Year 3

Year 3

Term

 

Autumn 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Driver Text: Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura   

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Fiction

Non Fiction

Poetry

Narrative- A dream story set in the Stone Age.

 

Information writing- A Stone Age Settlement.

 

Shape poems on natural resources e.g. Earth, fire, water.  

 

Autumn 2

The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights Driver Text: The Iron Man by Ted Hughes

 

 

 

 

 

Fiction

Non Fiction

Poetry

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.

Spring 1

Driver Text: The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry- Heide

  The Day of Ahmed's Secret (Picture Puffin)

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Poetry

Descriptive writing creating a setting using the senses.

 

Non chronological report -making comparisons between Cairo of the past and modern day.

Using the senses in poetry.

The market place.

 

Spring 2

Driver Text: The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

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Fiction

Non-Fiction

Poetry

Retelling a traditional story using Egypt as the setting.

 

Fact File on African animals using headings and sub headings.

Tanka and Haiku poems on African animals.

Summer 1

Driver Text: The Gruffalo Play by Julia Donaldson

  The Gruffalo Play

Fiction

Non- Fiction

Poetry

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.

Summer 2

Driver Text: Dolphin Boy by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman

  Dolphin Boy

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Poetry

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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