Year 2
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Autumn 1
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Driver Text: The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
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Fiction |
Non Fiction |
Poetry |
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Narrative – creating a setting using descriptive language. |
Information- create a fact file about owls. |
Poems with rhythm and repetition After Dark by Michael Rosen |
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Autumn 2 |
Driver Text: Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
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Fiction |
Non Fiction |
Poetry |
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Retelling the story from the duck’s point of view. Concentrating on the character’s feelings and behaviour. |
Instructions – recipes write own recipes for making sandwiches. |
Cats by Eleanor Farjeon Write simple rhyming poems about animals and perform own compositions |
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Spring 1 |
Driver Text: Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Adventure story – create a new adventure for Sunny the meerkat.
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Travel leaflets- writing information leaflets to advertise different world destinations. |
List poems- what’s in the suitcase/where have they been?
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Spring 2 |
Driver Text: Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Descriptive writing. Describing everyday items and actions in a way an alien would understand. Create a hand book for aliens. |
Report- write report about major events in space exploration. |
Acrostic poems on the theme of space. |
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Summer 1 |
Driver Text: The Night Gardener by The Fan Brothers
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Fiction |
Non- Fiction |
Poetry |
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Diary- write a series of diary entries describing William’s experiences. |
Explanation- Why do trees lose their leaves? |
Sense Poetry- using the five senses to create descriptive poems. |
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Summer 2 |
Driver Text: Jack and the Baked Beanstalk by Colin Stimpson
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Narrative plot and setting- compare this story with the traditional tale. Create a new setting and a new twist to the tale. |
Persuasive letter – write a letter to the council to persuade them not to demolish Birkenhead Priory. |
Riddles – What am I… I am a…? |