Primary English Toolkit Long Term Overview Autumn 1:1 Autumn 1:2 Genre Narrative Non Narrative Poetry Narrative Non Narrative Poetry Theme Narrative Settings Biography/Autobiographies Poems on a Theme (Link NPD – ‘Remember’) Play Scripts Report Modern Poetry Performances Y1 Stories with familiar settings Personal experiences – All about Me Rhyming couplets Characters speaking Information leaflet Shape Poems Y2 Stories with known settings Personal experiences, including extended family Rhyming couplets with poems Stories that include dialogue Newsletter Acrostics Y3 Stories with imagined settings Autobiography Known stories as play scripts Magazine article Calligrams Y4 Stories with imagined settings Autobiography Known stories as play scripts Magazine article Cinquains Y5 Stories with historical settings Biography of historical figure Continuation of classic play Newspaper report Haiku Y6 Stories with historical settings Biography of historical figure Continuation of classic play Newspaper report Kennings Rhyming poems following familiar structure Rhyming poems following familiar structure Rhyming poems from a variety of structures Rhyming poems from a variety of structures Spring 2:1 Spring 2:2 Genre Narrative Non Narrative Poetry Narrative Non Narrative Poetry Theme Traditional Tales Explanation Narrative Poetry Stories From Other Cultures Letter Writing Significant Children’s Poets Y1 Traditional tales Arrow diagrams explaining known process. Nursery Rhymes Aboriginal stories Y2 Traditional tales with alternative endings Flow charts explaining known process. Narrative poetry with stories Africa folktales Y3 Myths Nonsense Narrative poetry Indian tales Thank you letter (To a named audience within school) Letter to a friend (To a named audience within school) Letter to persuade Y4 Myths Nonsense Narrative poetry Indian tales Y5 Legends Classic Narrative poetry Eastern Asia Stories Y6 Legends Classic Narrative poetry Eastern Asia Stories Additional lines to a verse/poem Ahlberg Additional lines to a verse/poem A. A. Milne Poems with predictable and patterned language - Lear Poems with predictable and patterned language - Dahl Modern version of classic poem Carroll Modern version of classic poem Blake Explanations for a familiar scenario. (e.g water cycle) Explanations for a familiar scenario. (e.g water cycle) Explanation linked to another curriculum area (e.g. science) Explanation linked to another curriculum area (e.g. science) Summer 3:1 (To a named audience outside school) Letter to persuade (To a named audience outside school) Letter to complain (To a named audience outside school) Letter to complain (To a named audience outside school) Summer 3:2 Genre Narrative Non Narrative Poetry Narrative Non Narrative Poetry Theme Narrative Storyline Instructions Riddles and Humorous Verse Adventure Stories Recount Classic Poetry Performances Y1 Classic fairy story Steps for a for familiar process Tongue Twisters Stories with problems Recall factual events in school Short Classical verses Y2 Modern fairy story Riddles Stories with issues Recount of a local visit in first person. Classical poetry Y3 Story with developed plot Limericks Stories with dilemmas Recount of an event in school (Humorous verse) Y4 Story with developed plot Limericks Stories with dilemmas Recount of an event in school (Humorous verse) Stories with cliff hanger ending Digital presentation of a local visit. (Cautionary Tales) Stories with cliff hanger ending Digital presentation of a local visit. (Cautionary Tales) Y5 Y6 Extended narrative, based on literary heritage. Extended narrative, based on literary heritage. Simple ordered instructions for familiar process Instructions for others to follow Instructions for others to follow Instructions for more complex task Instructions for more complex task Humorous/Nonsense Verse (Milligan) Humorous/Nonsense Verse (Milligan)