Class Five
Curriculum Plan for English Class Five
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
Literary Form |
Street Child
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Way Home |
Narnia |
The Highwayman |
Macbeth
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King of the Sky Emerald Blue |
Link to theme |
Historical narrarive
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Contemporary Picturebook |
Classic narrative |
Classic Poetry |
Shakespeare |
Picture book – Cultural
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· drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence · predicting what might happen from details stated and implied · summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas · identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning · discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader
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Retrieve, select and describe information, events or ideas Deduce, infer and interpret information, events or ideas |
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National Curriculum SPAG |
Recap of word classes Adverbial phrases Relative pronouns and clauses Cohesion among paragraphs
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Relative pronouns and clauses Modal verbs
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Past perfect tense to link events Cohesion among paragraphs |
Parenthesis Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes (e.g. –ate; –ise; –ify)
Verb prefixes (e.g. dis–, de–, mis–, over– and re–)
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Adverbial phrases
Cohesion among paragraphs.
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Modal verbs
Revision of key Year 5 SPAG and begin preparation for Year 6 SPAG |
Language competency |
Diary writing – fronted adverbials, adverbials for cohesion, complex sentences Recount Discursive writing Debate – modal verbs and balanced arguments. Causal language
Book talk
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Narrative – figurative language, expanded noun phrases, Punctuation for ambiguity Sentence length for impact and tension Dialogue – use of speech Book talk |
Developed narrative – paragraph structure, cohesion
Book talk
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Poetry response Narrative of story – sentence impact, use of parenthesis
Debate – one sided and balanced argument. Language of formality, causal language and persuasion |
Macbeth Book talk Etymology of words Performance – speaking and intonation
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Biography – order and structure. Adverbials for cohesion |
Extended writing outcome |
Diary writing Discursive writing
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Description for character and setting Narratives
(Biography writing – linked to Black History week) |
Developed narrative
Narrative - action, dialogue and description used to move events forward
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Narrative add detail
Discursive writing
Autobiography writing
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Developed narrative
Poetry
Playscript - performance |
Discursive writing
Biography writing |