Literacy Year 1/2 New Framework Plan: SprB – Weeks 1-3
Narrative: Unit 3A/2B Traditional Tales
Traditional stories have been around for centuries and in this exciting plan the children get to experience many variations of some classic tales. Each week the
children read a new tale through which they compare stories, characters and endings, explore through role play & finally combine stories to create one of their own.
Week
Year 1
Week 1
Year 2
Week 1
Year 1
Week 2
Strands 1-4
Speaking/Listening/Drama
2 Listen to tapes or video and express
views about how a story or information
has been presented.
3 Explain their views to others in a small
group.
3Take turns to speak, listen to others’
suggestions and talk about what they are
going to do.
2 Watch videos & express how a story
was presented.
1 Speak with clarity & use appropriate
intonation when reading and reciting
texts.
2 Respond to books/stories, by
describing characters, repeating some
highlights and commenting
constructively.
3 Listen to each other’s views &
preferences.
1 Tell real & imagined stories using the
conventions of familiar story language.
1 Tell stories & describe incidents from
their own experience in an audible voice.
1 Retell stories, ordering events using
story language.
4 Act out their own and well known
stories using voices for characters.
4 Discuss why they like a performance.
4 Explore familiar themes & characters
Strands 5-6
Word level
Strands 7-10
Text Level
Strands 11-12
Sentence/Presentation
7 Recognise the main elements that shape different
texts.
8 Visualise & comment on events, characters and
ideas.
7 Identify the main events & characters in stories,
and find specific information in texts.
8 Explain their reaction to texts, commenting on
important aspects.
8 Engage with books through exploring and enacting
interpretations.
7 Draw together ideas and information from across a
whole text, using simple signposts in the text.
9 Draw on knowledge and experience of texts in
deciding and planning what to write.
7 Give reasons for why things happen or characters
change.
8 Visualise & comment on events, characters & ideas,
making imaginative links to their own experiences.
7 Recognise the main elements that shape different
texts.
10 Write non-chronological texts using simple
structures.
7 Identify the main events and characters in stories,
and find specific information in simple texts.
12 Write most letters
correctly formed and
orientated, using a comfortable
and efficient pencil grip
12 Write with spaces between
words accurately.
11 Compose and write simple
sentences independently to
© Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, 2009 who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users.
Y1_Y2 N Unit 3A_2B – SprB – Weeks 1 – 3
Literacy Year 1/2 New Framework Plan: SprB – Weeks 1-3
Narrative: Unit 3A/2B Traditional Tales
through improvisation & role-play.
2 Listen to stories & express views about
how a story was presented.
3 Explain their views to others in a small
group, decide how to report the group’s
views to the class.
Year 2
Week 2
1 Retell real and imagined stories using
the conventions of story language.
4 Adopt appropriate roles in small or
large groups and consider alternative
courses of action.
4 Present part of traditional stories,
their own stories or work drawn from
different parts of the curriculum for
members of their own class.
1 Speak with clarity & use appropriate
intonation when reading & reciting texts.
2 Respond to books by describing
characters.
3 Listen to each other’s views &
preferences, agree next steps to take
and identify contributions by each group
member.
1 Explain ideas and processes using
imaginative and adventurous vocabulary
and non-verbal gestures to support
communication.
2 Listen to talk by a teacher, remember
some specific points & identify what
they have learned.
5 Spell with
increasing
accuracy &
confidence.
9 Find and use new and interesting words and
phrases, including story language.
9 Convey information and ideas in simple nonnarrative forms.
communicate meaning.
11 Use capital letters & full
stops when punctuating simple
sentences.
8 Engage with books through exploring and enacting
interpretations.
8 Explain their reactions to texts, commenting on
important aspects.
7 Draw together ideas and information from across a
whole text using simple signposts in texts.
8 Read whole books on their own.
10 Use planning to establish clear sections for
writing.
10 Use appropriate language to make sections hang
together.
7 Explore how particular words are used, including
words and expressions with similar meanings.
9 Draw on knowledge and experience of texts in
planning and deciding what and how to write.
9 Make adventurous word and language choices
appropriate to the style and purpose of the text.
12 Write legibly using upper
and lower case letters
appropriately within words and
observe correct spacing
between words.
© Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, 2009 who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users.
Y1_Y2 N Unit 3A_2B – SprB – Weeks 1 – 3
Literacy Year 1/2 New Framework Plan: SprB – Weeks 1-3
Narrative: Unit 3A/2B Traditional Tales
Year 1
Week 3
Year 2
Week 3
Themes
2 Express views on how a story has been
presented.
4 Explore familiar themes & characters
through improvisation and role play.
3 Take turns to speak, listen to others’
suggestions & talk about what they are
going to do.
3 Ask and answer questions, make
relevant contributions, offer suggestions
and take turns.
4 Act out their own and well-known
stories, using voices for characters.
4 Discuss why they like a performance.
3 Listen to each other’s views and
preferences, agree the next steps to
take and identify contributions by each
group member.
3 Work effectively in groups by ensuring
that each group member takes a turn
challenging, supporting & moving on.
4 Adopt appropriate roles in small or
large groups and consider alternative
courses of action.
4 Present part of traditional stories,
their own stories or work drawn from
different parts of the curriculum for
members of their own class.
7 Identify main events & characters in stories and
find specific information in simple texts.
7 Recognise the main elements that shape different
texts.
7 Explore the effect of patterns of language &
repeated words & phrases.
8 Visualise and comment on events, characters &
ideas, making imaginative links to their own
experiences.
9 Create short simple texts on paper and on screen
that combine words with images.
9 Find and use new and interesting words and
phrases, including story language.
10 Group written sentences together in chunks of
meaning or subject.
8 Explain their reactions to texts, commenting on
important aspects.
7 Draw together ideas and information from across a
whole text, using simple signposts in the text.
10 Use appropriate language to make sections hang
together.
8 Engage with books through exploring and enacting
interpretations.
9 Make adventurous word and language choices
appropriate to the style and purpose of the text.
9 Draw on knowledge and experience of texts in
deciding and planning what and how to write.
9 Select from different presentational features to
suit particular writing purposes on paper & on screen.
11 Compose & write simple
sentences independently to
communicate meaning.
11 Use capital letters and full
stops when punctuating simple
sentences.
12 Write with spaces between
words accurately.
11 Use question marks.
Alternative story endings, authors, characterisation, dialogue, narrative, oral discussion, poetry, punctuation, role play, sentence structure, sequencing,
setting, speaking & listening, story openings, story structure, stories from other cultures, text-film comparison, text-oral story comparison, traditional
stories, use ICT for presentation, writing collaboratively.
© Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, 2009 who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users.
Y1_Y2 N Unit 3A_2B – SprB – Weeks 1 – 3