Genre Overview
Year 0ne - English Genres
Autumn Term theme: Magic
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Fantasy Setting) |
(3 weeks) |
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Non – Fiction: Labels, lists and captions |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales: |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Recount |
(2 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Dictionary |
(1 week) |
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Poetry: Using the senses |
(2 weeks) |
| Appreciating rhymes and poems and reciting some by heart. | |
Spring Term theme: Animal Tales |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Range of Cultures) |
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Poetry: Pattern and rhyme |
(1/2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales: |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Instructions |
(2/3 weeks) |
Summer Term theme: Holidays |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Familiar Setting) |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Recount (Fact & Fiction) |
(2 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Information texts |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales: |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry – Poems on a theme |
(1 week) |
Year Two - Genre Overview
Magic
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Familiar Setting) |
(3 weeks) |
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Non – Fiction: Information Texts |
(3 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Patterns on a Page |
(2/3 weeks) |
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Appreciating rhymes and poems and reciting some by heart. |
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Spring Term theme: 2016 |
Animal Tales
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Different Stories by the Same Author) |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Really Looking |
(2 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Instructions |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Explanations |
(2 weeks) |
Summer Term theme: 2016 |
Holidays
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Significant Authors) |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Non-Chronological Reports |
(2/3 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Silly Stuff |
(2/3 weeks) |
Revisit and Consolidation of any Genres |
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Year Three - Genre Overview
Knights & Castles
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Myths) |
(3 weeks) |
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Non – Fiction: Reports |
(2/3 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: for performance |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction: Stories with familiar settings |
(2 weeks) |
Spring Term theme: 2016 |
Bones
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Mystery) |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Shape Poetry and Calligrams |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Instructions |
(2 weeks) |
Summer Term theme: 2016 |
Wild Things
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Adventure) |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Information Texts |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Language play |
(2 weeks) |
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Dialogues and Plays |
(2 weeks) |
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Authors: Reading Unit with several possible written outcomes |
(2 weeks) |
Year Four - Genre Overview
Autumn Term theme: Knights & Castles |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Historical Setting) |
(3 weeks) |
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Fiction: Stories in imaginary worlds |
(3 weeks) |
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Non – Fiction: newspapers |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Non – Fiction: magazines |
(2 weeks) |
Spring Term theme: Bones |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Stories from other cultures) |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Creating Images |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Information |
(2 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Explanation |
(2 weeks) |
Summer Term theme: Wild Things |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes (Issues and dilemmas) |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Formal Persuasive Texts |
(2/3 weeks) |
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Plays |
(2/3 weeks ) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry – Exploring form |
(2/3 weeks) |
Revisit and Consolidation of any Genres |
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Year 5 - Genre Overview
Autumn Term theme: Pirates |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes Novels and Stories by Significant Children’s Authors |
(3 weeks) |
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Non – Fiction: Instructions |
(2/3 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Poetic Style |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction: Legends |
(2/3 weeks) |
Spring Term theme: Space |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes Stories from Other Cultures |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Classic / Narrative |
(2 weeks) |
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Traditional Tales: (narrative/poetry/non-fiction) |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Recount |
(2/3 weeks) |
Summer Term theme: Superheroes |
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Chatterboxes/Narrative: Superheroes |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction – Persuasive Texts |
(2/3 weeks) |
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Traditional Tales: (narrative/poetry/non-fiction) |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry : Imagery |
(2/3 weeks) |
Year 6 - Genre Overview
Autumn Term theme: Pirates |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes Flashbacks |
(3 weeks) |
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Non – Fiction: Journalistic |
(3 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales Letter Writing |
(3 weeks) |
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Poetry: Imagery |
(2 weeks ) |
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Fiction: Action Stories |
(2 weeks) |
Spring Term theme: Space |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes Time Slip |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Biography |
(2 weeks) |
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Fiction & Non-Fiction: Traditional Tales Balanced / Unbalanced Argument |
(3 weeks) |
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Non-Fiction: Formal / Impersonal |
(2/3 weeks) |
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Fiction: Play scripts |
(2 weeks) |
Summer Term theme: Superheroes |
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Fiction: Chatterboxes Autobiography |
(3 weeks) |
Revisions:MythsLegendsDiaries |
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