Writing
English Writing Curriculum Overview
Bold Venture Class Year 3/4
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Cycle A | Winter’s Child by Graham Baker-Smith, Ice Palace by Robert Swindells
| Coming to England by Floella Benjamin
| Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies, This Morning I Met a Whale by Michael Morpurgo
| Greek Myths by Jean Menzies
| Wisp: A Story of Hope by Zana Fraillon, Home by Carson Ellis, Dreams of Freedom by Amnesty International | A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories by Angela McAllister (Julius Ceaser)
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Outcome Fiction: write a fantasy story based on a fable | Outcome Recount: write a letter in role recounting events of the story | Outcome Persuasion: write an informative article persuading for the protection of the blue whale | Outcome Fiction: make a mini-book of their own adventure | Outcome Fiction: write a narrative from the character’s point of view | Outcome Fiction: write a playscript for a part of the story
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Cycle B | The Fossil Girl by Catherine Brighton
| Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura
| Amazing Rivers by Julie Vosburgh Agnone
| Leon and the Place Between by Graham Baker-Smith, Oz the Great and Powerful (2013 film) | Amazing Islands by Sabrina Weiss, Koji’s Island by The Literacy Company | Blue John by Berlie Doherty
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Outcome Recount: write a fossil journal
| Outcome Fiction: write a historical narrative set in the Stone Age
| Outcome Persuasion: write an information board to persuade people to take care of rivers | Outcome Recount: write a diary from Leon’s point of view | Outcome Fiction: write an adventure story from point of view of the boy | Outcome Explanation: write a letter in role as a caving expert, including an explanation |
Spitfire Class Year 4/5
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Cycle A | Gorilla by Anthony Browne
| Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker
| Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker, Jungle Explorer by The Literacy Company
| Young, Gifted and Black by Jamia Wilson Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story by Catherine Johnson | Arthur and the Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton
| Bold and Brave Women from Shakespeare by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories by Angela McAllister |
Outcome Fiction: write a fantasy story based on Gorilla | Outcome Non-fiction: write a fact file
| Outcome Non-chronological report: write an information board for a rainforest exhibit | Outcome Recount: write a series of diary entries | Outcome Fiction: write a myth, creating characters and settings | Outcome Recount: write and perform a soliloquy | |
Cycle B | Our Tower by Joseph Coelho
| Escape from Pompeii by Christina Balit
| Alba The Hundred Year Old Fish by Lara Hawthorne, A Planet Full of Plastic by Neal Layton
| The Lost Happy Endings by Carol Ann Duffy
| Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai, For the Right to Learn by Rebecca Langston-George | The Paperbag Prince by Colin Thompson
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Outcome Recount: write the adventure as a journal
| Outcome Fiction: write a historical narrative from character’s point of view | Outcome Non-fiction: write an information board
| Outcome Fiction: write a traditional tale with an alternative ending
| Outcome Recount: write an autobiography
| Outcome Persuasion/ information: write a hybrid leaflet about waste management |
Flacon Class Year 5/6
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Cycle A | Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo | Kai and the Monkey King by Joe Todd-Stanton
| The Brilliant Deep by Kate Messner, Coral Reefs by Jason Chin
| The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Black Cultural Archives
| Poetry for Kids William Shakespeare by Marguerite Tassi, A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories by Angela McAllister | Sky Chasers by Emma Carroll
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Outcome Recount: write a series of diary entries | Outcome Fiction: write a myth, creating characters and settings | Outcome Persuasion/information: write an information leaflet
| Outcome Information/recount/ explanation: write a hybrid leaflet | Outcome Fiction: write a sonnet
| Outcome Fiction: write an adventure story from two different viewpoints & Recount: autobiography | |
Cycle B | Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo
| The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield | Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe, Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou | Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestlandt, Erika’s Story by Ruth Vander Zee | The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde & Ritva Voutila | Plastic Planet by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Greta’s Story: The Schoolgirl Who Went on Strike to Save the Planet by Valentina Camerini |
Outcome Fiction: write a further adventure
| Outcome Recount: write a formal biography of Chris Hadfield
| Outcome Non-fiction: write an information text for a gallery
| Outcome Fiction: write a flashback story & non-chronological report
| Outcome Fiction: retell a classic narrative from a character’s point of view & Explanation | Outcome Persuasion: write a persuasive speech
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