Literacy Year 1/2 New Framework Plan: Spring A – Wks 1-3 Narrative: Unit 2B Traditional Tales
Chn hear and retell traditional stories from a range of cultures. They use role-play to develop their understanding of story structure and
characterisation. Chn write dialogue in various different ways, then plan & write an alternative ending to a story.
Week
Year 1
Week 1
Year 2
Week 1
Strands 1-4
Speaking/Listening/Drama
Strands 5-6
Word Level
Strands 7-10
Text Level
Strands 11-12
Sentence/Presentation
1. Retell stories, ordering events using
story language.
4. Act out traditional/well known stories,
using voices for characters.
4. Explore familiar themes & characters
through improvisation & role-play.
6. Spell new words
using phonics as the
prime approach.
7. Identify main events & characters in stories,
& find specific information in simple texts.
7. Explore the effect of patterns of language &
repeated words & phrases.
7. Make predictions showing an understanding of
ideas, events & characters.
9. Convey information & ideas in simple nonnarrative forms.
9. Independently choose what to write about,
plan & follow it through.
8. Visualise & comment on events, characters &
ideas, making imaginative links to their own
experiences.
11. Compose & write simple
sentences independently to
communicate meaning.
12. Write most letters,
correctly formed & orientated.
1. Tell real & imagined stories using
conventions of familiar story language.
4. Present part of traditional stories for
members of their own class.
4. Adopt appropriate roles in small groups.
6. Spell with
increasing accuracy
& confidence,
drawing on word
recognition &
knowledge of word
structure & spelling
patterns.
7. Draw together ideas & information from
across a whole text, using simple signposts in
the text.
7. Explore how particular words are used
including words & expressions with similar
meanings.
7. Give some reasons why things happen or
characters change.
9. Maintain consistency in non-narrative
(speech).
9. Draw on knowledge & experience of texts in
deciding and planning what & how to write.
8. Explain their reactions to texts, commenting
on important aspects.
11. Write simple & compound
sentences.
12. Write legibly.
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Y1/2 N Unit2B SprA – Weeks 1 – 3
Literacy Year 1/2 New Framework Plan: Spring A – Wks 1-3 Narrative: Unit 2B Traditional Tales
Year 1
Week 2
Year 2
Week 2
Year 1
Week 3
4. Explore familiar themes & characters
through improvisation & role-play.
3. Take turns to speak & listen to others’
suggestions & talk about what they are
going to do.
2. Listen & express views on how a story or
information was presented.
4. Discuss why they like a performance.
1. Experiment with & build new stores of
words to communicate in different
contexts.
2. Listen to & follow instructions
accurately, asking for help and clarification
if necessary.
4. Present part of traditional stories or
their own stories for the class.
3. Listen to each others view’s &
preferences.
2. Respond to presentations by describing
characters & commenting constructively.
4. Adopt appropriate roles in small groups.
4. Consider how mood & atmosphere are
created in live performance.
1. Explain ideas using imaginative &
adventurous vocabulary.
2. Listen to others in class, ask relevant
questions & follow instructions.
6. Spell new words
using phonics as the
prime approach.
9. Independently choose what to write about,
plan & follow it through.
7. Identify the main events & characters in
stories, & find specific information in simple
texts.
9. Convey information & ideas in non-narrative
(speech) dialogue form.
8. Visualise and comment on events, characters
and ideas, making imaginative links to their own
experiences.
.
6. Spell with
increasing accuracy
and confidence.
9. Draw on knowledge & experience of texts in
deciding and planning what & how to write.
7. Draw together ideas & information from
across a whole text, using simple signposts in
the text.
8. Explain their reactions to texts, commenting
on important aspects.
8. Visualise & comment on events, characters &
ideas, making imaginative links to their own
experiences.
9. Maintain consistency in non-narrative
(speech).
11. Write simple compound
sentences and begin to use
subordination in relation to
time and reason.
4. Explore familiar themes & characters
through role-play.
3. Take turns to speak & listen to others’
suggestions.
5. Read more
challenging texts
which can be decoded
using their acquired
phonic knowledge and
skills, along with
automatic recognition
of high frequency
words.
7. Identify the main events & characters in
stories, & find specific information in simple
texts.
9. Independently choose what to write about,
plan & follow it through.
10. Write non-chronological texts using simple
structures.
11. Compose & write simple
sentences independently to
communicate meaning.
12. Write most letters, correctly
formed & orientated.
9. Find & use new & interesting words & phrases,
including story language.
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Y1/2 N Unit2B SprA – Weeks 1 – 3
Literacy Year 1/2 New Framework Plan: Spring A – Wks 1-3 Narrative: Unit 2B Traditional Tales
9. Create short simple texts on paper & on
screen that combine words with images.
4. Present part of traditional stories for
members of their own class.
3. Work effectively in groups, taking turns
to speak.
Year 2
Week 3
5. Spell with
increasing accuracy &
confidence, drawing
on word recognition &
knowledge of word
structure & spelling
patterns.
7. Draw together ideas & information from
across a whole text, using simple signposts in
the text.
9. Draw on knowledge & experience of texts in
deciding & planning what & how to write.
10. Use planning to establish clear sections for
writing.
11. Compose sentences using
tense consistently, (present &
past).
11. Write simple & compound
sentences.
12. Write legibly.
9. Sustain form in narrative, including use of person
& time.
9. Make adventurous word & language choices
appropriate to style & purpose of the text.
9. Select from different presentational
features to suit particular writing purposes on
paper and on screen.
Themes
Adjectives, alternative story endings, characterisation, descriptive writing, dialogue, discussion text, editing own work, illustrations,
letter layout, narrative, note making, oral discussion, play scripts, punctuation, reading & writing simple words, retelling stories, role-play,
sentence structure, sequencing, setting, speaking and listening, spelling patterns, spelling rules, story structure, stories from other
cultures, traditional stories.
© Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, 2008 who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users.
Y1/2 N Unit2B SprA – Weeks 1 – 3