Year 6 English Medium Term Plan 2015-2016
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Bock 1 Biography (Fiction)
Block 1 Flashback Poetry (Fiction)
Text - Do You Remember an Inn Miranda?
Block 1 Poetry (Fiction) writing from a
viewpoint. Narrative Poetry
Spelling - Prefix
Grammar and Punctuation - Tenses (irregular),
Fronted Adverbials (i.e. Later that day)
Children to draft and write their own Flashback
Related their Memory of the Inn
Text - The Highway Man
Spelling - Morphology ‘e’ at end and in word.
Grammar and Punctuation - Adjectives, adverbs,
powerful nouns
Unpicking the poem and storyline, exploring the
use of imagery and description. Discussing how to
use language to evoke feelings and produce
impressions. Children then draft and write their
own poem about the Oster’s viewpoint of The
Highway Man.
Block 2 Letter and Recount (Fiction)
Block 1a Flashback Prose(Fiction)
Text - The Golden Apple - Based on The Iliad
Spelling - Silent Letters
Grammar and Punctuation - Determiner, adjectives,
expanded noun phrases, relative clauses,
embedded clauses and commas to clarify meaning.
A visitor to the wedding writes a letter to a friend
recounting what happened at the wedding using
features of both a letter and those from the
Grammar and Punctuation of the week.
Check for errors in punctuation.
Text - Adolphus Tibbs
Spelling- Suffixes
Grammar and Punctuation - Time prepositions
Redraft, rewrite and improve Flashback using
features from this and last week, and previous
terms work. Checking for errors in all fields.
Block 1a Poetry (Fiction) writing from a
viewpoint. Narrative Poetry
Block 3 Diary (Fiction)
Block 2 Narrative/Mystery (Fiction)
Text - The Judgement of Paris - Based on The Iliad
Spelling - suffix and prefix
Grammar and Punctuation - active and passive
verbs, use of tense, verbs and adverbs.
To write the Diary of Athena or Hera using passive
verbs. Both are annoyed and have been insulted by
Paris. Use role play to study the characters in
depth, considering how they might react and what
the diary could contain. Check for spelling errors.
Text - Tales of the Unexpected Roald Dahl
Spelling - Prefix/Suffix, Noun/Adjective to verbs
Grammar and Punctuation - Embedded Clause
(Which was etc.)
Children read and analyse a selection of short
stories from Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl.
They explore the structure of short stories and
dialogue. They then draft and write a mystery/
narrative based on a picture of a ‘spooky’ staircase!
Block 4 Recount and Précis (Fiction)
Text - Menelaus becomes King of Sparta - Based on
Block 2a Narrative/Mystery (Fiction)
Text - Who was Homer? - Based on The Iliad
Spelling - Use a dictionary efficiently
Grammar and Punctuation - Revision of Nouns:
Proper, Collective, Abstract, Common, Pronoun.
Investigate and dissect the Genre of a Biography.
Children use the text to write a short biography of
Homer using the revision of nouns and pronouns to
support them. Check for sense and missing words.
The Iliad
Spelling - suffix and prefix
Grammar and Punctuation - main and subordinate
clause
Recount/précis of the story to include main and
subordinate clause.
Making notes. Considering the genre of recount
and its main features. Discussing language use,
how the main and subordinate clause work will
feed into the piece. Checking for errors in tense.
Block 5 Speech and Persuasive Writing
(Fiction)
Text - Paris Wins Helen’s heart. Based on The Iliad
Spelling - Homophones
Grammar and Punctuation - Sentences: simple,
compound, complex.
Identify features of persuasive texts and discuss
differences between facts and opinions. Find out
how to present opinions as if they were facts. Study
formal and informal speech and use of modal
verbs. Children write and edit their own persuasive
speech from Agamemnon to the Kings of Greece,
hoping to persuade the Greeks to support him in
his battle with Troy.
Block 6 Character Study (Fiction)
Text - The Trojan War – Achilles Agrees to fight.
Based on The Iliad
Spelling - sious, tious
Grammar and Punctuation - prepositions, antonym
and synonym
To write a character study. ‘Hot seating’ Odysseus
so the class can delve into his character
Use of the text to support the children being ‘hot
seated’. Children will write and edit their pieces.
Text - The Marie Celeste
Spelling Silent Letters k,g,w (at start of word) and
the silent h.
Grammar and Punctuation - Adjectives/adverbs,
Extended Noun Phrases, pronouns
Redraft, improve and rewrite narrative/mystery
piece from last week. Checking for errors in all
fields.
Block 3 Narrative Science Fiction
Fact and Opinion/(Fiction) Newspaper
Report
Text - We are Not Alone – Sci Fi
Spelling - Silent Letters b, l, f, j, q, v x
Grammar and Punctuation - Linking Paragraphs
Draft and write a Newspaper report relating to the
text.
Block 3a Narrative Science Fiction
Fact and Opinion/(Fiction) Newspaper
Report
Text – HG Wells Starburst
Spelling - Silent Letters a,e,o unstressed vowels
Grammar and Punctuation - Reported Speech and
Quotes
Redraft and rewrite Newspaper report improving
all areas.
Spelling - Morphology sure/ture, double letter
patterns
Grammar and Punctuation - simile, metaphor, semi
colon, colon, hyphen
Unpick and improve last week’s narrative writing
from a viewpoint. Use new knowledge and build
on previous ideas.
Block 2 Instruction/Information Text
(Non Fiction)
Text - Rules for the internet
Spelling - ible/able, ough/augh
Grammar and Punctuation - Recap and review on
bullet points, subheadings
Having read and discussed the text children will
then write in the genre of instruction, their own set
of rules enabling a Y3 pupil to use the internet
safely.
Block 2a Instruction/Information Text
(Non Fiction)
Text - Why you shiver when you are cold and The
short and Tall of it - The Post Office Tower
Spelling - ight, and words from other languages
Morphology and Etymology
Grammar and Punctuation - Trial SATs paper
Look at previous weeks instruction writing and
improve piece. Building on new knowledge, peer
and adult support and own improvement criteria.
Block 3 Classic Drama - Shakespeare
(Fiction)
Text - Macbeth - Shakespeare
Spelling - Further work on using a dictionary.
Grammar and Punctuation - Contractions and
apostrophe, :, ;, () Investigate settings, character development,
dialogue and Shakespeare’s style. Writing includes:
dramatisation, play writing and producing a poem
as per ‘Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble.
Block 3a Classic Drama - Shakespeare
(Fiction)
Text - Mid Summer Night’s Dream - Shakespeare
Spelling - Hard and soft c use of ch
Grammar and Punctuation - , in list and to separate
clauses. ? . and!
Redraft, improve and rewrite short 5 minute play
script of part of the play.
Block 7 Newspaper report and
Journalistic Writing (Non-fiction)
Text - Agamemnon angers Apollo Based on The
Iliad
Spellings - ant and ent words
Grammar and Punctuation - paragraphs,
prepositions
To study report writing. Look at different ways of
writing speech – play scripts, speech bubbles, direct
and reported speech. Compare formal and informal
writing including use of passive voice. Children
write newspaper reports. Using information from
the text, character descriptions and features of a
report, children will write and edit their piece.
Block 4 Autobiography
Text - Boy Roald Dahl
Spelling - Homophones
Grammar and Punctuation - Speech and split
speech
Using Autobiography of Roald Dahl (both book and
online) identify features of autobiographies. Use
the texts to study dialogue, noun phrases and
complex sentences. Write own Autobiography
Block 8 Description (Non-fiction)
Block 4a Biography
Text - The armour of Achilles
Spelling - able ible (ably ibly)
Grammar and Punctuation - brackets, dashes,
colons and commas
To write a description of Achilles’ new armour
including features of the descriptive genre,
brackets, dashes, colons and commas.
Text - Anthony Horowitz, Biography
Spelling - Morphology plurals
Grammar and Punctuation - Sentence types
Compare and contrast Biography and
Autobiography, then review and improve previous
week’s piece of work.
Block 9 Discussion
Block 5 Discussion
Text - Menelaus and Paris fight. Based on The
Iliad
Spelling - words ending in fer plus suffix eg refer
referring reference
Grammar and Punctuation - hyphens, modal verbs
could, would, should and mighty must.
Writing to include hyphens, modal verbs
Task - Gods discussing who they should help and
who not.
Text - Are Today’s Children becoming Couch
Potatoes
Spelling - Morphology/ Listed words le, al, el
Grammar and Punctuation - Modal Verbs and
degrees of possibility adverbs i.e. perhaps etc.
Read the text about the fierce dispute on whether
today’s children are becoming couch potatoes.
Identify features of the discussion document.
Armed with this they draft and write a discussion
document on the theme of: ‘Are Children
Becoming Couch Potatoes?’
Block 10 Persuasive Writing (NonFiction)
Block 5a Discussion
Text - Death of Hector. Based on The Iliad
Spelling - i before e
Grammar and Punctuation - subjunctive
Formal speech and writing, use of subjunctive.
Father begs for his son’s body back. Children
analyse adverts and political speeches, adapt
protest songs and manipulate with modal verbs.
Block 11 Instruction and explanation
(Non-Fiction)
Text - Troy burns and the wooden horse. Based on
The Iliad
Spelling - ough
Grammar and Punctuation - Bullet points
This unit explores instructions and explanations in
the context of The building of the wooden horse
and writing instructions using ideas within the
children’s’ knowledge.
Block 12a/b Narrative, Précis, Drama
Write in the style of Homer
Spelling - Using morphology and etymology
Grammar and Punctuation - Simile, Metaphor,
personification, onomatopoeia
Look at the genre of stories. Investigate the use of
adverbials to link sentences or paragraphs
together. Children plan and write a) the traditional
story of Red Riding Hood (in the style of Homer)
elaborating by use of descriptive words and further
details.
b) Odysseus story: plan, write, and improve a
précis. Then perform their version
Text - Facts on Alcohol
Spelling - Morphology/ Listed words, double/ single
consonants
Grammar and Punctuation - Determiners
Further identify features of discussion texts and
consider differences between facts and opinions.
Find out how to present opinions as if they were
facts. Study formal and informal speech. Children
then redraft, improve and rewrite their discussion
document.
Block 4 Traditional Tales (Fiction) and
Variation on a theme. Poetry, Play,
Poem.
Text - Cinderella - Traditional version and Roald
Dahl Poem version.
Spelling - Mnemonics
Grammar and Punctuation - Formal and informal
language
Using genre of traditional story or modern day
poem choose one and draft, then write own
version using previous knowledge.
Block 4a Traditional Tales (Fiction) and
Variation on a theme. Poetry, Play,
Poem.
Text - Cinderella - Traditional version, Roald Dahl
Poem and Modern Play version.
Spelling - Thesaurus and Dictionary work.
Grammar and Punctuation - Active and Passive
Write own version of Cinderella, using three
versions for inspiration. Genre of choice and either
formal or informal language.
Block 5 Traditional Tales/Variation on a
theme. Tailor to an audience and
viewpoint. (Fiction)
Text - Macavity - TS Elliot
Spelling - Recap and review words/families from Y5,
Y6, Y7
Grammar and Punctuation - Gender Male, Female,
Common, Neuter
Choose Poem/Play/Narrative then draft and write a
piece of choice using known criteria.
Block 5a Traditional Tales/Variation on
a theme. (Fiction) Tailor to audience and
viewpoint. Making comparisons.
Text - Naming a Chinese Cat - Fable
Spelling - Recap and review from Y5, 6, 7
Grammar and Punctuation - Précis, Proverbs and
useful phrases.
Compare and contrast the way pieces on the same
theme can be interpreted. Explore the charm and
challenge of traditional fiction. Children compare
and contrast the two approaches and then write a
modern-day version of naming a Chinese cat.