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1 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Literacy Curriculum Plan (outline only) Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Familiar Using the Senses Traditional Stories and Fairy Tales Labels, Lists and Captions Stories about Fantasy Worlds Information texts Patterns and Rhyme Different Cultures Recounts, Dictionary Recounts Fact and Fiction Poems on a Theme COLOUR KEY: Non- Fiction Fiction/ Stories with Familiar Patterns on the Page Traditional Stories Explanation Different stories by the same author Information texts Really Looking Extended stories/ significant authors Non-chronological reports Silly Stuff Familiar Performance Reports Myths and Legends Adventure and Mystery Shape Authors and Letters Information Dialogue and Plays Language Play Historical Stories Creating Images Recounts Stories set in imaginary worlds Information Different Cultures Dilemmas Exploring Form Plays Explanation Persuasive Texts Significant Writers Poetic Style Different Cultures Traditional stories Recount Older Literature Classic poems Film Persuasive Dramatic Conventions Choral Transition Fiction Genres Imagery Finding a Voice Flashbacks Biog/Auto Biog Extending Journalistic Authors and Texts Argument Formal/ Impersonal

2 Year 1 Scheme of Work Familiar (4 weeks or 2 x 2 weeks) Labels, Lists and Captions (1 week) a Range of Cultures Predictable and Patterned Language (4 weeks or 2 x 2 weeks) Traditional and Fairy Tales (including Plays) (4/5 weeks or weeks) Recounts, Dictionary Stories about Fantasy Worlds (4 weeks or 2 x 2 weeks) (5 weeks) Recount, Fact and Fiction Using the Senses Pattern and Rhyme Poems on a Theme A Day in the Life of an RSPCA Inspector The Story of Jake and Bones

3 Year 2 Scheme of Work Familiar Traditional Stories Different Stories by the Same Author Extended Stories / Significant Authors Explanations Non-chronological Reports Patterns on the Page Really Looking Silly Stuff Really Looking

4 Year 3 Scheme of Work Familiar Myths and Legends Adventure and Mystery Authors and Letters Dialogue and Plays Reports (3/4 weeks) Poems to Perform (1 weeks) Shape and Calligrams Language Play

5 Year 4 Scheme of Work Historical Stories set in Imaginary Worlds other cultures Stories which raise issues or dilemmas Plays (2/3 weeks) Recounts: Newspapers/ Magazines (3/4 weeks) Explanation Texts (2/3 weeks) Persuasive Texts Creating Images Exploring Form

6 Year 5 Scheme of Work Unit 6/ Transition Novels and Stories by Significant Authors Traditional stories, myths and legends Recounts (4/5 weeks) other cultures Persuasive (5/6 weeks) Older Literature Film Dramatic Conventions (2/3 weeks) (Transition Unit) Poetic Style Classic/ narrative poems Choral and Performance (1 week) There s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom (Louis Sachar) The Midnight Fox (Betsy Byers) Street Child (Berlie Docherty) The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes) Sensational (Roger McGough)

7 Year 6 Scheme of Work Transition Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Fiction Genres (4-5 weeks) Extending Authors and Texts Short Flashbacks (5 weeks) Biography / Autobiography Journalistic Argument Formal / Impersonal Power of Imagery Finding a Voice (1 week) Revision Reading and Reading and Nonfiction Reading and There s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom (Louis Sachar) The Midnight Fox (Betsy Byers) Street Child (Berlie Docherty) The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes) Sensational (Roger McGough)

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