SCARCROFT PRIMARY SCHOOLENGLISH PLANNING: YEAR 2 SUMMER TERM

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES TO SECURE
WORD READING /
  • Read accurately words containing common common suffixes
  • Read accurately words of two or more syllables that contain the same graphemes as above

COMPREHENSION /
  • Recognise simple recurring literary language in stories and poetry
  • Predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far
  • Look at non-fiction books that are structured in different ways
  • Discuss and clarify the meanings of words, linking new meanings to known vocabulary
  • Make inferences on the basis of what is being said and done

SPELLING /
  • Review of all difficult to master spelling patterns
  • Follow No Nonsense spelling programme
  • Learn to spell common exception words
  • Distinguish between homophones and near-homophones
  • Possessive apostrophe (singular)
  • Add suffixes to spell longer words, including –ment, -ness, - full, -less, -ly

HANDWRITING /
  • Form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another
  • Start using some of the diagonal and horizontal stokes needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left un-joined
  • Write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower case letters
  • Use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters

COMPOSITION /
  • Re-read writing to check it makes sense
  • Proof-read to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation
  • Write narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional)
  • Plan and say out loud what they are going to write about
  • Begin to use verbs to indicate time
  • Write for different purposes
  • Verbs in the continuous form
  • Write poetry

VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION /
  • Follow the No Nonsense Grammar programme
  • Use question marks and exclamation marks
  • Expand noun phrases to describe and specify e.g. the blue butterfly
  • Use the past and present tense correctly and consistently including progressive form
  • Use co-ordination (or, and or but)
  • Sentences with different forms: statement, command
  • Subordination through using when, if, that, or because

GRAMMAR TERMINOLOGY TO INTRODUCE /
  • Subordination (when, if, that, because), statement, command, continuous verbs, possessive apostrophe, suffixes –ment, -ness, - full, -less, -ly
  • Follow ‘No Nonsense Grammar’ scheme of work
  • Question mark, exclamation mark, past and present tense, co-ordination (or, and or but), verbs, noun phrase
  • Subordination (when, if, that, because), statement, command, continuous verbs, possessive apostrophe, suffixes –ment, -ness, - full, -less, -ly

POSSIBLE GENRES TO COVER /
  • Narrative writing based on stimuli
  • Recount based on an event
  • Information text based on a well-known topic
  • Instructions for something that has been made or science experiment etc.
  • Explanation text
  • Letter
  • Diary entry