Year 5
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Autumn 1
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Driver Text: Ice Trap! Shackleton’s Incredible expedition by Meridith Hooper
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Fiction |
Non Fiction |
Poetry |
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Diary entry- write a diary entry as one of the crew from the Endurance. |
Information text – Shackleton’s expedition. |
Narrative poetry- using Sir Percy Brocklehurst Pocketknife as a model, create a poem about an explorer. |
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Autumn 2 |
Driver Text: The Lost book of Adventure, (Unknown)
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Fiction |
Non Fiction |
Poetry |
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Survival Narrative- write an adventure story of wild camping in the Amazon. |
Instructions- How to… based on instructions from the text e.g. How to build a shelter, How to build a fire. |
Tudor poetry and sonnets- write own Sonnets. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. |
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Spring 1 |
Driver Text: Greek Myths and Legends (e.g. Theseus and the Minotaur, Perseus and the Gorgons Head)
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Write an alternative ending to a legend. Use the traditional structure of a legend. |
To write a Newspaper Report linked to a holiday disaster. |
Write a limerick on a character from a Greek legend using appropriate rhythm. |
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Spring 2 |
Driver Text: The Adventures of Odysseus by Hugh Lupton
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Write a scene for a play script based on one of the adventures. |
Information -create a leaflet on the benefits of a Mediterranean diet. |
Narrative poem about the character Odysseus using Jim by Hillarie Belloc as a model. |
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Summer 1 |
Driver Text: Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
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Fiction |
Non- Fiction |
Poetry |
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Write a detailed setting description of the garden. |
Writing a persuasive argument -Should we have a Royal family? Should the queen be head of state in the Commonwealth countries. |
Performance Poetry Poetry Rap from the Caribbean. The poems of Benjamin Zephaniah. |
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Summer 2 |
Driver Text: Street Child by Berlie Doherty
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Fiction |
Non-Fiction |
Poetry |
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Character study. Questioning and hot seating. Write a character description. |
Non chronological report – Life in the Victorian workhouse |
Daffodils by William Wordsworth. Write own poems on nature in this style. |