Year 3
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Autumn 1
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Driver Text: Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura
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Fiction |
Non Fiction |
Poetry |
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Narrative- A dream story set in the Stone Age.
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Information writing- A Stone Age Settlement.
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Shape poems on natural resources e.g. Earth, fire, water.
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Autumn 2 |
Driver Text: The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
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Fiction |
Non Fiction |
Poetry |
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Narrative creating own imaginary characters based on the iron man. |
Newspaper report on the importance of recycling. |
Narrative poetry about the iron man. Poem to be performed. |
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Spring 1 |
Driver Text: The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry- Heide
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Descriptive writing creating a setting using the senses.
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Non chronological report -making comparisons between Cairo of the past and modern day. |
Using the senses in poetry. The market place. |
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Spring 2 |
Driver Text: The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Retelling a traditional story using Egypt as the setting.
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Fact File on African animals using headings and sub headings. |
Tanka and Haiku poems on African animals. |
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Summer 1 |
Driver Text: The Gruffalo Play by Julia Donaldson
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Fiction |
Non- Fiction |
Poetry |
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Write a play using a familiar story as a starting point. |
Recount a visit to a local place of interest. |
Listen to the poem The River by Valarie Bloom. Write own river poems. |
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Summer 2 |
Driver Text: Dolphin Boy by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Adventure Stories. Write an alternative ending/ next chapter to this adventure story. |
Letter writing. Write a persuasive letter about dolphin conservation. |
Poetry Raps Gran can you rap? by Jack Ousby
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