Literacy Year 3-4 New Framework Plan: Sum B – Weeks 1-2

Narrative: Unit 1B Historical Stories

Find out about the amazing Beatrix Potter. What was her childhood like? Read her stories and explore the time they were set. Use historical details from that time to write and illustrate a small book to share with a younger child.
Strands 1-4
Speaking/Listening/Drama / Strands 5-6
Word Level / Strands 7-10
Text Level / Strands 11-12
Sentence/Presentation
Wk 1
Y3 / 2. Follow up others’ points and show whether they agree or disagree in whole-class discussion.
3. Use the language of possibility to investigate and reflect on feelings, behaviour or relationships. / 6. Spell high and medium frequency words. / 7. Identify and make notes of the main points of section(s) of text.
9. Make decisions about form and purpose, identify success criteria and use them to evaluate their writing.
Wk 1
Y4 / 1. Offer reasons and evidence for their views, considering alternative opinions. / 6. Develop a range of personal strategies for learning new and irregular words. / 7. Identify and summarise evidence from a text to support a hypothesis.
9. Summarise and shape material and ideas from different sources to write convincing and informative non-narrative texts.
9. Develop and refine ideas in writing using planning and problem-solving strategies.
Wk 2
Y3 / 6. Recognise a range of prefixes and suffixes, understanding how they modify meaning and spelling, and how they assist in decoding long complex words. / 9. Use beginning, middle and end to write narratives in which events are sequenced logically and conflicts resolved.
9e. Use layout, format graphics and illustrations for different purposes. / 11. Compose sentences using adjectives, verbs and nouns for precision, clarity and impact.
12a. Write with consistency in the size and proportion of letters and spacing within and between words, using the correct formation of handwriting joins.
Wk 2
Y4 / 6. Know and apply common spelling rules. / 9. Use settings and characterisation to engage readers’ interest.
9. Choose and combine words, images and other features for particular effects. / 11. Clarify meaning and point of view by using varied sentence structure (phrases, clauses and adverbials).
12. Write consistently with neat, legible and joined handwriting.
Themes / Adjectives, adverbs, authors, characterisation, connectives, descriptive writing, editing own work, handwriting, historical stories, illustrations, narrative, paragraphs, powerful verbs, setting, singular and plural, spelling rules

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Y3_Y4 N Unit 1B –SumB – Weeks 1 – 2