Literacy Overview - Sheringdale Year 1 Narrative Pre-Unit 1: Stories in familiar settings Narrative Unit 1A: Stories in familiar settings Non-fiction Unit 1: Labels, lists, signs, captions Poetry Unit 2: Pattern and rhyme Narrative Unit 1B: Stories in familiar settings Narrative Unit 2A: Stories with repeating patterns from a range of cultures Poetry Unit H1: Christmas/Celebrations (1 week) Spring Non-fiction Unit 2: Instructions Narrative Unit 2B: Predictable patterned language Narrative Unit 3A Traditional and fairy stories Non-fiction Unit 3: Recount Poetry Unit 1: Using the senses Narrative Unit 3B: Traditional and fairy stories Non-fiction Unit 4A: Information texts Narrative Unit H2: myth (1 week)
Narrative Unit 3C: Traditional and fairy stories Narrative Unit 3C(i): Traditional and fairy stories Non-fiction Unit 4B: Information texts Non-fiction Unit 4B(i): Information texts Poetry Unit 3A: Poems on a theme: Animals Narrative Unit 4A: Stories about fantasy worlds Narrative Unit 4B: Stories about fantasy worlds Non-fiction Unit 5: Recount Poetry Unit 3B: Poems on a theme Year 2 Narrative Unit 1A: Stories in familiar settings Non-fiction Unit 1A: Instructions and recipes Poetry Unit 1: Patterns on the page Narrative Unit 1B: Stories in familiar settings Non-fiction Unit 2: Explanations
Poetry Pre-Unit 2: Really looking Narrative Unit 2A:Traditional stories Non-fiction Unit 3: Information texts Poetry Unit 2A: Really looking Narrative Unit 2B: Traditional stories Non-fiction Unit 1B: Instructions Poetry Unit 2B: Really looking Narrative Unit 3: Different stories by the same author Non-fiction Unit 4A: Non-chronological reports Poetry Unit 3: Silly stuff Narrative Unit 4: Extended stories/significant authors (4 weeks) Non-fiction Unit 4B: Non-chronological reports Poetry Unit H1: Favourite poets Year 3
Narrative Unit 1: Stories in familiar settings Non-fiction Pre-Unit 1: Reports (1 week) Non-fiction Unit 1A: Reports Poetry Unit 2: Shape poetry and calligrams Narrative Unit 5A: Dialogues and Plays Non-fiction Unit 1B: Reports Poetry Unit 3A: Language Play Narrative Unit 2A: Myths and Legends Non-fiction Unit 2A: Instructions Poetry Unit 1A: Poems to perform Narrative Unit 2B: Myths and Legends Non-fiction Unit 2B: Instructions Poetry Unit 3B: Language Play Narrative Unit 3: Adventure/ Mystery stories (4 weeks) Non-fiction Unit 3A: Information texts Poetry Unit 1B: Performance and favourite poets Narrative Unit 4: Authors and Letters Narrative Unit 5B: Dialogues and Plays Non-fiction Unit 3B: Information texts
Year 4 Narrative Unit 1: Stories with historical settings Non-fiction Unit 1: Recounts: newspapers/magazines (4 weeks) Poetry Unit 1A: Creating images Narrative Unit 2A: Stories set in imaginary worlds Non-fiction Unit 2A: Information texts Poetry Unit 2A: Exploring form syllabic poems Narrative Unit 2B: Stories set in imaginary worlds Non-fiction Unit 3A: Explanation Poetry Unit 1B: Creating images Narrative Unit 3: Stories from other cultures Non-fiction Unit 2B: Information texts Poetry Unit 2B: Exploring form Couplets, Clerihews and Kennings Narrative Unit 4A: Stories that raise issues/dilemmas Narrative Unit 4B: Stories that raise issues/dilemmas Non-fiction Unit 4: Persuasive texts
Poetry Unit 1C: Creating images Narrative Unit 5: Plays Non-fiction Unit 3B: Explanation Poetry Unit 2C: Exploring form list poems Year 5 Narrative Unit 1A: Significant Author Narrative Unit 1B: Novels and stories by significant children s authors Non-fiction Unit 1: Instructions Poetry Unit 1A: Poetic Style Narrative Unit 1B(i): Novels and stories by significant children s authors Narrative Unit 2: Traditional stories, fables, myths, legends (4 weeks) Non-fiction Unit 2A: Recounts Poetry Unit 1B: Poetic Style Narrative Unit 3: Stories from other cultures Non-fiction Unit H1: Explanation and Information
Poetry Unit 2A: Classic/narrative poems Narrative Unit 4: Older Literature Non-fiction Unit 2B: Recounts Poetry Unit 3A: Choral and performance Narrative Unit 5: Film and graphic stories (4 weeks) Non-fiction Unit 3A: Persuasive writing Poetry Unit 2B: Classic/narrative poems Narrative Unit 6: Dramatic conventions Non-fiction Unit 3B: Persuasive writing Poetry Unit 3B: Choral and performance Year 6 Narrative Unit 1A: Fiction genres Non-fiction Unit 1: Biography and autobiography Poetry Unit 1: The power of imagery Narrative Unit 1B: Fiction genres Narrative Unit 2: Extending narrative Non-fiction Unit 2: Journalistic writing Poetry Unit 2: Finding a voice
Narrative Unit 4: Short story with flashbacks Non-fiction Unit 3: Argument Revision Unit 1: Reading & writing narrative and plays Revision Unit 2: Reading & writing non-fiction Revision Unit 3: Reading poetry Narrative Unit 3: Authors and texts Non-fiction Unit 4: Formal/ impersonal writing Unit H1: nonsense poems Unit H2: End of term performance (4 weeks) Unit H3: Historical stories: fact & fiction