunctions)
I can use . correctly.
I can use capital letters correctly.
3 / Adventure and Mystery- The Miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
Letter writing
Dictionary work
Story writing-
Narrative
Newspaper articles
Diary entries
SPaG
Paragraphs
Nouns, fronted dverbials / Myths and Legends -Greek Myths
Myth writing,
Story boards
SPaG
Paragraphs
Nouns, fronted adverbials, Conjunctions
Tenses, connectives
Nouns, prefixes, / Authors and Letters
Letter writing,
Reading a range of authors work,
Conjunctions
Tenses, connectives
Nouns, prefixes,
Paragraphs
Adjectives
Inverted commas / Instructions, Performance poetry
SPaG
Bossy verbs
Bullet points
Connectives
Adverbs
Nouns / Shape poems and calligrams, Language Play
Word play,
Poetry- concrete,
Reading a range of poems
Analysing and discussing / Story Writing- The Iron Man
Story writing-
Narrative
Newspaper articles
Diary entries
Paragraphs
SPaG
Conjunctions
Tenses, connectives
Nouns, prefixes,
Paragraphs
Adjectives
Inverted commas
4 / I was a rat!- (Phillip Pullman)
recounts, newspapers, exploring and discussing issues and dilemmas,
SPaG-
plural and possessive-s
paragraphs, pronouns, nouns / The Green Ship
(Quentin Blake)
explanations
story writing
adventure story writing,
persuasive writing
dictionary work,
SPaG-
pronouns, nouns, fronted adverbials, paragraphs, inverted commas, / A Nest full of stars-
poetry,
exploring form,
creating images,
apostrophes
Ug Boy Genius (Raymond Briggs)
Letter writing, re-enacting,
Drama, writing in role, storytelling, debating, research
SPaG-
paragraphs, inverted commas, fronted adverbials,
commas, / The Tinder Box-
(Hans Christian Anderson)
write in role, features of stories,
drama,
letter writing,
narrative recount,
conversation between characters
Illustrated sequel
SPaG-
plural and possessive-s
paragraphs, pronouns, nouns / Fire bird
(Saviour Pirotta)
writing a letter in role,
shared poetry, writing,
report writing,
writing a diary entry in role
SPaG-
pronouns, nouns, fronted adverbials, paragraphs, inverted commas,
SPaG revision
5 / Skellig:
character profiles, stories, diary entries, poetry.
SPaG – nouns, noun phrases, apostrophes, direct & reported speech / WW1 Football Truce:
poetry, playscripts, drama, letter, persuasion
SPaG – prepositions, pronouns / Kaspar, Prince of Cats:
instructions, news reports, recounts, non-chronological reports
SPaG – adverbs, relative clauses, brackets/dashes/commas for parenthesis / The London Eye Mystery:interviews, playscripts, letters, 1st person narrative, persuasive writing
SPaG – modal verbs, commas, types of noun, determiners / Goodnight Mr Tom:
Character profiles, balanced argument, diary entries, dialogue
SPaG - revision
6 / Shakespeare:
Romeo and Juliet
Playscripts, drama, postcards, diary entry, letter, recount.
SPaG:
Types of noun, verbs, adjectives (revision) / Shakespeare:
Macbeth
Playscripts, drama, newspaper report, diary entry, comic strip.
SPaG:
Formal vs informal, passive voice, noun phrases / Wolves:
The Wolves in the Walls
Narrative, drama, poetry, prediction, onomatopoeia.
SPaG:
Subjunctive form, question tags, cohesive devices / Wolves:
The Eye of the Wolf
Narrative, drama, interview, persuasive writing.
SPaG:
Colons and semi-colons, adverbials / The Victorians:
Street Child
Reports, factfiles, diary entry, letter.
SPaG:
Bullet points
Hyphens vs dashes / Famous Artists
Reports, factfiles, instructions.
SPaG:
Revision