English Martyrs’ Catholic Primary School

Year 1 English Year Overview with SPAG objectives

Year 1 / Title / Author / Duration of teaching sequence / Extended writing /genres / SPAG to be taught within the teaching sequence.
Autumn 1
Monsters vs Aliens / Whole School text
Beegu / Alexis Deacon / 2 weeks / Character descriptions
Postcards / Capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, writing on the line.
Adjectives, connectives.
Monster Poetry / Various / 2 weeks / Poems / Adding –est as a suffix
Adjectives
Shh! We have a plan / Chris Haughton / 2 weeks / Own version of the story / Adding punctuation to the story – capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks.
Autumn 2
Starry, Starry Night / How to catch a star / Oliver Jeffers / 2 weeks / Own version of the story / Verbs – adding ing and ed as suffixes
Man on the Moon / Simon Bartlett / 3 weeks / Creating a book ‘Aliens on the Moon’ – retelling story from different perspective
Instruction writing / Question marks
Adjectives – adding ly as a suffix
Past tense
Christmas / 1 week / Letters
Lists / Commas in lists
Spring 1
Chinese New Year / Hansel and Gretel / Various / 2 weeks / Diary writing
Instruction writing / Adding –ed and s/es as suffixes
Verbs/ adverbs
Chinese New Year story / Traditional / 1 week / Recount / Past tense
The Empty Pot / Demi / 2 weeks / Advert for new emperor – character description
Sequel to the story / Adding – un as a prefix
Spring 2
Eggs and New Life / The Odd Egg / Emily Gravett / 2 weeks / Recounts
Information books about eggs/ birds / Onomatopoeia
Past tense
Tadpole’s Promise / Jeanne Willis / 2 weeks / Letters
Narrative / Question marks
The Emperor’s Egg
Easter story / Martin Jenkins / 1 week / Information posters
Easter story / Past tense
Summer 1
Prehistoric / Whole School Text
Woolly / Sam Childs / 1 week / Description / Using ‘because’
Speech mark
Stone Age Boy / Satoshi Kitamura / 2 weeks / Non fiction books
Non chronological reports / Using ‘because’
Past tense
Cave Baby / Julia Donaldson / 2 weeks / Narrative
Diary entry / Using ‘because’
Speech marks
Summer 2
Fruit and Vegetables / The Princes and the Pea/ The Pea and the Princess / Mini Grey / 2 weeks / Wanted poster for a princess
Narrative / Using – un as a prefix
Non fiction: instructions for planting a seed / 1 week / Instructions / Verbs
Commas in a list
Poetry
Acrostic poems
Fruit riddles / 2 weeks / Writing own poems / Adjectives
Question marks
Jack and the Beanstalk / Traditional / 2 weeks / Descriptive writing
Narrative / Adjectives