Medium Term Literacy Planning – Autumn Term 2015 – 16 – Year 1
Weeks
Genre
Autumn 1
Grammar
Spelling
Throughout Term, review and Consolidate Reception objectives.
1-2
Stories by a Significant Author:
Ian Whybrow - The Flying Diggers
* Familiarise chn with story.
*Identify characters and main events
and settings.
*Re-enact stories using puppets, story
boxes, story sacks.
*Order events in the correct sequence.
*write sentences about the characters,
story settings and story events.
*Link story events to their own
experiences of visiting different
settings
3-4
Stories by a Significant Author:
Ian Whybrow - The Flying Diggers
*Where would you like to go if you had
a magic digger and you were part of the
story? What would you take with you?
Write a list/label items that you could
Sentence Construction – Sentence as a
statement
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
personal pronoun ‘I’.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people.
Terminology – punctuation.
Text Structure – story map.
Introduce and talk about a 5 part story.
Sentence Construction – Sentence as a
statement. Compound sentences using
‘and’.
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
personal pronoun ‘I’.
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
The sounds /f/, /l/,
/s/, /z/ and /k/ spelt
ff, ll, ss, zz and ck
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
The sounds /f/, /l/,
/s/, /z/ and /k/ spelt
ff, ll, ss, zz and ck
take.
*Explore, discuss and describe possible
settings and characters.
*Chn to re-enact what happens on their
adventure. Chn to write sentences
describing where they want to go and
why. Chn to attempt simple recount.
5 -6
Information Text
*Begin by playing
games to develop chn’s
understanding of following one –step instructions
eg. Simon Says. Chn to take turns giving each
other verbal instructions. Then written
instructions.
7
Recount – TRIP TO TESCO
*Description of the GFL – focused adjective
work.
*What happens to the food from farm to
plate?
*Recount of Trip.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people and places.
Speech bubbles.
Text Structure – text map/washing line.
Sentence Construction – Writing
questions. Compound sentences using
ASBO. Embellished sentences using
adjectives.
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
personal pronoun ‘I’.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people and places.
Speech bubbles. Full stops. Bullet points.
Word structure/language-adjectives.
Using verbs and adverbs. prepositions and
determiners. Using precise language to
give an instruction.
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
Text Structure – story map/story
mountain.
Sentence Construction – Writing
questions. Compound sentences using
ASBO. Embellished sentences suing
adjectives. Repetition for description.
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
The /ŋ/ sound spelt n before k
Division of words into syllables
personal pronoun ‘I’.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people and places.
Full stops. Exclamation marks.
Word structure/language- prepositions
and determiners. adjectives.
8
Labels,Lists and Captions
*A day in the life of an explorer.
*Labeling and describing an explorers resources
Text Structure – text map/washing line.
Sentence Construction – Writing
questions. Compound sentences using
ASBO. Embellished sentences using
adjectives.
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
personal pronoun ‘I’.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people and places.
Speech bubbles. Full stops.
Word structure/language-prepositions
and determiners. adjectives.
Autumn 2
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
Division of words into syllables
9-10
Poetry linked to the senses
(fireworks)
Watch firework display – describe what they
have seen, heard, tasted.
Create a fire work display- what would we see,
taste, feel, sights, sounds, smells.
11
Stories about Fantasy Worlds
- How to Catch a Star by
Oliver Jeffers: describing stars, and
night sky.
12 -13
Stories with Familiar Settings:
Bear Snores on by Karma
Wilson – Noctural animals,information text,
labelling, description, verbs and adverbs, and
speech bubbles.
Sentence Construction –
Embellished sentences using adjectives.
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
personal pronoun ‘I’.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people and places.
Full stops.
Word structure/language-prepositions
and determiners. adjectives.
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
Sentence Construction – Writing
questions. Compound sentences using
ASBO. Embellished sentences using
adjectives.
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
personal pronoun ‘I’.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people and places.
Full stops.
Word structure/language-prepositions
and determiners. adjectives.
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
Text Structure – text map/washing line.
Sentence Construction – Writing
questions. Compound sentences using
ASBO. Embellished sentences using
adjectives. ‘ly’ as openers.
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
-tch
Adding –s
Adding –s
personal pronoun ‘I’.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people and places.
Speech bubbles. Full stops.
Word structure/language-prepositions
and determiners, verbs and adverbs,
adjectives.
14 - 15
Stories with Familiar Settings:
Polar Express Letters to Santa, senses, design a toy, and,
design Santa a hat.
Sentence Construction – Compound
sentences using ASBO. Embellished
sentences using adjectives.
Punctuation - Using capital letter for the
personal pronoun ‘I’.
Using capital letter for proper nouns –
people and places.
Speech bubbles. Full stops.
Word structure/language-prepositions
and determiners. adjectives.
See MTP L&S Planning for
further details.
ASSESSMENT