Whole School Curriculum Overview Subject: English
Whole School Curriculum Overview – Subject: English
Class / Fiction / Non- Fiction / Poetry1
2 / Traditional tales
Stories with repetitive patterns and structures
Stories by the same author
Retell a story from a characters point of view / Instructions
Explanations
Recounts
Other non-fiction texts ( labels, captions, menus) / Poems on a theme
Poems by heart
Classic poetry
3 / Traditional tales
Stories with repetitive patterns and structures
Stories from other cultures
Fantasy / Instructions
Explanations
Recount
Non-Chronological Report / Poems on a theme
Poems by heart
Classic poetry
4 / Stories by the same author
Retell a story from a character’s point of view
Traditional tales with a twist
Adventure stories
Novels as a theme / Instructions
Explanations
Non-Chronological reports / Poems on a theme
Classic poetry
Poems with a structure (Riddles)
5 / Traditional tales with a twist
Fantasy
Adventure
Novel as a theme / Explanations
Recounts
Persuasive (posters, adverts, leaflets, blurbs)
Non-Chronological reports / Poems on a theme
Classic poetry
Poems with a structure (Riddles)
6 / Novel as a theme by a significant author (Morpurgo)
Fables
Mystery
Play scripts
Legends / Instructions
Explanations
Non-Chronological reports
Recounts
Persuasive (posters, adverts, leaflets, blurbs) / Poems on a theme
Classic poetry
Poems with a structure (Riddles)
7 / Novel as a theme
Fairy tales
Folk tales
Mystery
Film narrative
Film play script / Non- Chronological reports
Explanations ‘how?’ or’ why?’
Other non-fiction texts (labels, captions, menus, invites, postcards) / Poems on a theme
Classic poetry (e.g The owl and the pussycat)
Poems - Kennings/ Cinquains
8 / Stories from other cultures
Fantasy
Novel as a theme by a significant author
Issues and dilemmas
Older literature - Shakespeare / Non-Chronological reports
Explanations
Recounts
Persuasive (Poster, advert, leaflet, blurb) / Poems – Kennings/ Cinquains
Poems by heart
Classic poetry (Highway man)
9 / Stories by the same author
Legends
Historical narrative
Detective/crime
Flashbacks/ time shifts
Film/ Play script / Explanations
Recounts
Persuasive arguments/ debates/
Non-Chronological reports
Letters
Other non-fictions texts - diary / Poems with structures (riddles)
Free verse
Narrative poetry
Poems by heart
10 / Novel as a theme by a significant author
Historical narrative
Older Literature
Science Fiction
Detective/crime
Classic Fiction / Non-Chronological reports
Explanations
Recounts
Persuasive – arguments/ debates or letters
Other non-fiction texts - diary / Poems with structures (riddles)
Free verse
Narrative poetry