Cycle B Y5/6 Narrative Unit
Objectives
NARRATIVE UNIT 1: Novels, stories by significant children’s authors
Y5
Y6
1. Speaking
2. Listening and
responding
3. Group discussion
and interaction
4. Drama
5. Word recognition,
decoding (reading)
and encoding
(spelling)
6. Word structure and
spelling
Not covered at KS2
7. Understanding and
interpreting texts
b. Infer writers’ perspectives from what is written and from what is implied.
c. Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how
they are structured.
d. Distinguish between everyday use of words and their subject-specific use.
8. Engaging with and
responding to texts
a. Reflect on reading habits and preferences and plan personal reading goals.
b. Compare the usefulness of techniques, such as visualisation, prediction,
empathy in exploring the meaning of texts.
9. Creating and
shaping texts
b. Experiment with different narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual
texts, including poems.
b. Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view.
c. Understand how writers use different structures to create coherence and
impact.
e. Recognise rhetorical devices used to argue, persuade, mislead and sway the
reader.
a. Read extensively and discuss personal reading with others, including in
reading groups.
b. Sustain engagement with longer texts, using different techniques to make the
text come alive.
b. Use different narrative techniques to engage and entertain the reader.
10. Text structure and
organisation
11. Sentence
structure and
punctuation
b. Punctuate sentences accurately, including use of speech marks and
apostrophes.
* Strand 12: Presentation – Objectives to be taught at the teacher’s discretion.
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b. Use punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences.
Cycle B Y5/6 Narrative Unit
Objectives
NARRATIVE UNIT 2: Traditional stories, fables, myths and legends
Y5
Y6
a. Tell a story using notes designed to cue techniques, such as repetition, recap
b. Participate in whole-class debate using the conventions and language of
and humour.
debate, including standard English.
1. Speaking
2. Listening and
responding
3. Group discussion
and interaction
4. Drama
a. Reflect on how working in role helps to explore a complex issue.
b. Perform a scripted scene making use of dramatic conventions.
5. Word recognition,
decoding (reading)
and encoding
(spelling)
6. Word structure and
spelling
7. Understanding and
interpreting texts
8. Engaging with and
responding to texts
a. Improvise using a range of drama strategies and conventions to explore
themes such as hopes, fears, desires.
c. Devise a performance considering how to adapt the performance for a specific
audience.
Not covered at KS2
a. Make notes on and use evidence from across a text to explain events or
ideas.
c. Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how
they are structured.
e. Explore how writers use language for comic and dramatic effects.
b. Compare the usefulness of techniques, such as visualisation, prediction,
empathy in exploring the meaning of texts.
b. Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view.
e. Recognise rhetorical devices used to argue, persuade, mislead and sway the
reader.
a. Read extensively and discuss personal reading with others, including in
reading groups.
9. Creating and
shaping texts
a. Reflect independently and critically on own writing and edit and improve it.
b. Experiment with different narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual
texts, including poems.
a. Set own challenges to extend achievement and experience in writing.
b. Use different narrative techniques to engage and entertain the reader.
10. Text structure and
organisation
a. Experiment with the order of sections and paragraphs to achieve different
effects.
a. Use varied structures to shape and organise texts coherently.
11. Sentence
structure and
punctuation
a. Adapt sentence construction to different text types, purposes and readers.
b. Punctuate sentences accurately, including use of speech marks and
apostrophes.
a. Express subtle distinctions of meaning, including hypothesis, speculation and
supposition, by constructing sentences in varied ways.
b. Use punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences.
* Strand 12: Presentation – Objectives to be taught at the teacher’s discretion.
Rotherham Literacy Team
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School
Cycle B Y5/6 Narrative Unit
Objectives
NARRATIVE UNIT 2: Traditional stories, fables, myths and legends
Y5
Y6
a. Tell a story using notes designed to cue techniques, such as repetition, recap
b. Participate in whole-class debate using the conventions and language of
and humour.
debate, including standard English.
1. Speaking
2. Listening and
responding
3. Group discussion
and interaction
4. Drama
a. Reflect on how working in role helps to explore a complex issue.
b. Perform a scripted scene making use of dramatic conventions.
5. Word recognition,
decoding (reading)
and encoding
(spelling)
6. Word structure and
spelling
7. Understanding and
interpreting texts
8. Engaging with and
responding to texts
a. Improvise using a range of drama strategies and conventions to explore
themes such as hopes, fears, desires.
c. Devise a performance considering how to adapt the performance for a specific
audience.
Not covered at KS2
a. Make notes on and use evidence from across a text to explain events or
ideas.
c. Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how
they are structured.
e. Explore how writers use language for comic and dramatic effects.
b. Compare the usefulness of techniques, such as visualisation, prediction,
empathy in exploring the meaning of texts.
b. Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view.
e. Recognise rhetorical devices used to argue, persuade, mislead and sway the
reader.
a. Read extensively and discuss personal reading with others, including in
reading groups.
9. Creating and
shaping texts
a. Reflect independently and critically on own writing and edit and improve it.
b. Experiment with different narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual
texts, including poems.
a. Set own challenges to extend achievement and experience in writing.
b. Use different narrative techniques to engage and entertain the reader.
10. Text structure and
organisation
a. Experiment with the order of sections and paragraphs to achieve different
effects.
a. Use varied structures to shape and organise texts coherently.
11. Sentence
structure and
punctuation
a. Adapt sentence construction to different text types, purposes and readers.
b. Punctuate sentences accurately, including use of speech marks and
apostrophes.
a. Express subtle distinctions of meaning, including hypothesis, speculation and
supposition, by constructing sentences in varied ways.
b. Use punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences.
* Strand 12: Presentation – Objectives to be taught at the teacher’s discretion.
Rotherham Literacy Team
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School
Cycle B Y5/6 Narrative Unit
Objectives
NARRATIVE UNIT 3: From other cultures
Y5
Y6
1. Speaking
2. Listening and
responding
3. Group discussion
and interaction
4. Drama
a. Reflect on how working in role helps to explore a complex issue.
5. Word recognition,
decoding (reading)
and encoding
(spelling)
6. Word structure and
spelling
7. Understanding and
interpreting texts
a. Improvise using a range of drama strategies and conventions to explore
themes such as hopes, fears, desires.
Not covered at KS2
b. Infer writers’ perspectives form what is written and from what is implied.
c. Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how
they are structured.
b. Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view.
c. Understand how writers use different structures to create coherence and
impact.
8. Engaging with and
responding to texts
a. Reflect on reading habits and preferences and plan personal reading goals.
a. Read extensively and discuss personal reading with others, including in
reading groups.
9. Creating and
shaping texts
a. Reflect independently and critically on own writing and edit and improve it.
b. Experiment with different narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual
texts, including poems.
d. Vary pace and develop viewpoint through the use of direct and reported
speech, portrayal of action, selection of detail.
a. Set own challenges to extend achievement and experience in writing.
b. Use different narrative techniques to engage and entertain the reader.
d. Select words and language drawing on their knowledge of literary features
and formal and informal writing.
10. Text structure and
organisation
a. Experiment with the order of sections and paragraphs to achieve different
effects.
a. Use varied structures to shape and organise texts coherently.
11. Sentence
structure and
punctuation
a. Adapt sentence construction to different text types, purposes and readers.
b. Punctuate sentences accurately, including use of speech marks and
apostrophes.
a. Express subtle distinctions of meaning, including hypothesis, speculation and
supposition, by constructing sentences in varied ways.
b. Use punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences.
* Strand 12: Presentation – Objectives to be taught at the teacher’s discretion.
Rotherham Literacy Team
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School
Cycle B Y5/6 Narrative Unit
Objectives
NARRATIVE UNIT 4: Older Literature
Y5
Y6
1. Speaking
2. Listening and
responding
b. Identify some different aspects of talk which vary between formal and informal
occasions.
b. Analyse and evaluate how speakers present points effectively through use of
language and gesture.
3. Group discussion
and interaction
4. Drama
5. Word recognition,
decoding (reading)
and encoding
(spelling)
6. Word structure and
spelling
Not covered at KS2
7. Understanding and
interpreting texts
8. Engaging with and
responding to texts
a. Reflect on reading habits and preferences and plan personal reading goals.
a. Read extensively and discuss personal reading with others, including in
reading groups.
9. Creating and
shaping texts
a. Reflect independently and critically on own writing and edit and improve it.
d. Vary pace and develop viewpoint through the use of direct and reported
speech, portrayal of action, selection of detail.
a. Set own challenges to extend achievement and experience in writing.
d. Select words and language drawing on their knowledge of literary features
and formal and informal writing.
10. Text structure and
organisation
a. Experiment with the order of sections and paragraphs to achieve different
effects.
a. Use varied structures to shape and organise texts coherently.
11. Sentence
structure and
punctuation
b. Punctuate sentences accurately, including use of speech marks and
apostrophes.
b. Use punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences.
* Strand 12: Presentation – Objectives to be taught at the teacher’s discretion.
Rotherham Literacy Team
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School
Cycle B Y5/6 Narrative Unit
Objectives
NARRATIVE UNIT 5: Film Narrative
Y5
Y6
a. Tell a story using notes designed to cue techniques such as repetition, recap
a. Use a range of techniques to present persuasive arguments and engaging
and humour.
narratives.
c. Use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas, topics or issues.
1. Speaking
2. Listening and
responding
3. Group discussion
and interaction
4. Drama
a, Reflect on how working in role helps to explore complex issues.
5. Word recognition,
decoding (reading)
and encoding
(spelling)
6. Word structure and
spelling
a. Improvise using a range of drama strategies and conventions to explore
themes such as hopes, fears, desires.
b. Consider the overall impact of a live or recorded performance, identifying
dramatic ways of conveying characters’ ideas and building tension.
Not covered at KS2
7. Understanding and
interpreting texts
b. Infer writers’ perspectives from what is written and what is implied.
c. Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how
they are structured.
b. Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view.
c. Understand how writers use different structures to create coherence and
impact.
8. Engaging with and
responding to texts
b. Compare the usefulness of techniques such as visualisation, prediction,
empathy in exploring the meaning of texts.
c. Compare how a common theme is presented in poetry, prose and other
media.
a. Reflect independently and critically on own writing and edit and improve it.
b. Experiment with different narrative forms and styles to write fiction or factual
texts, including poems.
b. Sustain engagement with longer texts, using different techniques to make the
text come alive.
c. Compare how writers from different times and places present experiences and
use language.
a. Set own challenges to extend achievement and experience in writing.
b. Use different narrative techniques to engage and entertain the reader.
a. Adapt sentence construction to different text types, purposes and readers.
b. Punctuate sentences accurately, including use of speech marks and
apostrophes.
a. Express subtle distinctions of meaning, including hypothesis, speculation and
supposition, by constructing sentences in varied ways.
b. Use punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences.
9. Creating and
shaping texts
10. Text structure and
organisation
11. Sentence
structure and
punctuation
* Strand 12: Presentation – Objectives to be taught at the teacher’s discretion.
Rotherham Literacy Team
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School
Cycle B Y5/6 Narrative Unit
Objectives
NARRATIVE UNIT 6: Dramatic Conventions
Y5
Y6
c. Use and explore different question types and different ways words are used,
b. Participate in whole-class debate using the conventions and language of
including in formal and informal contexts.
debate, including standard English.
1. Speaking
2. Listening and
responding
b. Identify some different aspects of talk which vary between formal and informal
occasions.
c. listen for language variation in formal and informal contexts.
3. Group discussion
and interaction
a. Plan and manage a group task over time using different levels of planning.
b. Understand different ways to take the lead and support others in groups.
4. Drama
b. Perform a scripted scene making use of dramatic conventions.
c. Use and recognise the impact of theatrical effects in drama.
a. Consider examples of conflict and resolution, exploring language used.
b. Understand and use a variety of ways to criticise constructively and respond
to criticism.
b. Consider the overall impact of a live or recorded performance, identifying
dramatic ways of conveying characters’ ideas and building tension.
c. Devise a performance considering how to adapt the performance for a specific
audience.
5. Word recognition,
decoding (reading)
and encoding
(spelling)
6. Word structure and
spelling
Not covered at KS2
a. Spell words containing unstressed vowels.
c. Group and classify words according to their spelling patterns and their
meanings.
7. Understanding and
interpreting texts
c. Compare different types of narrative and information texts and identify how
they are structured.
e. Explore how writers use language for comic and dramatic effects.
b. Understand underlying themes, causes and points of view.
e. Recognise rhetorical devices used to argue, persuade, mislead and sway the
reader.
8. Engaging with and
responding to texts
c. Compare how a common theme is presented in poetry, prose and other
media.
c. Compare how writers from different times and places present experiences and
use language.
9. Creating and
shaping texts
a. Reflect independently and critically on own writing and edit and improve it.
a. Set own challenges to extend achievement and experience in writing.
10. Text structure and
organisation
a. Experiment with the order of sections and paragraphs to achieve different
effects.
a. Use varied structures to shape and organise texts coherently.
11. Sentence
structure and
punctuation
a. Adapt sentence construction to different text types, purposes and readers.
b. Punctuate sentences accurately, including use of speech marks and
apostrophes.
a. Express subtle distinctions of meaning, including hypothesis, speculation and
supposition, by constructing sentences in varied ways.
b. Use punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences.
* Strand 12: Presentation – Objectives to be taught at the teacher’s discretion.
Rotherham Literacy Team
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School