Reception English Overview Term Topic Duration Skills/outcomes

Reception English Overview

Term Topic

Duration Skills/outcomes

Autumn 1 Getting to Know You/ Assessment Weeks

2 Weeks Assessment/Baseline

Autumn 1 The Great Big Book of Families Introduce ORT family

1 week To learn ORT characters and begin recognise their names.

To discuss, draw and label the people in their family.

Autumn 1 It’s Okay to be Different 1 week Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.

To recognise and write their own name.

Autumn 1 Funnybones 1 week To write labels

Autumn 1 Gingerbread Man 2 weeks To retell simple stories.

To identify and label the characters in a story.

Autumn 2 Poetry Bonfire Night

1 Week To use describing words to describe fireworks.

To write labels for models.

To write captions for pictures.

Autumn 2 Non-Fiction Texts Diwali

1 Week To understand and retell the story of Rama and Sita.

To act out the story and create a story map. To use Non-Fiction books and find out information about India.

Autumn 2 Fiction Kipper’s Birthday

2 Weeks To write invitations and birthday cards

Autumn 2 Weddings 1 Week To write lists and wedding invitations.

Autumn 2 Stickman 1 Week To about the beginning, middle and end.

Autumn 2 The Christmas Story

2 Weeks Story sequencing of The Nativity.

To write a letter to Father Christmas.

To write Christmas cards.

Spring 1 Oliver’s Fruit Salad 1 week To be able to write a shopping list

To be able to write adjectives to describe fruit

Spring 1 Story Telling/ Talk for Writing The Three Little Pigs

2 Weeks Drama and story telling

Character descriptions

To write an alternative ending

Spring 1 Non Fiction/ Speaking & Listening Goldilocks

2 Weeks Role-play questioning

To create wanted posters

Spring 1 Fiction Chinese New Year – The Great Race

1 Week To write sentences about the Great Race story

Spring 2 Non-fiction writing Bean Diary

1 Week To understand how a diary works.

To write sentences in a diary format independently To plant a bean

To record what happens to the plant in a diary format

Spring 2 Talk for Writing Story Telling Jack and the Beanstalk

2 weeks Retell/ Role-play

To create a physical story map

To write letters.

To write beginning, middle and end of a story

Spring 2 Story Telling/ Talk for Writing The Very Hungry Caterpillar

1 Week Retelling & story sequencing

To write lists

To write letters

Spring 2 Non-Fiction/ The Odd Egg. Spring.

1 Week To write descriptive sentences about Spring

Spring 2 Non-Fiction Easter Recipes/instructions

1 Week To follow a recipe.

To write a recipe/set of instructions

To write Easter cards

Summer 1 Story settings The Train Ride

1 Week Descriptive language

To write descriptive sentences, captions and labels

Summer 1

Story Settings The Bear Hunt

2 Weeks Story board, describing words

Change settings e.g. Through shopping centre

Summer 1 Story Telling Little Red Riding Hood

2 Weeks Role-play- Questioning – Characters feelings

Story maps

Alternative endings

Summer 1 Story Telling & settings Whatever next

1 week Story characters, setting

Describing settings

Role play of story

Summer 2 Poetry Spiders

1 Week To listen to poems and create own poem on spiders.

Summer 2 Non-fiction Ladybird (big book)

1 Week To use non-fiction texts to find information

To write facts about ladybirds

To make own non-fiction books

Summer 2 Fiction What the ladybird heard

1 Week Speech bubbles

Wanted poster

or The bad tempered ladybird

Summer 2 Superworm (Fiction) Worms (Non Fiction)

1 week Rhyming sentences.

Summer 2 Fiction The snail and the whale

1 week To retell a story with a beginning, middle and end.

Summer 2 Non Fiction Texts The lifecycle of a honeybee (big book)

1 Week To use Non Fiction books to find out information about honeybees.

Create information page for class book.

Summer 2 End of year review- Getting ready for year 1 (Children’s choice week)

1 Week End of year review- Getting ready for year 1 (Children’s choice week)

Year 1 English Overview

Keep revising: TSRW (Think, Say, Write, Read) Punctuation- capital letters, finger spaces, full stops

Term Topic


Autumn 1 Poetry

Traditional Rhymes Baa Baa Black sheep (Pie Corbett)

1 Weeks Prepare poems to read aloud

Use appropriate intonation, tone and volume

Read and analyse in order to plan and write own versions

Autumn 1 Narrative

Books by the same author - Jill Murphy Peace at Last Five Minutes Peace All In One Piece On the Way Home

3 Week Author Study

Character description

Comparisons

Innovation

Autumn 2 Narrative

Fantasy The Long Way Home- Oliver Salters

1 week Develop a word bank of adjectives

Describe a setting

Create a setting

Autumn 2 Non-fiction

Instructions How to build a rocket Light and dark (big book)

2 Weeks Instructional language

Labelling

Captions


Storytelling/Christmas Hansel and Gretal Elf on the shelf

2 Weeks Raise questions during the reading process

Become familiar with a story

Re-tell a story

Spring 1 Narrative

Traditional Tales Three Billy goats gruff (Pie Corbett)

3 Weeks Imitation- sequence/ events in order

Innovation- use familiar plots for structuring a story

Independent Application/ write sentences with capital letters and full stops

Compose and sequence own sentences to write short stories

Spring 1 Non-fiction

Non- Fiction Wanted posters

1 Weeks List

Use of commas

Use of ‘and’

Character description

Spring 1 Poetry

Poems for learning by heart The runaway train

2 Week Performance

Re-tell

Innovation- orally plan and rehearse ideas

Spring 2 Narrative

Traditional Tales Snow white Rapunzel Cinderella

2 Weeks Sequence and discuss main events

Chunk a plot

Comparison

Spring 2 Non-Fiction

Non Chronological reports / Other non fiction Royal Life report Menu Invites

3 Weeks Collect information

Use headings and subheadings

Features of a non- fiction text

Using ‘but’ when comparing Tudor Life

Summer 1 Narrative

Stories with repetitive patterns/ structure The Big Carrot (Pie Corbett)



Independent Application/ write sentences with capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks

Summer 1 Poetry

Poems for learning by heart Humpty Dumpty (Pie Corbett)




Summer 1 Non Fiction

Recount of familiar events Trip- Victorian seaside

1 Weeks Group related material into paragraphs

Chronological Order

Use time connectives

Summer 2 Narrative

Stories from a different culture Anansi and the golden box of stories (Pie Corbett)



Independent Application/ write sentences with capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks

Summer 2 Poem

Poems on a theme The Sound collector


Use adjectives/ descriptive language

Independent application

Summer 2 Non fiction

Instructions Create and write instructions for a game

2 weeks Instructional language

Time connectives

Sequence ideas and events in non-fiction


Ongoing objectives: Throughout the year children will continue to: To secure the use of full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks and question marks. Orally rehearse each sentence prior to writing Develop a positive attitude to writing. Develop stamina for writing in order to write at length. Evaluate and proofread work to check for errors in spelling, grammar (including using the correct forms of verbs) and punctuation. Read aloud their writing with intonation to make the meaning clear.

To be able to orally retell a wider range of stories, fairy tales and traditional tales (to be additional to English units): Year 2: The Enormous Turnip, Snow White and Rose Red, The Magic Porridge pot, The Little Red Hen Recap on the following: Year 1 : 3 Billy Goats Gruff, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Rapunzel, Elves and the Shoemaker Reception: Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, Gingerbread man, 3 little pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk

Term Topic


Autumn 1 Narrative

Fiction – Narrative -Story writing – The Jolly Postman

3 weeks Write about fictional events using the past tense.

Plan and act out own story plans/maps: innovating characters, problem, endings

Act out and retell their version of the story.

Proof read and edit work.

Autumn 1 Non fiction

Instructions Pie Corbett’s: How to Trap a Dragon, How to care for a dragon

2 weeks Orally retell a set of instructions.

Write their own set of instructions using time conjunctions, a range of verbs and adverbs, commands and the features of instructions.

Use commas in a list Autumn 1 Poetry

Poetry Poetry on a theme: Autumn leaves

1 week Use nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

Innovate own lines/verses of the poem based on models.

Perform poetry

Autumn 2 Poetry

Poetry Poetry on a theme Fireworks

1 week Use nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

Innovate own lines/verses of the poem

Explore use of past and present tense in poetry.

Perform poetry


Recount (letters) Great Fire of London Toby and the great fire of London. Various texts about the Great Fire of London

3 weeks Write a recount in a letter format

Make notes from non-fiction texts, e.g. highlighting and noting key words.

Use past tense verbs accurately.

Edit and improve

Autumn 2 Fiction

Stories by the same author Julia Donaldson – Gruffalo, snail and the whale, Gruffalo’s child and others

3 weeks Comparison of characters, settings, plot, rhythm of text.

Write own story based on a model & innovate a story section – e.g. ending

Compare similarities and differences of stories by same author.

Possible theatre visit

Autumn 2 Poetry

Poetry on a theme: Coming Home and other winter poems.

1 week Explore expanded noun phrases and using when, if, that, because to create subordinate clauses.

Innovation lines/verses of the poem

Perform poetry

Spring 1

Fiction

Stories on a theme The lighthouse keeper’s lunch stories

3 weeks Make predictions and orally retell stories

Make story plans (use Pie Corbett’s boxing up method), innovating on character and setting.

Write their own story plans/maps, innovating endings and characters.

Act out and retell their version of the story.

Spring 1 Poetry

Classic poetry Kit Wrights – Magic Box

2 weeks

Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify, e.g. adjectives to describe nouns

To select, generate and effectively use nouns and verbs.

Write their own poems based on a known structure

Est and er suffix

Spring 2 Non Fiction

Non chronological reports Non-fiction texts about Victorians

3 weeks Make simple notes from non-fiction texts, e.g. highlighting and noting key words.

Develop success criteria and plan for their reports, identifying where information should be placed within a non-chronological structure.

Organise writing into sections/paragraphs writing sentences in different forms – statements, exclamations, questions.

Edit, improve and evaluate writing with adults and peers. Spring 2 Fiction

Narrative: Traditional Tales with a twist The real story of the 3 little pigs Prince Cinders Jack and the baked beanstalk

3 weeks Orally retell story maps – Pie Corbett talk for writing.

Compare ‘twisted’ versions to originals of traditional tales

Write character and setting descriptions

Box up and innovate a story map then write an innovated version of a traditional tale, which includes text type features of a traditional tale.

Summer 1 Pre Sats Writing Owl Babies

2- 3 weeks Make predictions

Retell - both orally and written

Setting and character descriptions.

Make story plans/maps (use Pie Corbett’s boxing up method), innovating alternative middles, endings, characters

Act out, retell and write their version of the story.

Summer 1 SATS Period

2- 3 weeks Non chronological report on Nocturnal Animals

Character description - The Twits

Safety instructions

Summer 2 Poems with structure 1 week Perform poetry – adding action & sounds to improve effect for the audience

Poetry

Iguana by Brian Moses

To explore the effect and use of rhyme

To understand impact of the poem on the listener as a piece for performance.

Summer 2 Fiction

Narrative - Story writing Akimbo Stories

3 weeks

Write a story in the past tense from a character’s point of view.

Innovate story - write their own story plans/maps, innovating endings and characters.

Write alternative middles – problem and resolution.

Act out, retell and write their version of the story.

Summer 2 Non Fiction

Explanation texts Leaflets, websites linked to caring for elephants Hope for the Elephants - DK readers

1 week

Make notes, and highlight key information to inform.

Write an explanation, using the features to inform others how to care for elephants – write for an audience and purpose.

Write a glossary and use dictionaries to inform and edit work


Persuasive advert save elephants

2 weeks Make notes, and highlight key information and techniques used to persuade.

Use a conscience alley to explore reasons and arguments.

Write an advert to persuade others using persuasive techniques and language


Term Topic


Autumn 1 Narrative

Mystery Stories Museum Mystery Squad and the Case of the Hidden Hieroglyphs Mike Nicholson

2 Weeks Create and develop characters for narrative

Raising questions during the reading process

Generating and selecting vocabulary from word banks

Autumn 1 Poetry

Poems with a structure Shape poems

1 Week Prepare poems to read aloud



Autumn 2 Narrative

Novel as a theme Egyptian Tales: The Plot on the Pyramid Terry Deary

3 Weeks Create and develop settings for narrative

Group related material into paragraphs

Use a comma to separate clauses

Use inverted commas


Recount Diaries Flat Stanley and the Great Egyptian Grave Robbery Jeff Brown

2 Weeks Analyse and evaluate texts looking at language and structure

Explore and identify subordinate clauses

Generate and select from vocabulary banks


Explanation Texts Mummification

2 Weeks Use headings and subheadings to organise information

Proofread to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation in our own writing

Explore and collect word families

Spring 1 Narrative

Folk Tales The Old Lady who lived in a Vinegar Bottle

2 Weeks Retell a range of stories including less familiar stories

Effectively use prepositions

Propose changes with a partner


Recount Biography Henry VIII

3 Weeks Use headings and subheadings to organise information

Proofread to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation in others writing

Prepare for research by identifying what is already known

Spring 1 Poetry

Classic Poetry for performance Double Double Toil and Trouble Shakespeare

1 Week Prepare poems to read aloud using appropriate tone

Take note of punctuation when reading aloud

Read and analyse poetry in order to write their own

Spring 2 Narrative

Fairy Stories Traditional anthology

2 Weeks Sequence and discuss the main events in stories

Retell a range of stories including less familiar stories

Identify and discuss conventions

Spring 2 Narrative

Play Scripts Home Sweet Home – Literacy Shed Film Unit

2 Weeks Improve, create and write dialogue

Draw inferences around characters thoughts, feelings and actions

Orally retell a range of less familiar stories


Non Chronological Report Life in Tudor times

2 Weeks Evaluate how specific information is organised


Appraise a text to evaluate usefulness

Summer 1 Fiction

Fables Aesop’s fables Michael Rosen

2 Weeks Retell a range of stories including less familiar stories

Draw inferences around characters thoughts, feelings and actions and justify with evidence from the text

Create and develop characters for a fable


Persuasive Letters Rainforest Preservation

2 Weeks Analyse and evaluate texts looking at language and structure

Improve writing in the light of evaluation

Use the perfect form of verbs

Summer 2 Fiction

Adventure Stories Ride of Passage – Literacy Shed Film Unit

3 Weeks Create and develop plots based on a model

Improve writing in the light of evaluation

Record ideas for planning using a range of formats


Discussion: For and Against Rainforest Destruction


Develop and agree on rules for effective discussion

Create complex sentences using conjunctions

Summer 2 Poetry

Poems on a theme If I Ran the Rainforest Dr Seuss

2 Weeks Prepare poems to read aloud. Use appropriate intonation, tone and volume

Identify and discuss purpose, audience and structure

Effectively use prepositions


Term Topic Duration Skills/outcomes

Autumn 1 Narrative

Roald Dahl Novel as a Theme: Author Study Roald Dahl

4 Weeks • Create complex sentences with adverb starters eg Silently trudging through the snow, • Identify and discuss the purpose, audience, structure vocabulary and grammar of narrative. • Read and analyse narrative in order to produce their own versions. • Prepare play-scripts to read aloud, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume

and action

Autumn 1 Non-Fiction

Persuasive Text: Volcanos, Pompeii

2 Weeks Read and analyse non-fiction in order to produce their own versions.

Use paragraphs to organise writing in non-fiction

Generate and select from vocabulary banks

Autumn 1 Poetry

Poems with a theme: Roald Dahl

1 Week Use paragraphs to organise writing in poetry text

Improve writing in light of evaluation.

Use appropriate intonation, tone and volume to present their writing to a range of audiences

Autumn 2 Narrative

Film and Play Scripts: Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit

3 Weeks Prepare play-scripts to read aloud, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action

Develop characterisation using vocabulary to create emphasis, humour, atmosphere, suspense

Discuss and propose changes with partners and in small groups

Improve writing in light of evaluation

Use appropriate intonation, tone and volume to present their writing to a range of audiences Autumn 2 Non-Fiction

Information Text: Lake district

3 Weeks Evaluate how specific information is organised


Appraise a text to evaluate usefulness

Autumn 2 Poetry

Classical Poetry: Wordsworth-Daffodils

2 Weeks Read and analyse poetry order to produce their own versions.

Draw inferences around characters’ thoughts, feelings, actions and motives, and justify with evidence from the text using point and evidence.

Spring 1 Narrative

Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Anderson The Emperor’s New Clothes

3 Weeks Create sentences with fronted adverbials for when e.g. As the clock struck twelve, the soldiers sprang into action.

Use commas to mark clauses in complex sentences

Use inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech e.g. The tour guide announced, “Be back here at four o’ clock.”

Read and analyse a fairy tale in order to plan and write their own versions

Discuss and record ideas for planning e.g. chunk a plot


Recounts: News Reports

3 Weeks Use nouns for precision eg burglar rather than man.

Proofread to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Discuss and record ideas for planning e.g. story board, boxing-up text types to create a plan.

Spring 1 Poetry

Poems with a structure: Kennings

1 Week Discuss and propose changes to own and others’ writing with partners/small groups.


Analysing different forms of poetry e.g. haiku, limericks, kennings.

Learning a range of poems by heart and rehearsing for performance.

Spring 2 Narrative

Fantasy: (The Firework makers Daughter)

3 Weeks Develop characterisation using vocabulary to create emphasis, humour, atmosphere, suspense

Discuss and propose changes with partners and in small groups

Improve writing in light of evaluation



Discussion and Debate:


Develop and agree on rules for effective discussion

Create complex sentences using conjunctions

Spring 2 Poetry

Poems with a theme: Vikings

1 Week Use paragraphs to organise writing in poetry text

Improve writing in light of evaluation.


Summer 1 Narrative

Myths and Legends: Beowulf

3 Weeks Plan and write a myth/legend based on a model

Tell the myth/legend to an identified audience

Summer 1 Non- Fiction

Non-Chronological Report: Life of a Viking

2 Weeks Use paragraphs to organise writing in non-fiction text.

Explore, identify, collect and use noun phrases eg We were

Generate and select from vocabulary banks.

Summer 1 Poetry

Classic poetry: Beowulf poem

1 Week Read and analyse poetry order to produce their own versions.

Draw inferences around characters’ thoughts, feelings, actions and motives, and justify with evidence from the text using point and evidence.

Summer 2 Narrative

Stories with Issues and Dilemmas: Wallace and Gromit A matter of Loaf and death

3 Weeks Make predictions based on information stated and implied

Demonstrate active reading strategies e.g. generating questions, finding answers, refining thinking, modifying questions, constructing images

Create sentences with fronted adverbials for where eg – In the distance

Summer 2 Non-Fiction

Explanation Text: Wallace and Gromit Cracking Contraptions

2 Weeks Explore, identify and create complex sentences using a range of conjunctions e.g. if, so, because, when

Discuss and record ideas for planning e.g. text map, non-fiction bridge, boxing-up text types to create a plan.

Organise paragraphs in explanations

Summer 2 Poetry

Poems with a structure: Cinquain

1 Week Discuss and propose changes to own and others’ writing with partners/small groups.


Analysing different forms of poetry e.g. haiku, limericks, kennings.

Learning a range of poems by heart and rehearsing for performance.


Term Topic Duration Skills/outcomes

Autumn 1 Narrative

Stories from other cultures The Explorer – Katherine Rundell

3 Weeks Create complex sentences by using relative clauses with relative pronouns

Infer characters feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and justify inferences with evidence

Suggest changes to grammar, vocabulary and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning. Use suffixes –ate, -ise, -ify to convert nouns and adjectives into verbs

Autumn 1 Non-Fiction

Recounts and reports Biography and News report writing/recording

2 Weeks Use organisational and presentational devices e.g underlining, bullet points, headings

Through close reading of the text, re-read and read ahead to locate clues and understanding

Scan for key words and text mark to locate key information

Autumn 1 Poetry

Poems with a structure Limericks or Haiku

1 Week Suggest changes to grammar, vocabulary and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning. Explore, recognise and use the terms metaphor, simile, imagery.

Perform own compositions for different audiences using appropriate intonation and volume.

Use a Thesaurus

Autumn 2 Narrative

Older Literature A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens

4 Weeks Check that the book makes sense to them and demonstrate understanding through reading journals

Justify opinions and elaborate by referring to the text e.g. using the PEE prompt

Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials for time, place and numbers

Create complex sentences where the relative pronoun is omitted


Film Scripts/Play Scripts A Christmas Carol/Scrooge – Charles Dickens

2 Weeks Choose when it is appropriate to print (lower case or upper case) rather than to join writing

Identify the audience and purpose

Think how authors develop characters and settings (in books, films and performances.)

Use the first three or four letters of a word to check spelling, meaning or both of these in a dictionary

Spring 1 Narrative

Historical Novels Goodnight Mister Tom – Michelle Magorian

4 Weeks Create and punctuate complex sentences using ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ opening clauses.

Use devices to build cohesion within a paragraph

Blend action, dialogue and description within and across paragraphs

Proofread for spelling and punctuation errors


Discussion/Formal Debate Internet safety discussion/video

2 Weeks Demarcate complex sentences using commas in order to clarify meaning

Draw on reading and research

Note and develop ideas

Performing – ensure meaning is clear


Information Booklet with a range of text types WWII/ROF

3 Weeks Select the appropriate language and structure

Use similar writing models

Identify and use brackets to indicate parenthesis

Use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely

Spring 2 Poetry

Classic Narrative The Listeners – Walter de la Mare Lochinvar – Walter Scott The Ballad of Charlotte Dymond – Charles Causley

3 Weeks Select appropriate structure, vocabulary and grammar

Assess the effectiveness of own and others’ writing in relation to audience and purpose

Demonstrate active reading strategies

Learn a wider range of poetry by heart

Summer 1 Narrative

Novel on Theme Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo

3 Weeks Identify and use commas to indicate parenthesis

Ensure consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing

Use different sentence structures with increasing control

Use commas to avoid ambiguity

Summer 1 Poetry

Poems with figurative language

2 week Prepare poems to read aloud and perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action so the meaning is clear to an audience.

Discuss and evaluate how authors use language including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.

Explore, recognise and use the terms metaphor, simile, imagery.

Explain the effect on the reader of the author’s choice of language

Summer 1 Non-fiction

Magazine articles Women in the Bible

2 Weeks Identify and use dashes to indicate parenthesis

Choose when it appropriate to print (lower case or upper case)

Explore, collect and use adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility

Explore, collect and use modal verbs to indicate degrees of possibility

Summer 2 Narrative

Legends Greek Myths/Legends

3 Weeks Express preference about a wider range of books including modern fiction, traditional stories, myths and legends

Explore themes within and across the text

Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials for time, place and number

Create and punctuate sentences using simile starters

Summer 2 Non-fiction

Persuasion Formal presentation (including TV broadcast) promoting tourism on Jurassic Coast

2 weeks Ensure consistent subject and verb agreement

Perform own compositions for different audiences using appropriate intonation and volume, adding movement, ensuring meaning is clear

Explain and discuss their understanding of what they have read, including through formal presentations and debates, maintaining a focus on the topic and using notes.

Prepare formal presentations individually or in groups.


Ongoing

Objectives

Spelling

Recognise and spell endings which sound like /ʃəs/, spelt – cious or –tious.

Recognise and spell endings which sound like /ʃəl/, e.g. official, partial.

Investigate adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer, e.g. referring, reference.

Investigate use of the hyphen.

Investigate and use further prefixes, e.g. bi- trans- tele- circum-.

Distinguish between homophones and other words that are often confused.

Identify root words, derivations and spelling patterns as a support for spelling.

Be secure with all spelling rules previously taught.

Use a number of different strategies interactively in order to spell correctly.

Develop self-checking and proof-checking strategies, including the use of a dictionary and thesaurus.

Spell words from the Year 6 list (selected from the statutory Year 5/6 word list

Handwriting

Write, using a joined style, with increasing speed.

Choose the writing implement that is best suited for a task e.g. pencil for quick notes, handwriting pen for letters, marker pens for posters.

Term Unit Duration Skills/Outcomes Autumn 1

Non-fiction

Instructions

(Indian recipes)

1 week Punctuate bullet points consistently.

Identify and use colons to introduce a list.

Identify and use semi-colons within lists.

Autumn 1

Fiction

Descriptive Narrative

(Literacy Shed-Alma)

3 weeks Use ellipsis to link ideas between paragraphs.

Use a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and

across paragraphs.

Autumn 1

Poetry

Poetry

(The Tyger-William Blake)

1 week Find examples of where authors have broken conventions

to achieve specific effects and use similar techniques in

own writing – e.g. repeated use of ‘and’ to convey tedium,

one word sentence.

Autumn 1

Non-fiction

Biographies

(Rudyard Kipling & Walt Disney)

1 week Explore, collect and use vocabulary typical of formal and

informal speech and writing e.g. find out – discover, ask for

- request, go in – enter.

Evaluate, select and use a range of organisation and

presentational devices to structure text for different

purposes and audiences e.g. headings, sub-headings,

columns, bullet points, tables.

Autumn 2

Fiction

Classic Fiction

(The Jungle Book)

3 weeks Select appropriate vocabulary and language effects,

appropriate to task, audience and purpose, for precision and

impact.

Autumn 2

Non-fiction

Persuasion

(Formal letters, information leaflets, persuasive

I Movie)

2 weeks Use devices to build cohesion between paragraphs in

persuasive, discursive and explanatory texts e.g. adverbials

such as: on the other hand, the opposing view, similarly, in

contrast, although, additionally, another possibility,

alternatively, as a consequence.

Explore, collect and use subjunctive forms for formal

speech and writing e.g. If I were able to come to your party,

I would; The school requires that all pupils be honest.

Identify audience and purpose.

Select appropriate register for formal and informal

purposes, e.g. a speech for a debate (formal), dialogue

within narrative (formal or informal), text message to a

friend (informal).

Autumn 2

Fiction

Descriptive Narrative

(Literacy Shed- Christmas Narrative)

1 week Use devices to build cohesion between paragraphs in

narrative e.g. adverbials such as: in the meantime,

meanwhile, in due course, until then.

Make conscious choices about techniques to engage the

reader including appropriate tone and style e.g. rhetorical

questions, direct address to the reader.

Spring 1

Fiction

Classic Fiction

(The Kraken, Treasure Island, Robinson

Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson, The Martian)

3 weeks Explore how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity e.g.

man eating shark versus man-eating shark.

Select the appropriate structure, vocabulary and grammar.

Draw on similar writing models, reading and research.

Compare how authors develop characters and settings (in

books, films and performances).

Spring 1

Fiction

Stories with flashbacks

(Kidnapped-Pie Corbett & Treasure Island)

3 weeks Use repetition of a word or phrase to link ideas between

paragraphs.

Explore, collect and use question tags typical of informal

speech and writing e.g. “He’s your friend, isn’t he?"

Consciously control the use of different sentence structures

for effect.

Deviate narrative from linear or chronological sequence

e.g. flashbacks, simultaneous actions, time-shifts.

Spring 2

Various

Revision

(Mystery story opening- SATs prompt &

Literacy Shed,

6 weeks Manipulate sentences to create particular effects.

Identify and use semi-colons to mark the boundary between

independent clauses e.g. It is raining; I am fed up.

Wacky Races persuasive advert,

Pandora non chronological report,

The Day The Crayon’s Quit informal letter)

Investigate and collect a range of synonyms and antonyms

e.g. mischievous, wicked, evil, impish, spiteful, well-

behaved.

Choose appropriate text-form and type for all writing.

Use a range of planning approaches e.g. storyboard, story

mountain, discussion group, post-it notes, ICT story

planning.

Combine text-types to create hybrid texts e.g. persuasive

speech.

Summer 1

Various

Revision

(Descriptive Narrative-Replay Literacy Shed,

Broken: Rock, Paper, Scissors Literacy Shed)

2 weeks Identify the subject and object of a sentence.

Explore and investigate active and passive e.g. I broke the

window in the greenhouse versus the window in the

greenhouse was broken.

Explore, collect and use examples of the perfect form of

verbs to mark relationships of time and cause e.g. I had

eaten lunch when you came (past perfect); She has eaten

lunch already or I have eaten lunch already (present

perfect); I will have eaten lunch by then (future perfect).

Blend action, dialogue and description within sentences

and paragraphs to convey character and advance the action

e.g. Tom stomped into the room, flung down his grubby,

school bag and announced, through gritted teeth, “It’s not

fair!"

Summer 1

Various

CSI 3 weeks Use active and passive voice to achieve intended effects

e.g. formal reports, explanations and mystery narrative.

Précis longer passages.

Reflect upon the effectiveness of writing in relation to

audience and purpose, suggesting and making changes to

enhance effects and clarify meaning.

Use appropriate and effective intonation and volume.

Summer 2

Various

Wonder 6 weeks Proofread for grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.

Add gesture and movement to enhance meaning.

Encourage and take account of audience engagement.

Documents

Reception English Overview Term Topic Duration Skills/outcomes