Medium Term Plan Y2/Y3 Summer YEAR A

Medium Term Plan – Y2/Y3 Summer YEAR A

Term / Fiction / Non-fiction / Poetry /
Summer / Plan 1A: Stories from the recent past
Required texts:
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline in London by Ludwig Bemelmans
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Description:
During this unit children explore some of the first popular picture books such as theMadelineseries andFlat Stanley. They explore the characters in depth together with how the stories are structured. They plan and write stories based around the events that take place in these enchanting books.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
1. Use expanded noun phrases for description and specification
2. Learn to use new punctuation, including commas in lists
3. Use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) or co-ordination (using and, but, or)
Year 3
1. Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although
2. Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause / Plan 1A: Instructions and explanations
Recommended texts:
The Usborne Official Detective’s Handbook by Various
Description:
Children are presented with a crime to solve as this unit begins: they describe a crime scene; read witness statements; devise questions; and test and write instructions for novice detectives. Children explore and explain why we have rules, and the unit ends with an opportunity for children to become crooks and devise absurd crimes.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
1. Use the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense
2. Use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
Year 3
1. Use the present form of verbs
2. Learn the grammar requirements for years 3 and 4 / Plan 1A: Poems on a theme: monsters
Required texts:
It’s Behind You by Paul Cookson and David Harmer
What are Monsters like? – Hamilton Group Reader
Description:
Read some wonderful monster poems inIt’s Behind You!by Paul Cookson and David Harmer. Participate in poetry reading and learn part of a poem by heart. Create monsters and write poems about them using descriptive language and different poetic forms.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
1. Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
2. Learn how to use familiar and new punctuation correctly including full stops, capital letters, exclamation and question marks
3. Use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
Year 3
1. Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2
2. Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
3. Use fronted adverbials
4. Use commas after fronted adverbials
Plan 2A: Legends – Robin Hood
Required texts:
The adventures of Robin Hood by Marcia Williams
Disney’s animated Robin Hood - DVD
Description:
Learn about the legend of Robin Hood through Marcia Williams’ comic strip versionThe Adventures of Robin HoodandDisney’s animated Robin Hood.Compare the text and DVD. Retell, act out and invent ‘new’ stories. Use speech marks, apostrophes and the perfect tense.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
1. Use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
2. Learn how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly including apostrophes for contracted forms
3. Use the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form
Year 3
1. Learn the grammar for years 3 and 4
2. Revise apostrophes for contracted forms
3. Indicate possession by using the possessive apostrophe
4. Use and punctuate direct speech
3. / Plan 2A: Persuasive writing
Required texts:
The Promise by Nicola Davies
The Journey by Aaron Becker
Description:
This unit uses two beautiful, thought provoking books,The Promise andThe Journey, to explore features of persuasive language. Children use role-play and group work to build ideas of persuasive features before writing a persuasive letter and a speech. Grammar focus:
Year 2
1. Use subordination (using when, if, that, or because) or co-ordination (using and, but, or)
2. Use expanded noun phrases for description and specification
Year 3
1. Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
2. Extend sentences with a wider range of conjunctions / Plan 2A: Poems of the world – nature poems
Required texts:
All the Wild Wonders edited by Wendy Cooling
The Works 2 chosen by Brian Moses and Pie Corbett
Description:
ReadAll the Worlds Wondersto explore poems about nature by poets from different countries. Use descriptive language and read poems that discuss the problems the environment faces. Read and write poems that express the wonder and beauty of the natural world.
Grammar focus:
Year 2
1. Learn how to use familiar and new punctuation correctly including full stops, capital letters, exclamation and question marks
2. Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
3. Use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
4. Learn how to use apostrophes for contracted forms
Year 3
1. Use and punctuate direct speech
2. Learn the grammar requirements for years 3 and 4
3. Use the grammatical terminology in appendix 2