Literacy Y1/Y2 New Framework Plan: Autumn B Weeks 1-2 Narrative: Unit 1i_1ii Familiar settings

Guaranteed to get chn excited about reading & writing, the unit draws on the best of chn’s literature, including a new book by Emily Gravett. Chn write about difficulties in sharing, then express their own fears in imaginative and highly creative ways.
Week / Strands 1-4
Speaking/Listening/Drama / Strands 5-6
Word level / Strands 7-10
Text Level / Strands 11-12
Sentence/Presentation
Y1
Wk 1 / 1. Tell stories and describe incidents from own experience in an audible voice.
3. Take turns to speak, listen to other’s suggestions and talk about what they are going to do.
4 Explore familiar themes and characters through improvisation and role-play / 6. Spell new words using phonics as the prime approach / 7. Identify the main events and characters in stories.
8. Visualise and comment on events, characters and ideas, making imaginative links to their own experiences.
9. Independently, choose what to write about, plan it and follow it through.
10. Write non-chronological texts using simple structures. / 11. Compose and write simple sentences independently to communicate meaning.
11. Use capital letters and full stops when punctuating simple sentences.
12. Write most letters correctly formed and orientated.
12. Write with spaces between words.
Y2
Wk 1 / 1. Explain ideas and processes using imaginative and adventurous vocabulary and non-verbal gestures to support communication.
3. Work effectively in groups, ensuring that each group member takes a turn, challenging, supporting and moving on.
4. Adopt appropriate roles in small groups and consider alternative courses of action. / 6. Spell with increasing accuracy and confidence, drawing on word recognition and knowledge of word structure, and spelling patterns. / 7 Give some reasons why things happen or characters change.
8. Engage with books through exploring and enacting interpretations.
9. Make adventurous word and language choices appropriate to style and purpose of text.
9. Select from different presentational features to suit particular writing purposes, including dialogue.
9. Draw on knowledge and experience of texts in deciding and planning how and what to write.
10 Use planning to establish clear sections for writing. / 11. Write simple and compound sentences.
11. Use question marks, and commas to separate items in a list.
12. Write legibly using lower and upper case letters and observing correct spacing within and between words.
Y1
Wk 2 / 1 Tell stories and describe incidents from their own experience.
1. Experiment with and build new stores of words to communicate in different contexts.
3. Take turns to speak, listen to other’s suggestions and talk about what they are going to do.
3. Explain their views to others in a small group. / 6. Spell new words using phonics as the prime approach.
6. Segment sounds into their constituent phonemes to spell words correctly. / 7 Make predictions, showing an understanding of ideas, events and characters.
8 Visualise and comment upon events, characters and ideas, making imaginative links to their own experiences.
9. Independently choose what to write about, plan and follow it through.
9. Find and use new and interesting words and phrases, including story language.
9. Create short simple texts on paper that combine images with words.
10. Write non-chronological texts using simple structures. / 11. Compose and write simple sentences independently to communicate meaning.
11. Use capital letters and full stops when punctuating simple sentences.
12. Write most letters correctly formed and orientated.
12. Write with spaces between words.
Y2
Wk 2 / 1. Tell real and imagined stories using the conventions of familiar story language.
1 Explain ideas using imaginative and adventurous vocabulary to support communication.
3. Listen to each other’s views and preferences; agree the next steps to take and identify contributions by each group member. / 6. Spell with increasing accuracy and confidence, drawing on word recognition and knowledge of word structure and spelling patterns. / 7. Give some reasons why things happen or characters change.
8 Engage with books through exploring and enacting interpretations.
9. Draw on knowledge and experience of texts in deciding and planning how and what to write.
9 Make adventurous word and language choices appropriate to the style and purpose of the text.
9. Select from different presentational features to suit particular writing purposes on paper.
10. Use planning to establish clear sections for writing. / 11. Write simple and compound sentences.
11. Use question marks, and commas to separate items in a list.
12. Write legibly using lower and upper case letters, observing correct spacing within and between words.
Themes / Cartoon strip, collaborative work, creative writing, descriptive writing, dialogue, editing & checking own work, evidence from text, handwriting, issues & dilemmas, playscripts, prequels & sequels, punctuation, reading & writing simple words, relating text to own experience, role play, sentence structure, speaking & listening.

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Y1_Y2 N Unit 1i_1ii –Aut B – Weeks 1 – 2