Curriculum Overview for Writing: Year 6 to Year 1 Year 6 Recount of summer holidays to develop writing at start of the year Descriptive Writing Treehouse where beginning is provided for and to complete Descriptive Writing (The Harris Burdick mysteries) House Lifting Formal letter to Prime Minister re refugees Newspaper article about Outbreak of World War II Narrative (Suspense) Hide and Seek Biography of Winston Churchill Persuasive writing/managing Shift: Y6 Residential Leaflet Narrative (Flashback) Narrative (Late for school writing task) Persuasion in advertising Instructions on how to build a Mayan Temple for Chichen Itza The Arrival (Shaun Tan): Focus on image, then writing discussion developing dialogue. Performance poetry Chronological Report Mayan Creation Story Playscript of Evacuees during WWII Non-chronological report Mayan Daily Life Diary entry of evacuees during WWII Discussion about jobs and careers focus on Superhero as a job Battle of Britain Chronological report booklet Effective Story Endings Narrative using video - Ruckus Big Write (Whole School), e.g. Milk Carton, The Storm enable description Fireworks poetry *Also write to extend writing skills using SPaG and to consolidate learnt skills within longer pieces of independent writing. Independent writing can also be located across the curriculum.
Year 5 Story opening Listen to a sound clip. Write what you can hear to make a story opening. Pull apart and put onto a graph how many short sentences, sentences with fronted adverbials etc. Edit and improve Introduce DADWAVERS re-write the story opening using DADWAVERS Running Wild Non-chronological report tsunamis First person narrative - the tsunami has just hit Description of the jungle. Speech conversation between Will and Kaya. Write a chapter of Running Wild Refugees First person narrative Story opening Persuasive letter to Miss Buxton to raise money for refugees Poem with rhyming couplets Christmas Descriptive write the journey of the snowman. Mr Linden s Library (The Harris Burdick mysteries) Description of both characters Conversation between Mr Linden and the girl Write the story Balanced arguments Have a debate in class, splitting the class Children to write arguments for and against for certain questions. Write a balanced argument - Children should only be allowed one hour of screen time a day. Explanation text The Crystal Maze watch the programme and then the children write the explanation. Derek Redmond Write as though you are Derek Redmond. Split the part into sections. Titanic Newspaper report Biography of one of the people on the ship. Diary entry day one (setting sail), day two (being on board the Titanic), day three (sinking) Narrative Poetry Tuesday Eye-witness report as the man in the kitchen. Police report Newspaper report Story for the following Tuesday
Year 4 Walk with a Wolf: Information texts Identify features of information texts. Learning of Perfect text using actions Research and produce an information leaflet about wolves to share with KS1 The Wolf s Story: Traditional Tales Deduce and infer information about a character Character description of the Wolf Speech conversation between Wolf and Pigs Retell story of Three Little Pigs from the Wolf s perspective. First person recount. Discovery of Tutankhamun s Tomb: Newspaper Report: Features of a newspaper report Direct and Reported speech Act out discovery of tomb Plan and Big Write the discovery by Howard Carter Performance Poetry Theme and conventions Metaphor and simile Performance skills Gran Can You Rap? Horrid Henry: Stories in a Familiar Setting Setting description and fronted adverbials Diary entry Story structure Write up own version of a Horrid Henry story Hotel for Kids: Persuasive Writing Look at range of holiday brochures/leaflets and identify key features Persuade people to visit a holiday destination Design a Hotel for Kids and create a persuasive leaflet repetition, alliteration, statistics, emotive language The Hole: Imaginative Stories Ask and answer questions using inference skills Revise speech Write a sequel based on the story Playground games: Instructions Children to design their own playground games and then write a set of instructions for others to follow The Butterfly Lion Think about narrator, setting and the impact of language choice. Read selected extracts, discussing and responding to the text. Letter-writing, role-play, hot-seating Writing an extra chapter for the novel. Animals in captivity: Balanced Argument Class debate Plan and write a balanced argument Nonsense Poems Plan, create and perform imaginative poems Concentrate on rhythm, rhyming patterns and syllable usage in poetry.
Stories by the Same Author Michael Foreman I ll Take You to Mrs Coles by M Foreman Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish by M Foreman Extending the range of sentences with more than clause.. Use and punctuate direct speech. Stories from other cultures Seasons of Splendour by M Jaffery The Tiger Child by J Troughton The Old Man and the Magic Bowl Use prepositions to express time, place and cause.. Creating Images Various poems - provided Choose nouns appropriately. Use adverbs appropriately. Year 3 Stories about imaginary worlds Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl Introducing the idea of tense in verbs. Using pronouns for cohesion and to avoid repetition and ambiguity. Using dialogue punctuation. Myths and Legends Greek Myths The Orchard Book of Greek Myths by G McCaughrean Greek Myths by Marcia Williams Using powerful verbs and beginning to recognising the concept of a verb. Understanding that writing can be 3rd or 1st person. Using and punctuating direct speech. Instructions and Explanations Various explanation and instruction texts see plan Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause. Non-chronological reports Various non-fiction books about sport Example of fictional story about footballer or dancer, e.g. Horrid Henry and the Football Fiend see plan Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause.. Use conjunctions to express time or cause. Newspaper Reports Essential books: Wednesday by David Weiner Use the present form of verbs in contrast to the past tense. Use adverbs to express time and cause. Use and punctuate direct speech. Performance Poems Various performance poems - provided Using and recognising nouns, adjectives and adjectival phrases. Using conjunctions to express time and cause. Using the possessive apostrophe with singular and plural nouns. Recounts The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine Using adverbs and adverbials. Creating complex sentences. Using commas after or before phrases and clauses. Using and punctuating direct speech. Instructions and Explanations The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane by CM Millen Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe. Using prepositions to express time and cause. Using commas correctly. Adventure Stories The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith Using fronted adverbials, including using commas after fronted adverbials. Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, e.g. when, if, because, although. Plays and dialogues Proverbs animated tale provided with plan The Witches by Roald Dahl Roald Dahl The Witches: Plays for Children adapted by David Wood Using adverbs correctly. Using and punctuating direct speech. Shape poems Various performance poems - provided Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with singular and plural nouns. Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of connectives. Persuasive writing Essential books: TV recordings record a programme such as Milkshake on Channel 5 which features lots of adverts aimed at children Extending a range of sentence with more than one clause by using a wider range of connectives. Using conjunctions appropriately. Recounts The Magical Garden of Claude Monet by Laurence Anholt The Journey by Neil Griffiths Using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause. Using and punctuating direct speech.
Year 2 Recount of summer holidays to develop writing at start of the year Descriptive Writing describing their character that lives under the stairs Narrative writing their own story of their animal in the meadow Poetry repeated rhymes Big Write (Whole School), e.g. Milk Carton, Instruction feature of instructions bossy verbs and adverbs. making jelly for Neil Armstrong. Poetry humorous poems Fiction - Stories from the same author book reviews Information diary writing Fiction quest stories Non-fiction booklet children write their own information booklet of the animals that they have seen at Marwell Zoo, Information text features of an information text Postcard and letters children write their own excuses about why they are late for school based on the story from John Norman McHennessey. Recount of Streetwise, sequential language. Information writing missing posters Narrative - retelling their version of a traditional tale. *Also write to extend writing skills using SPaG and to consolidate learnt skills within longer pieces of independent writing. Independent writing can also be located in Humanities books.
Stories with repeating patterns Harvey Slumfenburger by John Burningham Writing, leaving spaces between words; beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, a question mark or exclamation mark; using grammatical terminology. Year 1 Fairy stories and traditional tales Little Red by L. Roberts and D. Roberts Little Red Riding Hood by L. Don and C. Chauffrey Chicken Licken Hamilton Animated Tale Versions of: Chicken Licken and Jack & the Beanstalk 1. Use capital letters for the names of people/places. 2. Punctuate sentences with a capital letter, full stop, exclamation or question mark. Fantasy Stories & superheroes (till 03.03.18) The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson Eliot Midnight Superhero by Anne Cottringer 1. Punctuate sentences with a capital letter, full stop, exclamation or question mark. 2. Begin to use and to join sentences. Pattern and rhyme Hairy Maclary from Donaldson s Dairy by Lynley Dodd Scarface Claw by Lynley Dodd My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes by Lynley Dodd Grammar includes: Leaving spaces between words. Joining sentences using because and when. Punctuating sentences using a capital letter and question mark. Poems about the senses The Works, chosen by Paul Cookson ISBN 0330481045 Sensational: Poems inspired by the Five Senses chosen by Roger McGough 1. Begin to punctuate sentences correctly. 2. Use capital letters for the start of lines in poems. Humorous Poems The Works chosen by Paul Cookson The Works Key Stage 1 chosen by Pie Corbett It Takes One to Know One by Gervase Phinn Writing proper names using capital letters; using capital letters for the start of lines in a poem. Fairy Stories and Traditional Tales Traditional versions of: Cinderella, Billy Goats Gruff and Snow White Snow White in New York by Fiona French Hairy Tales and Nursery Crimes by Michael Rosen Billy Dogs Gruff Hamilton Group Reader Joining words and joining clauses using and ; leaving a space between words; using full stops and capital letters to demarcate sentences. Fantasy Funny Stories No thank you! By Ruth Merton The day Louis got eaten by John Fardell There s a lion in my cornflakes by Michelle Robinson and Jim Field Using capital letters for proper names; leaving space between words; using full stops and capitals to demarcate sentences. Poems about nature Poem Maker, Word Shaker by Pie Corbett The Works chosen by Paul Cookson My first Oxford Book of Poems chosen by John Foster The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry Beginning to punctuate sentences correctly; using capital letters for the start of lines in poems. Traditional Poems Selected websites with traditional rhymes as well as any books containing nursery rhymes you already have Writing proper names using capital letters; using capital letters for the start of lines in a poem; punctuating sentences using full stops, question and exclamation marks.
Instructions Don t let the pigeon stay up late by Mo Willems Don t let the pigeon drive the bus by Mo Willems Boris and Sid are bad Hamilton Group Readers 1. Begin to write complete sentences 2. Use capital letters at the start of a sentence and a full stop, exclamation or question mark at the end. Letters and Description Mr. Postmouse s Rounds by Yvette Ghione and Marianne Dubuc 1. Write proper nouns and personal pronoun using a capital letter. 2. Use correct punctuation within the sentence. 3. Write in complete sentences. Labels, lists and signs Not a stick by Antoinette Portis Billy s Bucket by Kes Gray and Garry Parsons Writing, leaving spaces between words; using capital letters for the names of people, places, days of the week, etc. Information texts The Usbourne Book of Big Machines Scooters Hamilton Group Reader Writing, leaving spaces between words; using capital letters for the names of people, places, days of the week, etc.; using grammatical terminology Commands What You Shouldn t Do At School by Joshua McManus I m Mad About Pizza by Joshua McManus What you shouldn t do before school by Ruth Merttens, Hamilton Group Reader. Using a question mark at the end of a sentence to indicate a question. Begin to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop. Letters Dear Greenpeace by Simon James Boris and Sid met a Shark Hamilton Group Reader Cat, Fish and Shell Hamilton Group Reader Beginning to write complete sentences; using capital letters at the start of a sentence and a full stop, exclamation or question mark at the end; identifying and distinguishing statements, questions and exclamations. Information Texts The Dancing Tiger by Malachy Doyle Tigress by Nick Dowson Suprising Sharks/Ice Bears by Nicola Davies Writing leaving spaces between words; punctuating questions with question marks and sentences with full stops and exclamation marks; using grammatical terminology.