English Curriculum

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 3

Autumn - First half term

Week 1

Hodgeheg

Reading

To write a prediction
To give the meaning of new vocabulary
To identify vocabulary which describes a character
To explain how the author has created an effective setting
To answer questions about the opening to show knowledge and comprehension

Writing

Character profile
Setting description

Punctuation and grammar

To identify nouns and verbs

Spellings

To identify silent letters in words from different origins

Week 2

Hodgeheg

Reading

To retrieve information from the text
To retrieve information from a text
To compare the themes within the book
To interpret and explain the meaning of what has been read
To summarise what has been read

Writing

Adventure story

Punctuation and grammar

Noun suffixes (-ness, -est, -er)

Spellings

To recognise how the suffixes –ness, –est and –er change the meaning of nouns

Week 3

Hodgeheg

Reading

To identify the features of a letter
To contrast persuasive techniques
To retrieve information from a text
To summarise what has been read
To make a prediction

Writing

Persuasive letter

Punctuation and grammar

To identify adjectives and adverbs

Spellings

To identify silent e and its impact

Week 4

Hodgeheg

Reading

To identify the features of a balanced argument
To justify inferences about how a character is feeling
To justify my inferences with evidence
To complete a reading assessment
To retrieve information

Writing

Balanced argument

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise adjectives with the suffixes –ful, -less, -er or –est in sentences

Spellings

To recognise adjectives with the suffixes –ful, -less, -er or –est in sentences

Week 5

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Reading

To discuss the front cover and blurb of a book
To evaluate the features of a diary
To explain how a character is feeling
To infer information from the text
To answer retrieval questions

Writing

Diary

Punctuation and grammar

To recall co-ordinating conjunctions using FANBOYS

Spellings

To recognise double letters in common spellings words

Week 6

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Reading

To identify the features of an instructional text
To examine the impact of author’s word choices
To infer information from the text
To retrieve information from the text
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Instructions

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise subordinating conjunctions (when, if, that, because) within a text
To recognise and discuss differences between headings and subheadings

Spellings

To discuss plural nouns that have an o after a consonant add es

Week 7

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Reading

.To identify the features of a monologue
To give the meaning of words in context
To comment on the structure of a text
To retrieve, deduce and infer information
To summarise a text effectively

Writing

Monologue

Punctuation and grammar

To recall what nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are

Spellings

To identify The soft c sound

Autumn - Second half term

Week 1

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Reading

To examine an author’s writing styleTo discuss the use of dialogueTo identify themes within an author’s writingTo discuss words and phrases that the author usesTo retrieve, deduce and infer information

Writing

Alternative ending

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise how to correctly use a or an
To identify and create noun phrases

Spellings

To analyse the ort sound

Week 2

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Reading

To analyse an author’s word choices
To retrieve information using skimming and scanning
To infer from a passage how a character feels
To give the meaning of words in context
To write a book review

Writing

Story writing with a dilemma

Punctuation and grammar

To differentiate between statements, questions, commands and exclamations

Spellings

To compare the different sounds for the spelling ough

Week 3

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

The Original Velveteen Rabbit

Reading

To analyse the front cover and blurb
To examine the themes of a text
To explain the meaning of words in context
To infer characterisation
To retrieve information from the text

Writing

1st person narrative

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise how to use commas in a list
To identify the difference between 1^st and 3^rd person

Spellings

To analyse the ar sound

Week 4

The Original Velveteen Rabbit

Reading

To infer how a character feels
To examine the style of an author
To analyse a change in a character
To give the meaning of words in context
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Write in the style of the author

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to correctly use a range of different punctuation
To recognise when and why paragraphs are used

Spellings

To discuss spelling words

Week 5

The Original Velveteen Rabbit

Reading

To discuss what is meant by a moral
To answer a big question justifying my opinion
To use skimming and scanning to retrieve information
To use evidence to justify my inferences
To sequence events from the story

Writing

Story with a moral

Punctuation and grammar

To identify words that have apostrophes for omission and explain which letter/s have been omitted

Spellings

To discuss spelling words

Week 6

The Original Velveteen Rabbit

Reading

To discuss what is meant by a moral
To answer a big question justifying my opinion
To use skimming and scanning to retrieve information
To use evidence to justify my inferences
To sequence events from the story

Writing

Story with a moral

Punctuation and grammar

To identify words that have apostrophes for omission and explain which letter/s have been omitted

Spellings

To discuss spelling words

Week 7

Twas the Night before Christmas

Reading

To identify the features of a poem
To identify unfamiliar vocabulary
To examine rhyming couplets
To write a summary of the poem
To evaluate key themes within a poem

Writing

Poetry Writing

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss how apostrophes are used for possession

Spellings

To identify the k sound spelt ch

Week 8

Twas the Night before Christmas

Reading

To find evidence by skimming and scanning
To retrieve information from the poem
To deduce effectively to answer questions
To retrieve information to answer true or false questions
To sequence a poem

Writing

Poetry Writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise the difference between past, present and future tenses

Spellings

To revise commonly misspelt words
To revise maths terminology

Spring - First half term

Week 1

James and the Giant Peach play script

Reading

To write a prediction
To identify the features of a play script
To retrieve information to show understanding
To infer information about how a character is feeling
To identify and discuss unfamiliar words

Writing

Write a play script

Punctuation and grammar

To sort words into different word classes

Spellings

To add suffixes beginning with vowels to polysyllabic words

Week 2

James and the Giant Peach play script

Reading

To write a summary
To infer meaning of how a character is feeling using evidence from the text
To explain how language helps develop a character
To infer information about why a character acts in the way they do
To answer a range of question types

Writing

Character description

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to change sentences so they are in the past, present or future tense

Spellings

To identify the i sound in the middle of words spelt with a y

Week 3

James and the Giant Peach play script

Reading

To examine writers word choices
To complete a reading assessment
To retrieve information effectively
To interpret the themes behind a story
To answer a big question justifying my opinion

Writing

Write as Narrator

Punctuation and grammar

To recall how and when to use apostrophes for omission

Spellings

To recognise that u sound is also spelt ou

Week 4

James and the Giant Peach play script

Reading

To identify the features of a first person narrative
To explain how information is related and contributes to meaning as a whole
To explain how the meaning is enhanced through the use of words and phrases
To summarise a story
To infer meaning from the text

Writing

1st person narrative

Punctuation and grammar

To recall how and when to use apostrophes for omission

Spellings

To compare the prefixes: un, dis and mis

Week 5

The Jabberwocky

Reading

To identify the features of a poem
To recognise the themes behind a poem
To analyse the meaning of a poem
To discuss the vocabulary of a poem
To explain the impact rhyme has

Writing

Poetry writing

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss how to use conjunctions to express time (when, before, after, while, so)

Spellings

To analyse the in, il, im and ir prefixes

Week 6

The Jabberwocky

Reading

To explain the meaning of portmanteau words
To answer retrieval questions about the poem
To perform a poem
To complete a comprehension/ To perform a poem
To write a summary

Writing

Poetry writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise how to use adverbs to express time (first, then, next, soon)

Spellings

To compare the prefixes: re, sub, inter

Spring - Second half term

Week 1

Iron Man

Reading

To write a prediction
To answer a big question
To infer information about the Iron Man’s actions

To analyse the language used
To answer comprehension questions

Writing

Predictions, character description

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to use the present perfect tense

Spellings

To compare the use of prefixes super, anti, auto

Week 2

Iron Man

Reading

To identify the features of a newspaper report
To empathise with a character through language choices
To infer information from a text
To identify features of a book review
(World Book Day)
To infer information from a text

Writing

Newspaper report

Punctuation and grammar

To identify prepositions
To recall the purpose of headings and subheadings

Spellings

To discuss the use of the suffixes: ation

Week 3

Iron Man

Reading

To retrieve information from a text
To write a book review
To investigate the author’s word choices
To infer meaning from the text
To compare how the characters have developed throughout the book

Writing

Newspaper report

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to punctuate speech correctly
To recall the spelling rules studied this week

Spellings

To identify the use of the suffixes ly

Week 4

Iron Man

Reading

To consider the author’s use of language
To retrieve information
To infer information from a text
To make inferences from the text using text evidence
To review the end of a story

Writing

3rd person fantasy narrative

Punctuation and grammar

To differentiate between main and subordinate clauses

Spellings

To compare the use of the suffixes: ly and ally

Week 5

The Giant’s Necklace

Reading

To discuss the context of a book
To define words in context
To analyse a character through their vocabulary choices
To infer using clues from the text
To retrieve information

Writing

Writing a scene

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise complex and compound sentences

Spellings

To compare the ending sure + ture

Week 6

The Giant’s Necklace

Reading

To retrieve and deduce from the text
To infer information using evidence from the text
To retrieve information and identify words in context
To infer information using Point, evidence, Explain
To use inferences and the author’s vocabulary choices to analyse a character

Writing

Setting Description

Punctuation and grammar

To recall coordinating conjunctions using FANBOYS

Spellings

To analyse the spelling when the ending sounds like shun

Summer - First half term

Week 1

The Giant’s Necklace

Reading

To practise a range of comprehension questions to show knowledge of the text
To identify the features of a letter
To gather information effectively using retrieval and summary skills
To discuss the impact of vocabulary choices on the reader
To retrieve information using skimming and scanning

Writing

Letter writing

Punctuation and grammar

To revise how to correctly use different tenses, including present perfect

Spellings

To discuss the ous suffix

Week 2

The Giant’s Necklace

Reading

To infer meaning from the text
To make predictions about the ending
To make comparisons throughout the text
To analyse a change in character

To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Ghost Story ending

Punctuation and grammar

To match words to their word class
To revise how to use paragraphs correctly

Spellings

To compare suffixes

Week 3

Fox

Reading

To retrieve information
To analyse the author’s word choices
To infer information from the text
To compare the different characters within the text
To predict what might happen next using evidence from the text

Writing

Perspective writing – Magpie

Punctuation and grammar

To recall how to punctuate speech correctly

Spellings

To compare suffixes that sound like shun

Week 4

Reading

To infer information from the text
To analyse vocabulary in a text
To explain the author’s word choices
To summarise a section of the book
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Perspective writing – Fox

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise complex sentences
To distinguish between main and subordinate clauses

Spellings

To compare suffixes that sound like shun

Week 5

Fox

Reading

To justify my inferences with evidence from the text
To analyse an author’s writing style
To discuss how meaning is enhanced through the choice of words
To empathise with a range of characters
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Write in the style of the author

Punctuation and grammar

To revise the difference between apostrophes for possession and omission

Spellings

To discuss the gue and que sounds

Week 6

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Reading

To make a prediction
To analyse a character’s traits
To analyse a character’s emotions
To analyse how a character’s emotions have changed
To retrieve, deduce and infer information from a text

Writing

Character development

Punctuation and grammar

To identify prepositions within a text
To explain when to use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before a word

Spellings

To identify words spelt ch but with the sh sound

Summer - Second half term

Week 1

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Reading

To evaluate the features of a diary
To explain how a character is feeling
To infer information from the text
To answer retrieval questions
To answer a range of questions

Writing

Diary

Punctuation and grammar

To compare different sentence types

Spellings

To discuss the s sound spelt sc

Week 2

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Reading

To identify the features of an autobiography
To compare contrasts within the text
To retrieve information
To make inferences
To make a prediction based on evidence from the text

Writing

Autobiography

Punctuation and grammar

To change the tense of sentences using the past, present and future tense

Spellings

To compare the ay sound spelt ei, eigh or ey

Week 3

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Reading

To analyse the author’s use of vocabulary and language
To make a prediction
To justify an inference about a character’s transformation
To analyse an author’s word choice
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Write in the style of the author

Punctuation and grammar

To write examples of speech using the correct punctuation

Spellings

To explain the possessive apostrophe

Week 4

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Reading

To identify the features of a play script
To retrieve information to show understanding
To infer information about how a character is feeling
To identify and discuss unfamiliar words
To sequence events

Writing

Play script

Punctuation and grammar

To revise the various uses of apostrophes

Spellings

To explain homophones or near-homophones

Week 5

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Reading

To make inferences about a character
To use vocabulary to make inference
To understand words in context
To empathise with a character
To analyse the author’s use of language

Writing

Own Fantasy story

Punctuation and grammar

To explain the different word classes

Spellings

To explain homophones or near-homophones

Week 6

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Reading

To make inferences about a character
To use vocabulary to make inferences
To put events in chronological order using retrieval
To empathise with a character
To analyse the author’s use of language

Writing

Own Fantasy story

Punctuation and grammar

To write sentences that include subordinate clauses

Spellings

Class revision session

Autumn 1

The Hodgeheg

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Character profile, setting description
Adventure story
Persuasive letter
Balanced argument
Diary
Instructions
Monologue

Autumn 2

George’s Marvellous Medicine

The Original Velveteen Rabbit

Alternative ending
Story writing with a dilemma
1st person narrative
Write in the style of the author
Story with a moral
Poetry Writing

Spring 1

James and the Giant Peach play script

The Jabberwocky

Write a play script
Character description
Write as Narrator
1st person narrative
Poetry writing

Spring 2

Iron Man

The Giant’s Necklace

Predictions, character description
Newspaper report
3rd person fantasy narrative
Writing a scene
Setting Description

Summer 1

The Giant’s Necklace

Fox

Letter writing
Ghost Story ending
Perspective writing- Magpie
Perspective writing- Fox
Write in the style of the author
Character development

Summer 2

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Diary
Autobiography
Write in the style of the author
Play script
Own Fantasy story

Year 4

Autumn - First half term

Week 1

Vanishing Rainforest

Reading

To read and discuss the themes within a text
To identify the features of an information text
To discuss and analyse language within a text
To retrieve information from a text
To summarise effectively

Writing

Information writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise how conjunctions are used s to link arguments If, although, despite

Spellings

To identify silent letters in words from different origins

Week 2

Vanishing Rainforest

Reading

.To retrieve, deduce and infer information
To identify the features of a persuasive letter
To retrieve information from a text
To infer information using evidence from a text
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Persuasive letter

Punctuation and grammar

To identify singular and plural nouns
To recognise the difference between plural and possessive s

Spellings

To compare which w words have a silent h and which do not (need to learn the specifics)

Week 3

Journey to the River Sea

Reading

To discuss the front cover and blurb
To identify the language used in an emotive letter
To infer meaning from a text
To explain the meaning of words
To recap on the story so far

Writing

Emotive letter

Punctuation and grammar

To compare simple and compound sentences

Spellings

To show the silent e changes the sound of the vowel that precedes it (eg rid to ride)

Week 4

Journey to the River Sea

Reading

To make a prediction
To discuss the vocabulary an author uses in descriptions
To infer meaning from a text
To infer and retrieve information from a text
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Descriptive narrative writing

Punctuation and grammar

To distinguish between simple and compound sentences

Spellings

To recognise that ate can also be spelt eight

Week 5

Journey to the River Sea

Reading

To retrieve information from the text
To give the meaning of new vocabulary using the context of the text
To use evidence from the text to justify a complaint
To infer how a character is feeling
To make a prediction based on my previous reading

Writing

Letter of complaint

Punctuation and grammar

To write complex sentences

Spellings

To recognise these words all contain double letters

Week 6

Journey to the River Sea

Reading

To retrieve information showing the difference in characters (Maia and Finn)
To identify the features of a diary
To analyse Clovis’ character
To discuss the themes within a story
To identify the features of information texts and answer questions about them

Writing

Narrative different viewpoint

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss the layout of different texts (including subtitles and organising paragraphs)

Spellings

To discuss plural nouns that have an o after a consonant add es

Week 7

Journey to the River Sea

Reading

To discuss the vocabulary an author uses in description
To explain how dialogue is used to advance the narrative
To identify different literary techniques the author has used
To infer information about Finn’s character
To answer retrieval questions

Writing

Adventure story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to punctuate direct speech

Spellings

To identify The soft c sound

Autumn - Second half term

Week 1

Journey to the River Sea

Reading

To identify the features of a newspaper report
To use inference skills to understand character emotions
To retrieve information
To identify information from a newspaper article
To give the meaning of words in context

Writing

Newspaper writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise and write fronted adverbials

Spellings

To analyse the ort sound

Week 2

Ride of Passage short film

Reading

To analyse how emotion changes through a narrative
To understand figurative language
To understand a character’s emotions
To analyse how a character’s emotions have changed
To retrieve, deduce and infer information from a text

Writing

Setting and character description

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss the choice between using nouns or pronouns

Spellings

To compare the different sounds for the spelling ough

Week 3

Ride of Passage short film

Reading

To summarise a passage of text
To explain the meaning of words in context
To infer meaning from the text
To discuss the impact of an author’s punctuation choices
To make comparisons about the character

Writing

Retell a story

Punctuation and grammar

To distinguish between superlative and comparatives

Spellings

To analyse the ar sound

Week 4

David Attenborough Documentary

Reading

To identify the features of a non-fiction text
To discuss the meaning of vocabulary
To find evidence from the text
To answer comprehension questions
To infer meaning from character description and dialogue

Writing

Documentary

Punctuation and grammar

To differentiate between writing in the past, present and future tense

Spellings

To discuss spelling words

Week 5

Snake

Reading

To analyse and discuss a poem
To read and analyse the vocabulary in the poem
To discuss and justify the themes of a poem
To make inferences about the poem
To compare a poem to other text types

Writing

Poetry writing

Punctuation and grammar

To identify and write expanded noun phrases

Spellings

To discuss spelling words

Week 6

Tudor Rose

Reading

To make a prediction about a text
To discuss and explain the meaning of words in context
To identify the features of a monologue
To infer how a character is feeling
To discuss themes and explain the meaning of words in context

Writing

Predictions and monologue

Punctuation and grammar

To recall the difference between main and subordinate clauses

Spellings

To recognise words starting ch but with the sh sound

Week 7

Tudor Rose

Reading

To make inferences about the characters within the text
To explain how language is used to contrast different characters
To discuss how a character is developed within the text
To retrieve information from a text
To infer meaning from a text

Writing

Character descriptions

Punctuation and grammar

To revise how to use basic punctuation

Spellings

To revise commonly misspelt words
To revise maths terminology

Spring - First half term

Week 1

Tudor Rose

Reading

To identify changes in language, setting and character
To identify changes in language, setting and character
To explain the impact language choices have on the reader
To discuss the impact language choices have on the reader
To make a detailed prediction based on evidence from the text

Writing

Historical story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To identify prepositions and their purpose

Spellings

To add suffixes beginning with vowels to polysyllabic words

Week 2

Tudor Rose

Reading

To retrieve information effectively
To compare the change in themes within the text

To summarise a chapter effectively
To infer information from the text
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Historical story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To write in the present perfect tense

Spellings

To identify The i sound in the middle of words spelt with a y

Week 3

Fantastic Mr Fox play script

Reading

To identify features of a play script
To analyse the impact of stage directions
To analyse language used and its impact on the reader
To explain how characters are developed within a play script
To make an effective prediction

Writing

Play script

Punctuation and grammar

To use a range of determiners and articles within sentences

Spellings

To recognise that the u sound is also spelt ou

Week 4

Fantastic Mr Fox play script

Reading

To analyse language and its meaning in context
To identify the features of a speech
To summarise the author’s intent with speech writing
To retrieve information
To complete a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Speech writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise a range of modal verbs

Spellings

To compare the prefixes:  un, dis and mis

Week 5

Fantastic Mr Fox play script

Reading

To sequence the events form a text
To infer using evidence from the text
To discuss how the author’s phrases add meaning
To retrieve information from a text
To identify and answer a range of question types

Writing

Alternative ending

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss verb inflections

Spellings

To analyse the in, im, il and ir prefixes

Week 6

Fantastic Mr Fox play script

Reading

To compare how a character changes throughout the text
To discuss how vocabulary choices changes the meaning
To retrieve information
To use Point, Evidence, Explain to infer from the text

To identify and answer a range of question types

Writing

Alternative ending

Punctuation and grammar

To recall how apostrophes are used for possession

Spellings

To compare the prefixes: re, sub, inter

Spring - Second half term

Week 1

Secrets of Vesuvius

Reading

To make predictions
To identify the features of a biography
To retrieve information from the text
To identify the impact of language choices and phrases
To write an effective summary

Writing

Biography

Punctuation and grammar

To use a range of expanded noun phrases

Spellings

To compare the use of prefixes super, anti, auto

Week 2

Secrets of Vesuvius

Reading

To explore the meaning of vocabulary used in the text
To analyse a character
To discuss the genre of writing and make comparisons
To explain the meaning of words in context
To summarise key events

Writing

Detective and mystery writing

Punctuation and grammar

To revise how to use inverted commas correctly

Spellings

To discuss the use of the suffix: ation

Week 3

Secrets of Vesuvius

Reading

To sequence the events of a text
To identify the features of an explanation text
To retrieve key information
To discuss the impact vocabulary choices have on the reader
To write a prediction using evidence from the text

Writing

Explanation

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss how paragraphs can be used to organise ideas

Spellings

To identify the use of the suffixes ly

Week 4

Secrets of Vesuvius

Reading

To identify features of a persuasive text
To empathise with a character
To use inference to understand why a character acts like they do
To give the meaning of different words
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Persuasive writing and diary

Punctuation and grammar

To recall different modal verbs

Spellings

To compare the use of the suffixes: ly and ally

Week 5

Secrets of Vesuvius

Reading

To infer how a character feels from the text
To discuss the impact language has on the reader
To discuss contrast
To discuss the contrast in vocabulary
To answer comprehension questions

Writing

Emotive recount

Punctuation and grammar

To distinguish between the plural and possessive s

Spellings

To compare the endings sure + ture

Week 6

Secrets of Vesuvius

Reading

To identify the features of a balanced argument
To retrieve information using skimming and scanning
To identify contrasting information
To analyse the difference between fact and opinion
To write an effective summary

Writing

Balanced argument

Punctuation and grammar

To revise a range of SPaG terminology

Spellings

To analyse the spelling when the ending sounds like shun

Summer - First half term

Week 1

Wolves of Currumpaw

Reading

To identify the features of a leaflet
To retrieve and record key information
To retrieve and record key information
To skim and scan to find information
To retrieve information from a text

Writing

Leaflet

Punctuation and grammar

To recall different prepositions and their functions

Spellings

To demonstrate the s sound spelt sc

Week 2

Wolves of Currumpaw

Reading

To answer comprehension questions to demonstrate understanding
To use inference skills to answer questions
To identify and understand the meaning of new vocabulary
To summarise my favourite book (world book day)
To use evidence from the text to justify my answer

Writing

Persuasive writing

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss how to choose between using nouns and pronouns

Spellings

To identify the ay sound spelt ei, eigh or ey

Week 3

Wolves of Currumpaw

Reading

To explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases
To identify the features of a book review
To summarise a text
To discuss the feelings of a character
To identify words in context

Writing

Diary

Punctuation and grammar

To recall the difference between main and subordinate clauses

Spellings

To explain the possessive apostrophe

Week 4

Wolves of Currumpaw

Reading

To infer a narrative from pictures
To use vocabulary to make inferences
To put events in chronological order
To empathise with a character discussing vocabulary choices
To analyse the author’s use of language

Writing

Adventure story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise sentences written in different tenses (including present perfect)

Spellings

To explain homophones or near-homophones

Week 5

Wolves of Currumpaw

Reading

To empathise with a character
To identify the features of a monologue
To identify the features of a monologue
To discuss how words and phrases impact the audience
To infer explaining vocabulary choices

Writing

Monologue

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss verb inflections

Spellings

To explain homophones or near-homophones

Week 6

Wes Magee poetry Guard Wolf in Siberia Winter’s Wolf

Reading

To analyse and understand a poem
To read and analyse the vocabulary in the poem
To discuss and justify the themes of a poem
To make inferences about the poem
To compare a poem to other text types

Writing

Poetry writing

Punctuation and grammar

To use a range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Spellings

To practise spelling words associated with SPaG

Summer - Second half term

Week 1

Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Reading

To make predictions about a book
To discuss the language an author uses to describe a setting
To explain the impact language choices have on the reader
To explain how meaning is enhanced through word choices
To summarise a text

Writing

Descriptive and figurative language

Punctuation and grammar

To compare different sentence types

Spellings

To identify words spelt ch but with the sh sound

Week 2

Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Reading

To identify and discuss a theme in the text
To identify the vocabulary used in a biased argument
To explore different characters’ points of views
To use evidence to convey a character’s viewpoint
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Biased argument

Punctuation and grammar

To identify possessive pronouns

Spellings

To discuss the gue and que sounds

Week 3

Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Reading

To identify the features of an autobiography
To retrieve information from the text
To use evidence to justify my inferences
To give the meaning of words in context
To compare characters within the text through the vocabulary used

Writing

Autobiography

Punctuation and grammar

To sort words according to their word families

Spellings

To identify additional spellings + revision

Week 4

Shakespeare – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Reading

To identify features of a play script
To analyse the impact of stage directions
To analyse language used and its meaning
To discuss how characters are developed within a play script
To sequence events effectively

Writing

Play script

Punctuation and grammar

To revise how to recognise and write fronted adverbials

Spellings

Class revision session

Week 5

Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan

Reading

To analyse and understand a poem
To read and analyse the vocabulary in the poem
To discuss and justify the themes of a poem
To make inferences about the poem
To compare a poem to other text types

Writing

Poetry Writing

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss how repetition can be used for effect

Spellings

Class revision session

Week 6

My Country

Reading

To analyse and discuss the themes within a poem
To read and analyse the vocabulary in the poem
To discuss and justify the themes of a poem
To make inferences about the poem
To compare a poem to other text types

Writing

Poetry Writing

Punctuation and grammar

To revise a range of SPaG terminology

Spellings

Class revision session

Autumn 1

Vanishing Rainforest

Journey to the River Sea

Information writing
Persuasive letter
Emotive letter
Descriptive narrative writing
Letter of complaint
Narrative different viewpoint
Adventure story writing

Autumn 2

Journey to the River Sea

Ride of Passage film

Snake poem

Tudor Rose

Newspaper writing
Setting and character description
Retell a story
Documentary
Poetry writing
Predictions and monologue
Character descriptions

Spring 1

Tudor Rose

Fantastic Mr Fox play

Historical story writing
Play script
Speech writing
Alternative ending

Spring 2

Secrets of Vesuvius

Biography
Detective and mystery writing
Explanation
Persuasive writing and diary
Emotive recount
Balanced argument

Summer 1

Wolves of Currumpaw

Guard Wolf in Siberia poem

Winter’s Wolf poem

Leaflet
Persuasive writing
Diary
Adventure story writing
Monologue
Poetry writing

Summer 2

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan poem
My Country poem
Descriptive and figurative language
Biased argument
Autobiography
Play script

Year 5

Autumn - First half term

Week 1

One Dog and His Boy

Reading

To retrieve information
To analyse how an author builds suspense
To predict what will happen next
To analyse an author’s use of language
To deduce and make inferences

Writing

Suspense writing

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to use capital letters and full stops correctly

Spellings

To explain homophones

Week 2

One Dog and His Boy

Reading

To use evidence to justify inferences
To justify personal views on a text
To explain a character’s thoughts and feelings
To analyse the author’s use of language
To discuss the main themes of a book

Writing

Descriptive writing-dialogue

Punctuation and grammar

To identify subordinating and coordinating conjunctions

Spellings

To explain homophones

Week 3

One Dog and His Boy

Reading

To identify the features of an adventure story
To infer information from a text
To discuss a character’s transformation through the author’s language choices
To analyse the author’s language choices
To summarise effectively

Writing

Adventure story

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to use relative pronouns and relative clauses

Spellings

To explain homophones

Week 4

France residential and Harvest Festival rehearsal

Week 5

Beowulf

Reading

To discuss and debate traits of a character
To skim and scan effectively
To retrieve information from a text
To infer information from a text
To define words in context

Writing

Argument

Punctuation and grammar

To identify and use embedded clauses in writing

Spellings

To analyse different sounds of ough

Week 6

Beowulf

Reading

To explain the thoughts and feelings of a character
To identify the features of a diary
To retrieve information from a text
To explain the meaning of words in context
To use clues from the text to make a prediction

Writing

Argument

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss the differences between reported and direct speech

Spellings

To analyse different sounds of ough

Week 7

Beowulf

Reading

To identify the features of a traditional story
To sequence events from a story
To infer information from the text
To make a prediction
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Historical story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To explain how adverbs can be used to indicate possibility (surely, probably)

Spellings

To identify silent letters

Autumn - Second half term

Week 1

Anglo Saxon Boy

Reading

To identify the features of a letter
To infer a character’s feelings
To use inference to discuss a character in more detail
To give the meaning of words in context
To explore a character’s feelings from a text

Writing

Letter of complaint

Punctuation and grammar

To identify the difference between sentences written in the active and passive voice

Spellings

To identify silent letters

Week 2

Anglo Saxon Boy

Reading

To explore a character’s feelings in a text and make comparisons
To justify my inferences using evidence from the text
To explain the meaning of words in context
To infer a character’s feelings using evidence from the text

To practise my retrieval skills

Writing

Setting description

Punctuation and grammar

To differentiate between plural and singular
To underline expanded noun phrases

Spellings

To recognise spellings that change nouns to verbs

Week 3

Anglo Saxon Boy

Reading

To identify the features of a report
To explain how a character is feeling using retrieval skills
To infer how a character is feeling from the text
To make predictions using evidence from the text
To analyse an author’s use of language

Writing

Report writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise articles and determiners

Spellings

To compare endings that sound the same but are spelt differently

Week 4

Anglo Saxon Boy

Reading

To identify the features of instructional writing
To sequence events in a text
To discuss the main themes of a text
To make inferences using evidence from the text
To retrieve, deduce and infer information from a text

Writing

Instructions

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise when to use nouns and pronouns

Spellings

To compare endings that sound the same but are spelt differently

Week 5

A Christmas Carol

Reading

To analyse the author’s word choices
To analyse the author’s word choices
To examine a central theme of a text
To explain a character’s thoughts and feelings
To use evidence to justify my inferences

Writing

Character and setting descriptions

Punctuation and grammar

To identify prepositions within a text
To differentiate between adverbials of time, place and number

Spellings

To compare endings that sound the same but are spelt differently

Week 6

A Christmas Carol

Reading

To identify and discuss key features of a play script
To discuss a character’s feelings
To analyse the author’s word choices
To retrieve, deduce and infer meaning from a text
To write a summary

Writing

Play script

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise subjects, objects and the relationship between them

Spellings

To revise commonly misspelt words
To revise Maths terminology

Week 7

A Christmas Carol

Reading

To identify the features of a newspaper report
To retrieve evidence from the text
To use point, evidence, explain to justify my opinion
To compare Scrooge’s development within the story

To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Newspaper report

Punctuation and grammar

To recall devices used to build cohesion in a paragraph (e.g. firstly, after)

Spellings

To revise commonly misspelt words

Week 8

Spellings

Class revision

Spring - First half term

Week 1

Skellig

Reading

To make predictions based on the front cover
To retrieve information from the text
To explore how a writer creates imagery through their vocabulary choices
To make effective inferences
To discuss the themes of a chapter

Writing

Imagery and figurative writing

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to write in the past, present and future tense

Spellings

To identify words ending in ious

Week 4

Skellig

Reading

To identify key features of an information booklet
To retrieve key information effectively
To support my inferences with evidence from the text
To identify the impact words have on the reader
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Information leaflet

Punctuation and grammar

To identify how commas are used to clarify meaning

Spellings

To compare words ending in cial and tial

Week 2

Skellig

Reading

To identify the features of a balanced argument
To compare formal and informal language
To explain the importance of the author’s language choices
To write an effective summary
To infer information and justify it using evidence from the text

Writing

Balanced argument

Punctuation and grammar

To identify sentences written in the passive voice

Spellings

To identify when we use ent, ence or ency

Week 3

Skellig

Reading

To use skim and scan to find evidence from the text
To make a prediction about the ending of a text
To infer information based on my previous reading
To infer information using evidence from the text
To reflect on character transformation

Writing

Writing in the style of an author

Punctuation and grammar

To identify sentences in the perfect tense

Spellings

To explain when words can end in ation

Week 5

The Highwayman

Reading

To analyse the beginning of a narrative poem
To analyse the characters in a narrative poem
To predict the ending of a poem
To explain the different question types
To answer questions about a text to demonstrate understanding

Writing

Narrative poetry

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss the differences between hyphens and dashes

Spellings

To explain when we add suffixes

Week 6

The Highwayman

Reading

To analyse the structure of a ghost story
To analyse a protagonist
To analyse how the author uses language to describe nature and weather creating suspense
To analyse the ending of a ghost story
To retrieve information effectively

Writing

Tension writing ghost story

Punctuation and grammar

To use parenthesis (brackets, dashes and commas) correctly

Spellings

To discuss the use of hyphens

Spring - Second half term

Week 1

Holes

Reading

To infer ideas around a text
To infer ideas around a text
To retrieve information using skimming and scanning
To explain the meaning of words in context
To answer comprehension questions

Writing

Persuasive leaflet

Punctuation and grammar

To explain the ways in which semi-colons can be used

Spellings

To identify spellings with double letters

Week 2

Holes

Reading

To identify the significant events in Holes so far
To analyse and discuss the beginning of Stanley’s letter homeTo retrieve information from the text
To discuss my favourite book (World Book Day)
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Letter in role

Punctuation and grammar

To explain the ways in which colons can be used

Spellings

To identify spellings with double letters

Week 3

Holes

Reading

To analyse the author’s use of vocabulary and language
To make a prediction
To infer about a character’s transformation
To explain the historical context of Holes
To analyse an author’s word choice

Writing

Emotive writing in the style of an author

Punctuation and grammar

To identify the difference between modal verbs used for possibility and certainty

Spellings

To recognise silent letters

Week 4

Holes

Reading

To discuss the impact language choices have on a story
To identify the features of a play script

To discuss the use of adverbs in a chapter
To compare the difference between a play script and prose
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Play script

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise how adverbs can indicate possibility

Spellings

To recognise silent letters

Week 5

The Arrival

Reading

To explore the themes within a picture book
To explore the personalities within a book

To summarise events in a text
To infer about the protagonist’s feelings
5.To make a prediction about the ending of the text

Writing

Exploring themes diary

Punctuation and grammar

To describe the use of bullet points in different texts
To revise devices used to build cohesion within a paragraph

Spellings

To compare when words have ei and ie

Week 6

Great City

Reading

To analyse and discuss a poem
To read and analyse the vocabulary in the poem
To discuss and justify the themes of a poem
To make inferences about the poem
To compare a poem to other text types

Writing

Poetry

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to use relative pronouns and relative clauses

Spellings

Class Revision session

Summer - First half term

Week 1

London Eye Mystery

Reading

To retrieve information
To analyse and explain the meaning of an author’s word choice
To write a prediction
To retrieve evidence from the text
To discuss the significance of events in the story

Writing

- Character descriptions

Punctuation and grammar

To differentiate between apostrophes for possession and apostrophes for omission

Spellings

To compare a variety of suffixes

Week 2

London Eye Mystery

Reading

To identify the features of a newspaper
To discuss important themes
To compare how reported and direct speech affect meaning
To infer about a character’s actions
To complete a comprehension

Writing

Newspaper

Punctuation and grammar

To demonstrate how to punctuate speech correctly

Spellings

To compare a variety of suffixes

Week 3

London Eye Mystery

Reading

To order events from a text
To identify the features of an explanation text
To retrieve key information
To discuss the impact of vocabulary choices
To write a prediction

Writing

Explanation

Punctuation and grammar

To identify the difference between plural and possessive s

Spellings

To discuss suffixes that sound like shun

Week 4

London Eye Mystery

Reading

To identify the features of a persuasive leaflet
To retrieve and record key information
To give the meaning of words in context.
To skim and scan to find information

To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Persuasive leaflet

Punctuation and grammar

To give examples of fronted adverbials

Spellings

To identify a range of prefixes

Week 5

Varjak Paw

Reading

To make a prediction
To retrieve evidence from the text
To use inference to understand a character
To infer effectively
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Prediction, character description

Punctuation and grammar

To use different examples of parenthesis
To show how to use commas to clarify meaning

Spellings

To compare the history of words

Week 6

Varjak Paw

Reading

To discuss vocabulary to make inferences
To explain the meaning of words in context
To put events in chronological order
To empathise with a character
To analyse the author’s use of language

Writing

Mystery story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recall the different word classes

Spellings

To recognise spelling words containing ie and ei

Summer - Second half term

Week 1

Varjak Paw

Reading

To retrieve information from a text
To identify the features of a balanced argument

To analyse the impact of technical vocabulary
To write a summary
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Balanced argument

Punctuation and grammar

To revise how semi-colons and colons are used in different texts

Spellings

To compare the history of a range of spelling words

Week 2

Varjak Paw

Reading

To identify the features of suspense writing
To use inferences to discuss a character

To analyse the author’s use of vocabulary and language
To give the meaning of words in context
To analyse a change in character

Writing

Suspense argument

Punctuation and grammar

To revise relative pronouns and relative clauses

Spellings

To compare the history of a range of spelling words

Week 3

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Reading

To write a prediction
To explain and compare the themes within a text
To identify the language used in an advertisement
To use inference to consider a character’s traits
To retrieve information using skimming and scanning

Writing

Punctuation and grammar

To identify modal verbs

Spellings

To compare the history of a range of spelling words

Week 4

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Reading

To answer a range of comprehension questions
To use inference and justify my opinions

To use Point, Evidence, Explain to justify an inference

To retrieve information effectively
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Autobiography

Punctuation and grammar

To use a range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Spellings

Class revision

Week 5

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Reading

To compare and contrast myths
To identify language used in a myth
To give the meaning of words in context
To make effective inferences

To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Myths and Legends story

Punctuation and grammar

To write sentences in the perfect tense

Spellings

Class revision

Week 6

The Piano (short film)

Reading

To summarise a story
To discuss the impact of figurative language
To use evidence to justify my inferences
To analyse a protagonist

To reflect on character transformation

Writing

Retell the story

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise a range of adverbials indicating time, place and number

Spellings

Class revision

Autumn 1

One Dog and His Boy

Beowulf

Suspense writing
Descriptive writing- dialogue
Adventure story
Argument
Diary entry
Historical story writing

Autumn 2

Anglo Saxon Boy

A Christmas Carol

Letter of complaint
Setting description
Report writing
Instructions
Character and setting descriptions
Play script
Newspaper report

Spring 1

Skellig

The Highwayman

Imagery and figurative writing
Information leaflet
Balanced argument
Writing in the style of an author
Narrative poetry
Tension writing ghost story

Spring 2

Holes

The Arrival

Great City poem

Persuasive leaflet
Letter in role
Emotive writing in the style of an author
Play script
Exploring themes diary
Poetry writing

Summer 1

London Eye Mystery

Varjak Paw

Character descriptions
Newspaper
Explanation
Persuasive leaflet
Prediction, character description
Mystery story writing

Summer 2

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

The Piano (short film)

Balanced argument
Suspense argument
Advertisement
Autobiography
Myths and legends story
Retell the story

Year 6

Autumn - First half term

Week 1

Silver Sword

Reading

To justify inferences using evidence from the text
To write a summary

To justify inferences using evidence from the text
To explain the meaning of words in context
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Diary

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise relative pronouns and relative clauses
To recognise conjunctions

Spellings

To explain homophones

Week 2

Silver Sword

Reading

To identify the features of a newspaper
To skim and scan effectively to find evidence from the text
To examine the author’s intentions
To identify how reported and direct speech contributes to meaning
To retrieve information

Writing

Newspaper account

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise different word classes (including prepositions)

Spellings

To explain homophones

Week 3

Silver Sword

Reading

To justify inferences using evidence from the text
To write a summary

To justify inferences using evidence from the text
To explain the meaning of words in context
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Diary

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise relative pronouns and relative clauses
To recognise conjunctions

Spellings

To explain homophones

Week 4

Silver Sword

Reading

To explain how an author shows emotion
To give the meaning of words in context
To identify and explain the style of an author
To show how an author builds contrast
To recap comprehension strategies

Writing

Story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To recall and identify coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
To identify and use a range of subordinating conjunctions

Spellings

To explain homophones

Week 5

Silver Sword

Reading

To compare a character throughout the text
To demonstrate how language develops a character
To justify inferences on two characters
To order the events of a chapter
To retrieve, infer and deduce information

Writing

Story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To differentiate between main, subordinate and relative clauses

Spellings

To discuss grammatical terminology

Week 6

Silver Sword

Reading

To retrieve information
To justify inferences using evidence from the text
To analyse a section of text
To make a prediction based on previous evidence
To complete comprehension questions

Writing

Diary

Punctuation and grammar

To identify sentences written in the subjunctive form

Spellings

To analyse different sounds of ough

Week 7

Silver Sword

Reading

To make predictions
To contrast themes within a text
To retrieve information effectively
To justify my answer using evidence from the text

To infer effectively to answer a range of questions

Writing

Style of author

Punctuation and grammar

To use semi-colons and colons in lists and between independent clauses

Spellings

To identify silent letters

Autumn - Second half term

Week 1

Michelle Magorian by Goodnight Mister Tom

Goodnight Mr Tom

Reading

To retrieve information
To discuss contrast within the text
To identify themes within a text
To analyse a section of the text
To use inference to answer comprehension questions

Writing

Persuasive letter

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise the difference between formal and informal

Spellings

To identify silent letters

Week 2

Goodnight Mr Tom

Reading

To discuss and analyse language within a text
To discuss and analyse language within a text
To analyse and discuss language within a text
To answer a 3 mark question successfully
To identify the themes within a text

Writing

Information letter

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise the differences between synonyms and antonyms
To identify sentences written in the active and passive

Spellings

To recognise spellings that change nouns to verbs

Week 3

Goodnight Mr Tom

Reading

To identify the features of an information text
To analyse a character
To demonstrate a change in character
To justify my inferences
To complete a comprehension

Writing

Information text

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise the a range of sentence types

Spellings

To compare endings that sound the same but spelt differently

Week 4

Goodnight Mr Tom

Reading

To discuss and analyse how meaning is enhanced within a text
To discuss how characters are portrayed through language choices
To retrieve information from the text
To infer using language from the text to justify my answer
To be able to justify my opinion when answering a big question

Writing

Comparative piece

Punctuation and grammar

To use a range of modal and auxiliary verbs

Spellings

To compare endings that sound the same but spelt differently

Week 5

Goodnight Mr Tom

Reading

To discuss and analyse language within a text
To summarise a chapter
To explore and contrast the themes of a chapter
To skim and scan the text for information
To practise my comprehension skills

Writing

Narrative Writing

Punctuation and grammar

To distinguish between statements, questions, commands and exclamations

Spellings

To compare endings that sound the same but spelt differently

Week 6

Alma

Reading

To discuss and analyse language within a text
To explain the key themes within the text
To retrieve using evidence from the text

To make a prediction
To explain the meaning of words in context

Writing

Suspense

Punctuation and grammar

SPaG tests

Spellings

To revise maths terminology

Week 7

See Through My Eyes – Karl Nova

Reading

To analyse and discuss a poem
To read and analyse the vocabulary in the poem
To discuss and justify the themes of a poem
To make inferences about the poem
To compare a poem to other text types

Writing

Poetry

Punctuation and grammar

SPaG tests

Spellings

To revise commonly misspelt words

Spring - First half term

Week 1

Coraline

Reading

To make predictions
To analyse the first chapter ( make comparisons to other texts)
To retrieve information
To answer a range of questions
To answer a 3 mark guided reading question

Writing

Diary

Punctuation and grammar

To identify sentences written in the progressive tense

Spellings

To compare words ending in ious

Week 2

Coraline

Reading

To make and justify a prediction
To explain how an author builds suspense through their phrase choices
To analyse an author’s word choices
To explain the impact of the sentence techniques the author has used
To summarise a chapter succinctly

Writing

Suspense

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise how suffixes and prefixes change the meaning of words

Spellings

To compare words ending in cial and tial

Week 3

Coraline

Reading

To identify the features of a monologue
To retrieve information
To infer how a character is feeling and justify my choices
To analyse a character within the text
To answer a range of questions

Writing

Monologue

Punctuation and grammar

To identify sentences written in the perfect tense

Spellings

To identify when we use ent, ence or ency

Week 4

Coraline

Reading

To explain how dialogue develops a character
To give the meaning of words in context
To justify my inferences
To retrieve information from the text
To sequence events from a text

Writing

Dialogue

Punctuation and grammar

To revise how apostrophes are used for omission and possession (including exceptions e.g. its and the plural rule)

Spellings

To explain when words can end in ation

Week 5

The Rabbits

Reading

To identify the themes of a book
To give the meaning of words in context
To justify my choices
To answer a range of question types
To answer or false questions

Writing

Descriptive writing

Punctuation and grammar

To distinguish between sentences written in the past, present and future tenses (including progressive and perfect)

Spellings

To explain when we add suffixes

Week 6

Shackleton’s Journey

Reading

To explain the techniques of persuasion
To discuss the author’s language choices
To write a prediction
To explain how language develops a character
To justify my inferences using evidence from the text

Writing

Descriptive writing

Punctuation and grammar

To use a range of parenthesis to add extra information

Spellings

To discuss words which contain ei and ie

Spring - Second half term

Week 1

Shackleton’s Journey

Reading

To explain the meaning of words in context
To answer comprehension questions
To analyse a passage justifying my opinions
To analyse the impact of words in context
To answer a range of SATS style questions

Writing

Diary

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise how articles and determiners are used

Spellings

To identify spellings with double letters

Week 2

Shackleton’s Journey

Reading

To analyse an author’s intentions through vocabulary choices
To explain the impact of figurative language
To analyse a passage discussing contrast
To infer meaning from a text
To answer a range of SATS style questions

Writing

Emotive language

Punctuation and grammar

To recognise the difference between a possessive pronoun and possessive determiner
To give examples writing in the subjunctive form

Spellings

To identify spellings with double letters

Week 3

Shackleton’s Journey

Reading

To find evidence from the text using skimming and scanning
To justify my inferences using evidence from the text
To infer, retrieve and deduce information from the text
To explain the meaning of words in context
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Story writing

Punctuation and grammar

To identify and use a range of prepositions
To give examples of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Spellings

To recognise silent letters

Week 4

Shackleton’s Journey

Reading

To explain the power of vocabulary choices
To use inference to understand a character’s actions
To analyse words in context
To write an effective summary

To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Speech writing

Punctuation and grammar

To distinguish between reported and direct speech

Spellings

To recognise silent letters

Week 5

Shackleton’s Journey

Reading

To identify the features of a newspaper
To identify reported and direct speech and how they contribute to meaning
To answer retrieval questions
To answer retrieval questions

To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Newspaper report

Punctuation and grammar

To differentiate between sentences written in the active and passive voice

Spellings

To discuss the use of hyphens

Week 6

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Reading

To discuss the author’s writing style
To discuss the themes within the text
To justify my inferences using evidence from the text
To summarise a passage
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Story writing – alternative perspective

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss the effect of ellipsis
To give examples of how to use parenthesis

Spellings

To identify commonly misspelt words

Summer - First half term

Week 1

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Reading

To identify the features of instructional writing
To discuss the themes within a text
To justify my opinion with evidence from the text
To compare the author’s styles of writing
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Instructions

Punctuation and grammar

SPAG revision

Spellings

To compare a variety of suffixes

Week 2

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Reading

To analyse and discuss a poem
To read and analyse the vocabulary in the poem
To discuss and justify the themes of a poem
To make inferences about the poem
To compare a poem to other text types

Writing

Poetry

Punctuation and grammar

SPAG revision

Spellings

To compare a variety of suffixes

Week 3

Revision

Week 4

Revision

Week 5

Revision

Week 6

Oliver Twist

Reading

To analyse how meaning is enhanced within a text
To compare how characters are portrayed through language choices
To retrieve information from the text
To infer using language from the text to justify my answer
To justify my opinion when answering a big question

Writing

Character and setting description

Punctuation and grammar

To use a range of expanded noun phrases

Spellings

To identify a range of prefixes

Summer - Second half term

Week 1

Oliver Twist

Reading

To compare the features of tabloids and broadsheets
To collect evidence from the text
To organise the evidence collected effectively
To identify how reported and direct speech contributes to meaning
To justify my inferences

Writing

Newspaper

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss how to effectively use a range of cohesive devices (use of adverbials, repetition of a word or phrase, ellipsis, etc.)

Spellings

To explain when spelling words contain ie and ei

Week 2

Oliver Twist

Reading

To identify the features of a balanced argument
To analyse the impact of technical vocabulary
To write a summary
To write a prediction
To answer a range of comprehension questions

Writing

Balanced argument

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss how to effectively use a range of layout devices
(headings, subheadings, subtitles, bullet points etc.)

Spellings

To explain when spelling words contain ie and ei

Week 3

Rhos y Gwaliau

Week 4

Shakespeare – Macbeth

Reading

To analyse the features of a playscript
To compare the language used in Shakespeare to modern day
To explain the meaning of words in context
To evaluate the historical period
To contrast themes within the play

Writing

Play script

Punctuation and grammar

To discuss how to use the subjunctive form when writing

Spellings

To compare the history of a range of spelling words

Week 5

Shakespeare – Macbeth

Reading

To compare the characters within Macbeth
To write a summary
To write a prediction justifying it with evidence from the text
To explain the meaning of words in context

To discuss the change in characters

Writing

Play script

Punctuation and grammar

To explain the differences between formal and informal writing

Spellings

To compare the history of a range of spelling words

Week 6

Shakespeare – Macbeth

Reading

To justify my inferences with evidence from the text
To discuss the impact of the language and phrases used in Macbeth
To compare the characters within the play
To explain the meaning of words in context
To write a summary

Writing

Character and setting description

Punctuation and grammar

To use semi-colons, colons and dashes in between independent clauses

Spellings

To compare the history of a range of spelling words

Autumn 1

Silver Sword

Rose Blanche

Diary
Newspaper account
Historical story writing
Character description
Diary
Style of the author

Autumn 2

Goodnight Mr Tom

Alma

If poem

Persuasive letter
Information letter
Information text
Comparative piece
Narrative Writing
Suspense
Poetry

Spring 1

Coraline

The Rabbits

Diary
Suspense
Monologue
Dialogue
Descriptive writing

Spring 2

Shackleton’s Journey

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Diary
Emotive language
Story writing
Speech writing
Newspaper report
Story writing – alternative perspective

Summer 1

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Instructions
Poetry
Character and setting description

Summer 2

Oliver Twist

Macbeth

Newspaper
Balanced argument
Play script
Character and setting description