English Schemes of Work – Year 6
Autumn Term
Unit
Objectives
Cross-curricular links
Autumn 1
● Read a range of biographical and autobiographical texts
● Distinguish between biography and autobiography,
identifying key features of each
● Express personal responses and opinions supported by
reference to the text
● Compare features of two or more biographies
● Identify the authors use of language, structure and
presentation and how these contribute to the meaning
● Summarise a piece of text showing the key parts of
someone’s life
● Distinguish between fact and opinion
● Use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas,
topics or issues
● Make notes when listening for a sustained period and
discuss how note-taking varies depending on context
and purpose
● Create questions to ask a partner and record answers
● Investigate writers’ use of formal/informal language
● Plan and write an autobiography of a fictional character
● Develop autobiographical and biographical writing skills
● Research information and make notes for a biography
- WW2 (History): diary of
a fighter pilot/ night in an
Anderson shelter.
- WW2 (History): read a
range of diary entries
from World War Two.
- WW2 (History/ICT): use
skimming and scanning
skills as well as notetaking to research the life
of Winston Churchill.
● Understand the purpose of explanation texts and how
they are different from reports
● Identify and understand the language and organisational
features of explanation texts
● Compare and evaluate different explanation texts
● Develop quick-reading techniques, eg skimming,
scanning
● Understand different diagrammatic forms and how to
retrieve information from them
● Use talk to develop ideas for item/topic being explained.
● Plan and write explanations, choosing appropriate form
for purpose and audience
● Explore a variety of ways to present a text depending on
the audience/ purpose
● Use paragraphing appropriately to divide and sequence
own writing
- Science: explanation of
processes.
Non-fiction:
Biography and
Autobiography
Autumn 2
Non-fiction:
Exploring
explanations
Autumn 3
Poetry: Form and
function
Autumn 4
Non-fiction:
Persuasive texts
Autumn
During History
topic lessons.
Drama
● Read and interpret a wide range of poems and poetic
forms
● Express personal responses and preferences, supported
by reference to the text
● Developing understanding of poetry terms and
vocabulary and use appropriately when talking about
poems
● Identify and describe features of different forms of poetry
● Understand how poets use form to convey meaning
● Analyse the structure of poems
● Understand and use a variety of ways to criticise
constructively and respond to criticism
● Recognise and describe how poets shape words for
different effects, eg sound, connotation, shades of
meaning
● Identify and explain the impact of figurative language
and poetic devices
● Take account of structural and language features when
reading poems aloud
● Record personal responses and interpretations
● Use language imaginatively to write poems modelled on
poems read
● Recite poetry
- WW2 (History): poetry
written during the war.
● Read a range of persuasive texts
● Identify and understand the language and organisational
features of persuasive texts
● Demonstrate understanding of relevant concepts and
terms
● Compare and evaluate the effectiveness of persuasive
texts
● Deconstruct a persuasive text
● Ask relevant questions to extend knowledge
● Present a spoken argument, sequencing points logically,
defending views with evidence and making use of
persuasive language
● Identify some different aspects of speech that vary
between formal and informal occasions
● Analyse the use of persuasive language
● Plan, write, edit and record persuasive texts
● Develop technical vocabulary through reading
- ICT: listen to a range of
adverts including TV
and radio adverts.
- ICT: record radio
adverts.
● Read and understand plays written during the war
● Express personal responses supported by reference to
the text
● Use drama techniques to explore character, dialogue
and points of view
● Understand and use a variety of ways to criticise
constructively and respond to criticism
● Understand how staging conventions have changed
● Prepare, read and perform own playscripts with
appropriate expression based on a WW2 scene
● Understand and use vocabulary related to drama
conventions
- WW2 (History): act out
scenes during WW2.
Autumn
During History
topic lessons.
Official
documents and
formal language
● Read examples of official, formal language in relevant
contexts (eg forms, questionnaires, public notices,
informative documents)
● Identify the features of impersonal, formal language
● Understand the organisational structures of different
formal-language texts
● Use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas,
topics or issues
● Identify the ways spoken language varies according to
differences in the context and purpose of its use
● Understand and use a variety of ways to criticise
constructively and respond to criticism
●Write formal texts (eg. letter, informative poster, notice)
- WW2 (History):
propaganda and
documents on gas
masks.
English Schemes of Work – Year 6
Spring Term
Unit
Spring 1
Non-fiction:
Discussion texts
Building on
persuasive unit
Spring 2
Non-fiction:
Journalistic
writing
Objectives
Cross-curricular links
● Read a range of discussion and argument texts
● Identify and understand the language and organisational
features of discussion texts
● Demonstrate understanding of relevant concepts and
terms: eg ‘point of view’, ‘balanced/biased argument’,
‘supporting detail’, ‘debate’, ‘issue’
● Compare and evaluate the effectiveness of discussion
texts
● Identify the structure of a debate
● Deconstruct a discussion text
● Use a range of oral techniques to present persuasive
arguments and engaging narratives
● Participate in whole-class debate using the conventions
and language of debate, including standard English
● Plan and write discussion/argument texts
● Use the correct conventions to carry out a debate
● Ask questions to extend knowledge
● Conclude an opinion after recording key ideas for an
argument
● Listen and respond appropriately to arguments made
● Analyse and evaluate how speakers present points
effectively through use of language and gesture
● Listen for language variation in formal and informal
contexts
● Identify the ways spoken language varies according to
differences in the context and purpose of its use
- Europe (Geography):
debate on the Alpino.
● Identify and understand the language, organisational
and presentational features of newspaper and magazine
texts
● Identify purpose of, and audience for, different types of
journalistic text
● Identify point of view; recognise bias and balance
● Respond critically to examples of journalistic writing,
justifying comments with reference to texts
● Use a range of oral techniques to develop engaging
narratives
● Make notes when listening for a sustained period and
discuss how note-taking varies depending on context
and purpose
● Plan and write a magazine article/ newspaper report.
● Collect and compose words and phrases typical of
journalistic writing
- Europe (Geography):
extreme weather/
activities, e.g.
Avalanche.
Spring 3
Fiction: different
genre types
Spring 4
Poetry: The
power of imagery
● Read a range of genres, identifying the features
● Compare differences and similarities of the different
genres
● Make comparisons throughout a text
● Use drama techniques to develop empathy and
understanding of characters
● Summarise key parts of a fictional story
● Recommend a book to others giving reasons for their
choice
● Use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas,
topics or issues
● Understand and use a variety of ways to criticise
constructively and respond to criticism
● Express personal responses supported by reference to
the text
● Investigate story openings and endings
● Summarise a story, identifying the key events and ideas
● Write a scene from a different viewpoint
● Investigate the use of paragraphs to structure texts
● Plan, write, edit and share own story
● Read and interpret a wide range of poems
● Express personal responses supported by reference to
the text
● Identify and explain poetic devices for creating images
● Identify viewpoint
● Take account of structural and language features when
reading poems aloud
● Use a range of oral techniques to present engaging
poetry
● Use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas,
topics or issues
● Analyse and evaluate how speakers present points
effectively through use of language and gesture
● Record personal responses and interpretations
● Write questions for interrogating a poem
● Write poems modelled on poems read
● Recite poetry to an audience
English Schemes of Work – Year 6
Summer Term
Unit
Summer Term
Non-fiction:
Revise and
Extend
Summer Term
Fiction: Revise
and Extend
Objectives
Cross-curricular links
● Identify and understand the language and organisation
features of non-fiction text types
● Identify the purpose of a text and evaluate its success
● Express personal responses supported by reference to
the text
● Develop techniques for answering questions
● Distinguish between fact and opinion
● Use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas,
topics or issues
● Understand how writers use different structures to create
coherence and impact
● Recognise rhetorical devices used to argue, persuade,
mislead and sway the reader
● Compare how writers from different times and places
present experiences and use language
● Appraise the usefulness of a text for research
● Practise note-making skills
● Plan, write and edit a variety of non-fiction texts
● Choose among different non-fiction text types the right
style and form to suit audience and purpose
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● Identify and understand the language and organisation
features of fiction text
● Identify the purpose of a text and evaluate its success
● Express personal responses supported by reference to
the text
● Use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas,
topics or issues
● Understand how writers use different structures to create
coherence and impact
● Use different narrative techniques to engage and
entertain the reader
● Select words and language drawing on their knowledge
of literary features and formal and informal writing
● Use varied structures to shape and organise texts
coherently
● Use paragraphs to achieve pace and emphasis
● Compare how writers from different times and places
present experiences and use language
● Understand underlying themes, causes and points of
view Understand how writers use different structures to
create coherence and impact
● Compare how writers from different times and places
present experiences and use language
● Plan, write and edit a variety of non-fiction texts
● Choose among different fictional text types the right style
and form to suit audience and purpose
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