English Whole School Overview 2018/19

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1 Year Group Autumn Spring Summer Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Year 1 Topic: Whatever the Weather Helen Cooper Core text: Pumpkin Soup Harvest Making Soup- Instructions Topic: Twit Twoo! Jill Tomlinson Core text: The Owl Who Was Afraid of the dark Explanation text- How to fly Information text Nocturnal Animals Firework Poetry Topic: Dinosaur Romp Author focus: Michael Rosen Core text : We re Going on a Bear Hunt- linked to dinosaurs: We re going on a Dino Hunt Recount: Paradise Park trip as a diary Instructions: How to look after a baby dinosaur Dinosaur, Dinosaur Topic: Once Upon a Time Eileen Brown Core Book: Traditional tales 3 Little Pigs Handa s Surprise Non Chronological report: Homes around the world Easter Poetry Topic: Zoom About Quentin Blake Core text: Mrs Armitage on Wheels Discussion text: Which type of transport should Mrs Armitage use next? Book Review Mrs Armitage Shape Poems Topic: Ahoy There! Kim Kennedy Core Text: Pirate Pete Persuasive letter: I want to be a Pirate Recount: School trip Commotion in the Ocean

2 Year 2 Topic: Muck, mess and mixtures Author focus: Roald Dahl Core Text: George s Marvellous medicine Creating plots Recount Historical Superheroes diary as Florence Nightingale narrative Instructions How to make a potion for X (Jam sandwich model) Don t put mustard in the custard by Michael Rosen (The Evil Pea Supertato by Sue Hendra) Topic: Around the world in 80 days Gerald Durrell Core text : Fantastic Flying Journey (linked to Around the world in 80 days) Settings Letter Writing Meerkat Mail By Emily Gravett write letter home from various settings Persuasive text Global explorer Senses poems about Autumn Topic: Chocolate Roald Dahl Core Text : Charlie and the chocolate factory Paragraph types (problems/resolutions) Information text from cocoa bean to chocolate Recount news reports Topic: Where my wellies take me... Claire and Michael Morpurgo Core Text: Where my Wellies Take Me Paragraph types (openings) Information text Alexandra Park leaflet. Explanation booklet Growing sunflowers Poems about growing magical plants, written like a recipe. Topic: Turrets and Tiaras David Melling Core Book: The Kiss that Missed Characterisation/dialogue Instructions - How to be a knight. (Cup of tea model) The Making of a knight Patrick O Brien There was an old dragon who swallowed a knight - Penny Parker Klostermann Topic: Buzzing Around Tony De Saulles Core Book: Bee Boy Paragraph types (endings) Explanation text Bee by Patricia Hegarty Why bees are important Information text Bees booklet The Beeman by Laurie Krebs From egg to bee Riddles

3 Year 3 Topic: A Unique Habitat Lynne Cherry Core text: The Great Kapok Tree familiar setting Non-Chronological Report- Rainforest Animal Information Leaflet- The Rainforest Shape Poems: Dart Frog Topic: Sticks and Stones Satoshi Kitamura Core text: Stone Age Boy A boy called Ug Stig of the dump Stone girl, bone girl character description Recount Diary Newspaper Article- Mary Anning Performance Poetry Topic: In dark, dark wood Roald Dahl Core text: The Minpins narrative magic theme Persuasive Letter Biography- Roald Dahl Descriptive Poetry Topic: The Deep Quentin Blake Core text: The Green Ship Oliver & the seawigs by Phillip Reeve The secret of black rock by Joe Todd Stanton change of perspective Persuasive Letter Newspaper Topic: Dragons Rebecca Rupp Core text: The dragon of lonely island narrative adventure Information Text- Manchester Ridgeback Instructions- How to train your dragon Topic: Lost Core text: The Journey by Aaron Becker OR Emma and the blue genie by Cornelia Funke Lila and the secret of rain by David Conway recount Non-Fiction:) Explanation: The tear thief by Carol Ann Duffy Persuasive Article- Water for Africa

4 Year 4 Topic: Pirates Ahoy! Michael Morpurgo Core text: The Wreck of the Zanzibar paragraph types (openings) Diary Information texts- Islands/Island inhabitants Discussion text The Pirate by Hugh Chesterman Topic: Tomb Raiders Shirley Climo Nick Would and Christina Balit Core text: The Egyptian Cinderella or The Scarab's Secret paragraph types (problem/ dilemma) Persuasive writing Recount newspaper Topic: All Change! Core text: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe prepositions Fantasy settings Magician s Shop Information texts Descriptive writing of Mr Tumnus house The Door Miroslav Holub Topic: Zap! (your imagination!) Ross MacKenzie Core text: The Nowhere Emporium Ada Twist, scientist by Andrea Beatty paragraph types (suspense) Explanation text Wallace and Gromit inventions Topic: Rampage! Christina Balit or Caroline Lawrence Core text : Escape from Pompeii OR The thieves of Ostia Warning story - creating plots The caravan Mitch Instructions How to be a gladiator Newspaper Poetry Classical theme Tyger Tyger Topic: What do you see? Author Focus : Jeannie Baker Core text: The Window Fiction focus: Journey Story (historical) Sulius Non- Persuasive writing environmental Letter to Council Discussion Text Should fishermen have quotas? Poetry Spine poems Kennings Biography writing Electrical Wizard Tesla by Elizabeth Rusch

5 Year5 Topic: African Adventures Lauren St John Core text: The White Giraffe descriptive narrative Discussion Fair Trade Information Texts Port Lympne Topic: Vicious Vikings Core Text: Viking boy by Tony Bradman The saga of Eric the Viking by Terry Jones & Michael Foreman Explanation- Water treatment (Science) Recount Discussion Performance Poetry Gran Can You Rap? by Jack Ousbey Topic: Becoming a Stunt Double S. F. Said Core text: Varjak Paw suspense Explanation- How to scoot/bmx Discussion- Should Varjak leave Elder Paw? Should girls be allowed to? Topic: Life on Mars To infinity and beyond. Christopher Edge Core Text: The Jamie Drake Equation analysis & continuation of existing text Biography- Neil Armstrong One giant Leap by Don Brown Instructions: How To Topic: Parisian Pursuits Katherine Rundell Core text: Roof Toppers Description Recount Newspaper article Diary entries Instructions The Way Through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling Topic: The Apprentice Clockwork Core text: Phillip Pullman fable five-part narrative Non-fiction focus: Autobiography- Alan Sugar? Persuasive- Link to enterprise and Fiver Fiesta

6 Year6 Topic: In to Battle Julia Green Core Text: The Wilderness War Paragraph types (suspense/cliff hanger/ dilemmas) Non-Fiction focus: Persuasive- debate/ speech letter writing- to the council Biography Information textslimited species Instructions- building a tree house Topic: Around the World Michael Morpurgo Core Text: Kensuke s Kingdom Settings (paragraph types: adventure) Balanced argumentto sail around the world Diaries/log- on the boat Recount Information texts Sea Poems Topic: Secret Agents Anthony Horowitz Core Text: Stormbreaker Analysis, prediction, character Spy Gadgets- Persuasive/ Explanation I Spy- outdoor learning poetry Topic: Dig For Victory Nina Bawden Core Text: Carrie s War Characterisation/dialogue Letter- from Carrie/Nick home following evacuation Diary SATS Topic: Dig For Victory Nina Bawden Core Text: Carrie s War (continued) Rose Blanche Character empathy Non-Fiction focus: Non-chronological report Report/ recount writing following WW11 Day Leaflet WW11 Poetry Topic: Hogwart s Express J K Rowling Core Book: Harry Potter Plots/ settings/ narrative Continuation through the Forbidden Forest Non-Fiction focus: Playscript from narrative Explanation- following Harry Potter Studios trip Recipes- magic potions Instructions- wands/ spells No breathing! by Michael Rosen performance poetry Spine Poems