Pupil outcome: I can research and gather information about Harriet Tubman’s life in preparation for writing a biography about her. Key learning points: - When preparing to write a biography, it is important to thoroughly research the...

Pupil outcome: I can identify important linguistic features of an explanation text. Key learning points: - An explanation text is a non-fiction text that explains a particular process or subject in detail. - An explanation text can start...

Pupil outcome: I can write the resolution of 'The Happy Prince'. Key learning points: - Notes from our plan are used to form full sentences. - A range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader. -...

Pupil outcome: I can plan part two of the main body of a diary entry based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Key learning points: - The purpose of the main body is to describe events, thoughts and feelings in detail. - Sentences can be...

Pupil outcome: I can write a plan for the second paragraph of a diary entry. Key learning points: - When rehearsing and planning to write a diary entry, we do so in the first person from the character's perspective. - An effective plan...

Pupil outcome: I can identify important linguistic features of an explanation text. Key learning points: - An explanation text is a non-fiction text that explains a particular process or subject in detail. - An explanation text can start...

Pupil outcome: I can discuss and explore the narrative of 'Greenling'. Key learning points: - 'Greenling' is a picturebook text; it can be considered to be a fable. - Fables usually explain the creation of the world, natural events and...

Pupil outcome: I can discuss the main ideas of ‘The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane’. Key learning points: - 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane' is an illustrated chapter book, with black and white pencil sketch vignettes. -...

Pupil outcome: I can discuss the main ideas of ‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’. Key learning points: - ‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’ is a novel, which blends the genres of myth and magical realism. - The text has strong links to location and...

Pupil outcome: I can discuss the main ideas of 'Cloud Busting'. Key learning points: - ‘Cloud Busting’ focuses on the relationship between two ‘friends’: Davey and Sam. - The story is told as a verse novel. - ‘Cloud Busting’ uses both...

Pupil outcome: I can answer a range of comprehension questions on 'How to Train Your Dragon'. Key learning points: - Skimming and scanning using your finger is a way to retrieve information accurately and quickly from a text - Reading...

Pupil outcome: I can discuss the main ideas of ‘Varjak Paw’. Key learning points: - 'Varjak Paw' is in the form of an illustrated chapter book, combining words and illustration. - Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue Kitten and has never...

Pupil outcome: I can explore characterisation within a text. Key learning points: - Characterisation is the way an author and illustrator develop the personalities and traits of the characters in a story. - Authors and illustrators use a...

Pupil outcome: I can write a plan for the first paragraph of a diary entry. Key learning points: - Oral rehearsal of a recount ensures we have a clear understanding of the chronology of events. - When rehearsing and planning for a diary...

Pupil outcome: I can reflect on events within a Chapter. Key learning points: - Characterisation is the way an author describes and develops the personalities and traits of the characters in a story - Characterisation can be understood...

Pupil outcome: I can identify and engage with the key themes in 'Mirror'. Key learning points: - In 'Mirror' the afterword describes why Jeannie Baker was inspired to make the text and how she created the artwork. - A theme is a big...

Pupil outcome: I can plan an interesting narrative. Key learning points: - When writing a short story, we can condense the traditional narrative arc. - We need to craft for a believable unfolding of events for a short story. - In short...

Pupil outcome: I can explore attitudes towards teenagers over time and write my own article title that reflects current day teenagers. Key learning points: - The role of the teenager was first established around the 1940s and the term...

Pupil outcome: I can write an accurate, thoughtful diary entry in the voice of Miranda. Key learning points: - A diary is a person’s private record of events, thoughts, or feelings that are written down every day. - A diary should be...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Dickens presents Fred as the antithesis of Scrooge. Key learning points: - Dickens uses colour symbolism and extended metaphors to characterise Scrooge and Fred as opposite characters. - Scrooge is...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse how Galloway uses time and use that as inspiration for the structure of my own narrative. Key learning points: - You can experiment with time to create an interesting structure to your narrative. - The use of...

Pupil outcome: I can sequence everyday events in chronological order. Key learning points: - We can use ordering words like 'first', 'next', 'then' and 'after' to sequence events.

Pupil outcome: I can sequence things that happen in a school day in order of time. Key learning points: - To sequence events is to put them in the order that they happen. - We start with the event that happened first.

Pupil outcome: I can identify the features of a non-chronological report about a shark. Key learning points: - A non-chronological report is written out of time order. - The purpose of a non-chronological report is to inform and engage...