Grade 1 English LEAP Curriculum Overview
Semester 1

Block 1 – Non-Fic.on: Requests and Demands

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To read and discuss a story.
Success Criteria:• I can read parts of a story.
• I can remember and talk about some of the key points of a story.
• I can talk to a partner about my own experiences.
• I can record my ideas as pictures, words, or sentences.

Learning Objec-ve: To explore and understand a text by asking ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss the illustrations in a story.
• I can compose questions about the illustrations.
• I can write questions with capital letters and question marks.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ves: To write statements in answer to ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can compose a statement as a reply to a question.
• I can write and punctuate a statement correctly.
• I can check my work to make sure I have used the correct punctuation.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write commands.
Success Criteria:• I can give a verbal command to tell someone to do something/not to do something.
• I can write a command with the correct punctuation.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To write full sentences that follow a paAern.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To write commands with exclama-on marks.

Success Criteria:• I can write a sentence following the pattern of a story.
• I can use capital letters to start my sentences.
• I can end statements with a full stop.
Success Criteria:• I can give a verbal command realising it has to be short and to the point.
• I can write a command with an exclamation mark.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write commands and ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can identify commands and questions.
• I can write a question and a command using the right punctuation marks.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To use reading strategies to respond to a story.
Success Criteria:• I can read a text using different strategies to help me decode unknown words.
• I can read a text aloud in a group.

Learning Objec-ve: To compare two stories.
Success Criteria:• I can say why I like a story by giving reasons and examples.
• I can write my opinions as a sentence.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ves: To write commands based on their own experiences.
Success Criteria:• I can turn a statement into a command.
• I can think of my own commands based on my own experiences.
• I can write this using appropriate punctuation.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To make requests.
Success Criteria:• I can make up my own requests in a role-play.
• I can identify the difference between a request and a question.

Learning Objec-ve: To use ‘bossy’ verbs to create commands.
Success Criteria:• I can think of a command to keep people safe.
• I can write my command.
• I can decide whether a command needs an exclamation mark or not.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write requests using correct punctua-on.
Success Criteria:• I can verbally ask a polite question.
• I can write a request using correct punctuation.
• I can think of a reply to a request.

Unit 5 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To role-play a diﬃcult situa-on.
Success Criteria:• I can role-play a bad situation.
• I can discuss ways a situation can be sorted out.

Learning Objec-ve: To write requests.
Success Criteria:• I can orally make up requests, knowing they must be polite.
• I can write a request using a capital letter and a question mark when appropriate.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a list of dos and don’ts.
Success Criteria:• I can read a list of dos and don’ts.
• I can work in a group to brainstorm ideas.
• I can begin to record my ideas as a plan/draft.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a list of dos and don’ts.
Success Criteria:• I can write a list of dos and don’ts.
• I can use my neatest handwriting.
• I can use appropriate punctuation for my sentences.

Semester 1

Block 2 – Fic.on: Stories in Familiar Se=ngs

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy characters in stories.
Success Criteria:• I can identify characters in a story.
• I can relate stories to my own experiences.
• I can use a capital letter for people’s names.

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy seFngs and problems in stories.
Success Criteria:• I can sequence a story.
• I can identify problem events in a story.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To retell a familiar story.
Success Criteria:• I can retell a story.
• I can recall and draw key events from a story.
• I can identify and draw key settings from a story.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To read a text in pairs and discuss.
Success Criteria:• I can read using phonic strategies.
• I can predict what might happen next in a story.

Learning Objec-ve: To read in a group and answer ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can answer questions about a story.
• I am beginning to use expression when I read.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write simple sentences with appropriate
punctua-on.
Success criteria:• I can build a sentence by saying it aloud.
• I can write a sentence that I have built.
• I can use simple sentence punctuation and leave spaces between my words.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To build sentences and use sentence punctua-on.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To build sentences and use sentence punctua-on.

Success Criteria:• I can talk about something special to me using a clear voice.
• I can write a sentence about something special to me.
Success Criteria:• I can compose a spoken sentence.
• I can write a spoken sentence.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To retell a story in spoken sentences.
Success Criteria:• I can retell stories verbally.
• I can use a story map to help me remember a story.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a story.
Success Criteria:• I can plan a story.
• I can tell a story using a story map plan.

Learning Objec-ve: To write a story beginning.
Success Criteria:• I can write the beginning of a story.
• I can use simple sentence punctuation and finger spaces.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write a story problem.
Success Criteria:• I can write the problem part of a story.
• I can use simple sentence punctuation and finger spaces.
• I can use and to say a bit more in my writing.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a story ending.
Success Criteria:• I can write the ending of a story.
• I can use simple sentence punctuation and finger spaces.

Semester 2

Block 3 – Non-Fic.on: Informa.on Texts

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To suggest story ideas.
Success Criteria:• I can listen to and enjoy a fictional story.
• I can think of more ideas to add to the story from my imagination.
• I can identify between ideas that are actual and those that are imaginary.

Learning Objec-ve: To recognise the diﬀerence between ﬁc-on and nonﬁc-on.
Success Criteria:• I can think of facts about tigers.
• I can sort and write non-fiction sentences.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To read and understand facts.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise a non-fiction sentence.
• I can discuss and add facts about tigers to my plan.
• I can read out tiger facts.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To organise facts to create a non-ﬁc-on text.
Success Criteria:• I can organise my facts into a non-fiction text.
• I can use question headings to sort my facts.
• I can illustrate my work appropriately.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To write descrip-ve sentences.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To write descrip-ve sentences.

Success Criteria:• I can explore facts about whales.
• I can write a sentence describing different whales.
Success Criteria:• I can enjoy a story and answer questions about it.
• I can match up then write descriptive sentences.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write descrip-ve sentences.
Success Criteria:• I can think of my own alternative descriptions to describe the blue whale.
• I can write these as a descriptive sentence.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To listen and enjoy a text and discuss the facts it
contains.
Success Criteria:• I can listen to a story and discuss its features.
• I can look at similarities and differences between different animals.
• I can write a sentence to compare a tiger and a polar bear.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore facts and how they are presented.
Success Criteria:• I can look at how language has been used for effect.
• I can make up my own alliterative descriptions and write these as sentences.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To answer comprehension ques-ons about a text.
Success Criteria:••

I can make predictions about a story.
I can think of two possible predictions and record these as sentences.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To compare two books.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss a story.
• I can compare two books and talk about whether they are non-fiction or story based.
• I can discuss whether sentences are factual or fictional.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To discuss ques-ons and how to write them.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise a question mark and discuss why it is used.
• I can create and write my own questions.

Learning Objec-ve: To ask and answer ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can ask relevant questions to gain information.
• I can use question starting words to structure my questions.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ves: To explore facts and answer ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can listen to information from a book and remember facts.
• I can answer comprehension questions about an information book.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To discuss and write facts.
Success Criteria:• I can create a poster about sharks.
• I can write shark facts by turning them into questions.

Unit 5 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ves: To explore features of non-ﬁc-on texts- labels.
Success Criteria:• I can explore and talk about features of non-fiction books including labels.
• I can write my own factual labels.

Learning Objec-ve: To explore features of non-ﬁc-on books – cap-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can explore features of non-fiction writing including labels and captions.
• I can write my own factual captions.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To use headings to organise non-ﬁc-on wri-ng.
Success Criteria:• I can use headings in my non-fiction writing.
• I can write non-fiction sentences about my writing.
• I can edit and refine my writing.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To use headings to organise non-ﬁc-on wri-ng.
Success Criteria:• I can finish writing my non-fiction book.
• I can write my sentences with capital letters and full stops, question marks or
exclamation marks.
• I can use a compound sentence.

Semester 2

Block 4 – Fic.on: Superheroes

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To discuss diﬀerent superheroes.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss a story I have read.
• I can describe a superhero.
• I can write a caption to describe the superhero.

Learning Objec-ve: To read and comprehend.
Success Criteria:• I can read a story.
• I can use different strategies to decode an unknown word.
• I can answer comprehension questions about the story.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To describe a superhero using full stops and capital
leAers.
Success Criteria:• I can make up my own superhero, describing their powers.
• I can use capital letters and full stops in my writing.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To produce a Superhero page for a class book.
Success Criteria:• I can use capital letters and full stops in my writing.
• I can write a description about a superhero for a new page.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To use plurals ending in –s or -es.
Success Criteria:• I can identify plurals.
• I can begin to apply the spelling rules for plurals.
• I can understand that there are exceptions to the general rule.

Learning Objec-ve: To add -ing suﬃxes to ac-on words.
Success Criteria:• I can begin to learn the rules for adding –ing to the end of words.
• I can add –ing to describe what actions superheroes are doing.
• I can begin to learn some of the exceptions for the –ing ending.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To add -ed suﬃxes to create past tense verbs.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise that adding an –ed ending changes a verb to the past tense.
• I can begin to remember the rule for adding an –ed ending.
• I can write a sentence in the past tense.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To revise plurals, -ed, and –ing words.
Success Criteria:• I can add –ed, -ing to root words.
• I can change a singular word into a plural.
• I can apply the correct rules to help me spell these words correctly.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To recognise pairs of opposites.
Success Criteria:• I can begin to identify pairs of opposites.
• I can read sentences and answer questions about them.

Learning Objec-ve: To recognise and write comparisons.
Success Criteria:• I can make up superheroes.
• I can write comparative sentences.
• I can write comparative sentences using opposites (Harder).

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To invent new pairs of superheroes.
Success Criteria:• I can create a superhero.
• I can identify and say opposites.
• I can write a comparative sentence.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To know the alphabet and recognise ini-al leAers.
Success Criteria:• I can recite the alphabet.
• I can think of words that begin with the same initial sounds.
• I can write some of these words.

Learning Objec-ve: To use capital leAers for names, matching ini-al
leAers.
Success Criteria:• I can think of words beginning with the same initial letter.
• I can use capital letters for the name of my superhero.
• I can begin to plan my superhero ABC.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To create a superhero page using capital leAers andsame ini-al sounds.
Success Criteria:• I can design my own superhero page.
• I can write the name of my superhero using capital letters.
• I can write words and phrases beginning with the same letter.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To begin to invent a superhero.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise and discuss a superhero’s powers.
• I can think of words ending in -ing.
• I can begin to invent my superhero by describing the powers using –ing words.

Learning Objec-ve: To describe a new superhero and ‘baddy’ in detail.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss my ideas with my peers.
• I can fill out a superhero ID form with description about my new superhero.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To begin to write dialogue.
Success Criteria:• I can begin to understand how dialogue is formed and recorded.
• I can act out my own dialogue between a superhero and a baddy.
• I can begin to record dialogue as speech bubbles.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To begin to create a comic book strip.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss and describe some of the features of comic book strips.
• I can begin to write my ideas in a comic book style.
• I can record dialogue in speech bubbles.

Lesson 5

Learning Objec-ve: To complete a comic book strip.
Success Criteria:• I can write my ideas in a comic book style.
• I can record dialogue in speech bubbles.
• I can edit and improve my writing.

Grade 2 English LEAP Curriculum Overview
Semester 1

Block 1 – Fic+on: Fables

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy features of tradi-onal fables.
Success Criteria:• I can say what a fable is and explain that they often have animals in them.
• I can read simple fact sheets and online information about animals.
• I can explain what a glossary is for and use one to discover the meaning of words.

Learning Objec-ves: To iden-fy character traits of fable characters.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss the personalities of animals in a fable I have been told.
• I can write about my own personality using short phrases and sentences.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To describe animals in tradi-onal fables.
Success Criteria:• I can use a story map to help retell a familiar fable.
• I can use adjectives and expanded noun phrases to describe animals in fables.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To perform a dialogue between two characters.
Success Criteria:• I can compose dialogue for characters in a fable I know.
• I can perform dialogue with a partner.

Learning Objec-ve: To write a dialogue between two characters.
Success Criteria:• I can write out dialogue in speech bubbles using initial capital letters and sentenceend punctuation.
• I can write dialogue using speech marks.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning objec-ve: To explore a dilemma raised by a fable.
Success Criteria:• I can respond to questions about a fable I have heard.
• I can explain why I feel as I do about the characters and events in a fable.

Learning Objec-ve: To role play a dialogue.
Success Criteria:• With a friend I can role play a conversation between two characters from a fable.
• I can make notes to help me remember the conversation I have role played.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write a dialogue.
Success Criteria:• I can write out a conversation as neatly written and punctuated speech.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy features of fables.
Success Criteria:• I can identify and discuss the common features of fables I hear read to me.
• I can read a fable as part of a group.
• I can answer questions about a fable I have read.

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy features of sayings and proverbs.
Success Criteria:• I can say what a proverb is and give the meaning of some well-known examples.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To read, understand, copy, and memorize proverbs.
Success Criteria:• I can select a proverb I like from a group and copy it out in neat handwriting.
• I can memorise and recite a favourite proverb.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To write compound and complex sentences.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To write compound and complex sentences.

Success Criteria:• I can create compound sentences using the conjunctions and, so & but.
• I can write sentences with capitals, full stops, and other punctuation.
Success Criteria:• I can identify main clauses and conjunctions in complex sentences.
• I can add a clause to a complex sentence.

Unit 6 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a new fable based on one read.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To write a new fable based on one read.

Success Criteria:• I can choose characters and settings for my own version of a fable I have heard.
• I can use notes to capture ideas for my fable.
Success Criteria:• I can write the opening section of a fable, drawing on notes I made earlier to do so.
• I can use noun phrases to describe characters and settings in a fable.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To compose dialogue for two characters.
Success Criteria:• I can write dialogue for characters in my fable.
• I can punctuate dialogue correctly.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a new fable based on one read.
Success Criteria:• I can explain the moral of my fable.
• I can proofread a fable to correct errors.
• I can read my fable aloud.

Semester 1

Block 2 – Non-Fic+on: Informa+on Texts: Pets
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To discuss and describe pets.
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Lesson 2

I can listen to and discuss the detail of a story.
I can develop my own ideas, inspired by a story.
I can use descriptive language when I speak and write.

Learning Objec-ve: To compare fact and ﬁc-on.
Success Criteria:• I can explore a non-fiction text giving information.
• I can create factual sentences.
• I can explain how fiction and information books are different.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To recognize features of informa-on texts.
Success Criteria:• I can identify features of information texts.
• I can explore features of information texts.
• I can participate in discussions.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To read and discuss texts.
Success Criteria:• I can read aloud accurately.
• I can use a variety of reading strategies including phonics.

Learning Objec-ve: Read, discuss, and answer ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can reread parts of a story to find answers to questions.
• I can use clues in the text to say how a character might feel.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To build expanded noun phrases.
Success Criteria:• I can choose interesting adjectives to describe nouns.
• I can build expanded noun phrases.

Learning Objec-ve: Write sentences, including expanded noun phrases.
Success Criteria:• I can build expanded noun phrases.
• I can write descriptive information sentences.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To add sentence punctua-on and sort informa-on.
Success Criteria:• I can select the correct punctuation for a sentence.
• I can write and punctuate my own sentences.

Learning Objec-ve: To use sentence punctua-on accurately.
Success Criteria:• I can identify where punctuation is missing in sentences.
• I can improve a text for punctuation.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To organise informa-on and use sentencepunctua-on accurately.
Success Criteria:• I can write a question for a non-fiction book.
• I can write a question using the correct punctuation.
• I can write an answer to a question using the correct punctuation.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To research informa-on.
Success Criteria:• I can research information about an animal.
• I can discuss my research and identify key pieces of information.
• I can record research information in note form.

Semester 2

Block 3 – Fic+on: Stories by a familiar Author: Lauren Child
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To list and comment on events from a story.

Success Criteria:• I can read about and recall funny events from a story.
• I can select one of these funny events and say to the class why I think it is the best.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To describe a character from a story.
Success Criteria:• I can select and write about a character from a story I have read.
• I can use qualifying adverbs and expanded noun phrases to describe a character.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To answer ques-ons about a story.
Success Criteria:• I can use phonics and other word attack strategies to shared-read a story in a group.
• I can answer questions about the story I have read.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a postcard from a character in a story.
Success Criteria:• can write a postcard that recounts events from a story I have read.
• I can read my postcard aloud to my class and give positive feedback to other people
reading out their cards.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To use commas to separate items in a list.
Success Criteria:• I can say why we place commas between the items in a list.
• I can write short lists of my own using commas to separate the items.

Learning Objec-ve: To use commas to separate items in a list; To demark
sentences with full stops and capital leGers.
Success Criteria:• I can use commas between items in a list.
• I can demarcate sentences using capital letters and full stops.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To using commas to separate items in a list; To
demark sentences with capital leGers and sentence-end punctua-on.
Success Criteria:• I can include a list with items separated by commas in an email I have written.
• I can read aloud my letter, pausing at commas to indicate separate times in a list.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To write descrip-ve sentences about classmates.
Success Criteria:• I can read descriptive sentences about characters in a story.
• I can write sentences that describe my friends.

Learning Objec-ve: To draI a leGer from a character in a story.
Success Criteria:• I can explain how a character from a book might feel about an event in a story.
• I can make notes to capture ideas for a letter to a newspaper.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write a leGer from a character in a story.
Success Criteria:• I can use my best handwriting to write out a letter from plans and ideas I madeearlier.
• I can read aloud ‘in character’ a letter I have written.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To compare diﬀerent books by the same author.
Success Criteria:• I can shared-read extracts from a range of books by Lauren Child.
• I can comment on the distinctive features of Lauren Child’s books.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To make predic-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can make predictions based on what I have read in a story.
• I can write sentences describing how good a particular animal would be as a pet.

Learning Objec-ve: To learn how to punctuate and lay out speech.
Success Criteria:• I can say what speech marks are and explain why we use them.
• I can turn a speech bubble conversation into punctuated, correctly laid out speech.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To consolidate how to punctuate and lay out speech.
Success Criteria:• I can write a conversation between two people using speech marks and a new line foreach speaker.
• I can act out a short conversation that I have written with a friend.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To create characters based on those in Lauren Childbooks.
Success Criteria:• I can think up a set of characters that are like those in books I have read.
• I can use notes and jottings to capture my ideas about these characters.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To create a story structure based on those by LaurenChild.
Success Criteria:• I can create my own story scenarios similar to those in books I have read.
• I can use my story scenarios to create a title for my tale.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To begin to write a new story.
Success Criteria:• I can write the first part of a story using notes and ideas I drew together earlier.
• I can say how important the illustrations in a picture book are to enjoying the story.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To complete a new story.
Success Criteria:• I can continue and finish a piece of story writing.
• I can use some lines of punctuated speech in a story.

Lesson 5

Learning Objec-ve: To transcribe ‘best copy’ versions of stories and readthese aloud.
Success Criteria:• I can transcribe a best copy of a story from a draft using really good handwriting andword spacing.
• I can read a story I have written aloud to the rest of my class.

Semester 2

Block 4 – Non-Fic+on: Dinosaurs

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To understand the term ‘ﬁc-on’ and explore spelling
paGerns in dinosaur words.
Success Criteria:• I can identify a book as fiction.
• I can recognise the different graphemes used to represent the phoneme /or/.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To read non-ﬁc-on texts about dinosaurs and note
facts.
Success Criteria:• I can identify a text as non-fiction.
• I can read short texts and recall facts and information I have learned.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To make notes about a favourite non-ﬁc-on dinosaur
text.
Success Criteria:• I can select one non-fiction text from a collection and say why I think it is the best.
• I can make notes that capture my reasons for thinking my choice is the best.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a recommenda-on for a favourite dinosaur
non-ﬁc-on text.
Success Criteria:• I can turn notes I have written into a series of finished sentences using best
handwriting.
• I can read my work out loud to my friends.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To understand common and proper nouns and locate
examples in texts.
Success Criteria:• I can say what common nouns and proper nouns are.
• I can identify examples of each in a short text.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy and use adjec-ves and adverbs to qualify
them.
Success Criteria:• I can say what adjectives and adverbs are.
• I can propose adjectives and adverbs to use in simple descriptions.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write a descrip-on of a favourite dinosaur using
adjec-ves, adverbs, and descrip-ve phrases.
Success Criteria:• I can write a description of a dinosaur using adjectives, adverbs, and descriptive
phrases.
• I can identify adjectives and adverbs that qualify them.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To review key features of non-ﬁc-on informa-on
texts.
Success Criteria:• I can read and understand a short story about information texts.
• I can list and explain some typical features of information texts.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To navigate contents pages and indexes in
informa-on texts.
Success Criteria:• I can say what contents pages and indexes are for in an information text.
• I can use contents pages and indexes to answer questions.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To understanding and using a Glossary.
Success Criteria:• I can say what a glossary is.
• I can create an alphabetically ordered glossary.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To use non-ﬁc-on texts and websites for research.
Success Criteria:• I can use information texts to research a topic I am interested in.
• I can record information I discover in note form.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy and write statements and ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can say what statement and question sentences are.
• I can write statements and questions of my own.

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy and write commands.
Success Criteria:• I can explain what a command is.
• I can write commands of my own.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy sentence types and write exclama-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can sort sentences into different types – statements, commands, questions, andexclamations.
• I can write examples of my own of each sort of sentence.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To use informa-on books and websites to conduct
research.
Success Criteria:• I can use information texts and websites to research a topic I am interested in.
• I can record information I discover in note form.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To use expanded noun phrases to write labels andcap-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can create labels for images in information texts.
• I can use expanded noun phrases in my labels.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To compose sentences for an informa-on book.
Success Criteria:• I can use alliteration, question marks or exclamation marks to create a title.
• I can compose a series of sentences on a theme.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To edit informa-on texts.
Success Criteria:• I can edit sentences I have written to spot mistakes with spelling and punctuation.
• I can make changes to my writing to improve the quality and accuracy of what I wantto say.

Grade 3 English LEAP Curriculum Overview
Semester 1

Block 1 – Non-Fic.on: Non-Chronological Reports: Sports

Unit 1 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy the purpose of features of nonchronological reports.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss and identify key features of a non-chronological report.
• I can think about the purpose of using these features in a report.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To reorder paragraphs of non-chronological reports.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss and identify features of non-chronological reports.
• I can arrange paragraphs of a non-chronological report to ensure it makes sense.
• I know that sections of a non-chronological report can be arranged in any order.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write in the present tense and third person.
Success Criteria:• I know that a non-chronological report is usually written in the present tense.
• I know that a non-chronological report is written in the third person.
• I can edit and improve a non-chronological report for tense and person.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a Non-Chronological Report using key
features.
Success Criteria:• I can identify and use key features of a non-chronological report.
• I can write a section of a non-chronological report using present tense and third
person.
• I can explore how different topic paragraphs fit together to make a report.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy and swap nouns, adjec-ves, verbs, andadverbs.
Success Criteria:• I can identify and use nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.
• I can swap words in a sentence for others of the same word class.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To use word classes to build sentences: nouns, adjec-ves,
verbs, adverbs.
Success Criteria:• I can use specified word classes in sentence composition.
• I can discuss how words can be defined by their function in a sentence.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To use word classes to build sentences: nouns,
adjec-ves, verbs, adverbs.
Success Criteria:• I can use words of four specified word classes in sentence composition.
• I can identify words in a sentence by class.
• I can justify my classifications.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To ask research ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I understand the function of a NCR.
• I can read a report and discuss the facts it presents.
• I can compose questions based on a NCR text.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To make notes to answer ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can pick out key information.
• I can make notes to answer questions.
• I can compose questions about an NCR text.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To note-take and organise informa-on: mind maps.
Success Criteria:• I can suggest possible NCR headings.
• I can organise notes under NCR headings.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a NCR using notes.
Success Criteria:• I can write themed paragraphs based on the notes from a mind map.
• I can use headings and sub-headings effectively.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To extend sentences with a wider range ofconjunc-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can identify conjunctions.
• I can choose the best conjunction to join two clauses.
• I can use conjunctions in my own writing.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To extend sentences with a wider range ofconjunc-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss my ideas and justify my choices.
• I can use different conjunctions to extend sentences in different ways.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To extend sentences with a wider range ofconjunc-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can use conjunctions to extend sentences.
• I can swap the order of clauses, starting with a conjunction.
• I can form sentences that use conjunctions at the beginning.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To research and make notes for a report.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To organise research notes for a report.

Success Criteria:• I can research an unusual sport.
• I can make notes from my research.
Success Criteria:• I can suggest suitable subheadings to group researched facts.
• I can organise research notes under subheadings.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write a report using paragraphs and report
language features.
Success Criteria:• I can organise notes into paragraphs on a theme.
• I can extend sentences using conjunctions.
• I can use the language features of reports: present tense, 3rd person and technicallanguage.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To edit and improve a report.
Success Criteria:• I can identify ways to improve my own and others’ writing.
• I can check for spelling and grammar errors.
• I can decide on the best order for report paragraphs.
• I can write neatly and accurately using joined up handwriting.

Semester 1

Block 2 – Non-Fic.on: Informa.on Texts: Pets
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy features of newspapers.

Success Criteria:• I know what a newspaper report (recount) is.
• I am beginning to recognise some features of newspaper report (recount) writing.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ves: To answer comprehension ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can pair read and discuss a recount text.
• I can answer questions about a recount text.
• I can order events based on a recount text.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write a simple report.
Success Criteria:• I know the features of recount writing.
• I can write a simple newspaper recount.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To change verb tense from present to past and viceversa.
Success Criteria:• I can change verbs in the present form into verbs in the past form.
• I can spell irregular verbs in the past form.

Lesson 2

Learning objec-ve: To change simple past tense verbs into the perfectform.
Success Criteria:• I can write the perfect form of the past tense.

Lesson 3

Learning objec-ve: To use perfect verb forms in role-play.
Success Criteria:• I can role-play to gather and explore ideas.
• I can orally use the present perfect form correctly.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy structure and language of recounts.
Success Criteria:• I can recap features of recount writing.
• I can answer questions about features of a newspaper article.

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy adverbs for -me and place.
Success Criteria:• I can identify adverbs.
• I know that adverbs can express time and place.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To use adverbs for -me and place.
Success Criteria:• I can role-play to gather and explore ideas.
• I can use time and place adverbs in recount writing.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To research for a newspaper report.
Success Criteria:• I can recap features of recount writing.
• I can research details about an event and make notes.

Learning Objec-ve: To write a newspaper report.

Success criteria:• I can draft a newspaper recount using features of recount writing.
• I can write quotes as direct speech.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To evaluate and improve newspaper reports.
Success Criteria:• I can improve my writing.
• I can use time and place adverbs in recount writing.

Semester 2

Block 3 – Fic.on: Exci.ng Stories: Fantas.c Mr. Fox
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To introduce the characters in Fantas&c Mr Fox.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss blurb, opening chapters and main characters of a book.
• I can describe a character.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To build tension in Fantas&c Mr Fox.
Success Criteria:• I can read a chapter of a longer book.
• I can identify and discuss the language used to build suspense and tension in a text.
• I can create a story map that shows how tension builds across a chapter.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To analyse the characters in Fantas-c Mr Fox.
Success Criteria:• I can use hot seating to explore characters.
• I can explore characters from different perspectives.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write in role as a character from Fantas&c Mr Fox.
Success Criteria:• I can imagine what characters are thinking.
• I can explain events clearly.
• I can write a letter.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy dialogue punctua-on and conven-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can understand how dialogue is punctuated.
• I can read dialogue using appropriate expression.

Learning Objec-ve: To punctuate dialogue, infer, and predict.
Success Criteria:• I can role play a fictional character.
• I can have a conversation with another fiction character using expression.
• I can infer or predict how characters might be feeling.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To compose and punctuate dialogue.
Success Criteria:• I can understand how dialogue is punctuated.
• I can write a dialogue between two of the characters from a book.
• I can evaluate my writing using a checklist.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To build eﬀec-ve characters, seIng and plot.
Success Criteria:• I can take part in group reading.
• I can identify powerful language in a text.
• I can identify how language and structure in a text contribute to building a picture.

Learning Objec-ve: To use language to build characters.
Success Criteria:• I can answer questions about a text.
• I can identify how language and structure are used to good effect in a text.
• I can understand how punctuation affects the way direct speech is read aloud.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To explore characters, seIng and plot (diﬀerent
viewpoints).
Success Criteria:• I can express a point of view.
• I can write from a character’s perspective.
• I can use descriptive and powerful language.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To build tension in plot.
Success Criteria:• I can identify tension within text.
• I can note how language affects tension.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To introduce the present perfect form.
Success Criteria:• I can revise present and simple past verb forms.
• I can identify the perfect form of the simple past tense.

Learning Objec-ve: To use the present perfect form.
Success Criteria:• I can identify present perfect forms of a verb.
• I can rewrite present tense verbs in present perfect forms.
• I can write in the present perfect form.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To compose sentences in the present perfect form.
Success Criteria:• I can write sentences in the present perfect verb form.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To plan an exci-ng story in the style of Fantas&c Mr
Fox.
Success Criteria:• I can analyse the structure of a story.
• I can discuss ideas for a story.
• I can plan a story in the form of a story map.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To begin to write an exci-ng story.
Success Criteria:• I can use a story map as a plan.
• I can write the opening paragraph(s) of a story based on one I have read.
• I can use direct speech and associated punctuation in a story.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write the central part of an exci-ng story.
Success Criteria:• I can continue writing a story based on one I have read.
• I can think about the structure of my story, using paragraphs effectively.
• I can check that I am using past tense correctly.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write the ending and edit an exci-ng story.
Success Criteria:• I can finish writing a story.
• I can edit and improve my own story.
• I can write a sentence in perfect form of the past tense.

Semester 2

Block 4 – Non-Fic.on: Non-Chronological Reports: Harry PoIer
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To explore reports.

Success Criteria:• I can read and discuss a report.
• I can answer What? Where? When? And Who? Questions about a NCR.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore features of reports.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise features of a report.
• I can read a report and ask questions about it.
• I can answer questions about a report.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To read two contras-ng reports.
Success Criteria:• I can compare two reports.
• I can understand that reports have to be balanced and objective.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To explore ideas for a report.
Success Criteria:• I can write a short report.
• I can keep my report fair and objective.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy clauses and conjunc-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise a clause in a sentence.
• I can identify a conjunction and replace it with other conjunctions.

Learning Objec-ve: To extend sentences with conjunc-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise a main clause and a subordinate clause.
• I can identify conjunctions.
• I can extend a sentence using conjunctions.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write descrip-ons using extended sentences.
Success Criteria:• I can think of extended sentences to write a description.
• I can use different conjunctions.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore features of school reports.
Success Criteria:• I can identify features of reports and see how reports should be objective.
• I can compare two texts and discuss differences between them.
• I can answer questions about a report.

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy and discuss features of a school report.
Success Criteria:• I can identify features of school reports.
• I can discuss ideas for my own fictional school report.
• I can begin to plan a fictional school report.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To revise features of reports and write a report.
Success Criteria:• I can write a fictional school report.
• I understand that reports should be fair and unbiased – i.e. objective.
• I can write the report in best using correct spelling and punctuation.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To revise preposi-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can identify prepositions.
• I can explain what additional information they add to a sentence.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To revise preposi-ons and learn about adverbs.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise adverbs.
• I can modify adverbs to change a sentence.
• I can pick adverbs from a list or think of my own.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To recognise and use adverbs and preposi-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can recognise adverbs and prepositions.
• I can write a report using a mixture of adverbs and prepositions.
• I can read my writing aloud.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To rehearse features and compare texts.
Success Criteria:• I can compare texts by noticing what is the same and what is different about them.
• I can record the differences and similarities of two texts.
• I can recognise some of the features of reports.

Learning Objec-ve: To read and discuss diﬀerent school reports.
Success Criteria:• I can read and compare school reports.
• I can brainstorm my own ideas about a school report.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To revise features of reports and how to extend
sentences.
Success Criteria:• I can write a school report about Hogwarts.
• I can organise my work under different headings.
• I can use adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions in my writing.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To ﬁnish wri-ng and edit their reports.
Success Criteria:• I can write a school report about Hogwarts.
• I can organise my work under different headings.
• I can edit my writing to include adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.

Grade 4 English LEAP Curriculum Overview
Semester 1

Block 1 – Non-Fic.on: Reports: Architecture
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy features of non-chronological reports.
Success Criteria:• I can identify key features of a non-chronological report.
• I can consider the purpose of text features and how they help a reader.
• I can identify technical terms.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To summarize a piece of text.
Success Criteria:• I can identify the key important points from a non-chronological report.
• I can summarise more than one paragraph, leaving out unimportant information.
• I can write a summary in my own words.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write deﬁni-ons to words.
Success Criteria:• I can identify technical words and understand that a glossary defines these terms.
• I can use a dictionary to check word meanings.
• I can write definitions for a Year 3 audience in my own words.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a non-chronological report.
Success Criteria:• I can write a short report about a room plan I have drawn.
• I know the key features of a Non-Chronological Report.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ves: To iden-fy, insert and use pronouns for cohesion.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ves: To iden-fy, insert and use pronouns for cohesion.

Success Criteria:• I can identify pronouns.
• I can choose the correct pronouns for clarity.
• I can recognise when the wrong pronoun has been used and correct it.
Success Criteria:• I can identify over or under use of pronouns.
• I can edit a piece of writing, using pronouns effectively to create flow and cohesion.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To use pronouns to improve cohesion.
Success Criteria:• I can use pronouns to create cohesion in writing.
• I can link pronouns to their nouns.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To answer comprehension ques-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can retrieve information from a non-chronological report.
• I can answer questions about language and structural features of a non-chronologicalreport.

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy key elements of a text and summarize.
Success Criteria:• I can identify key elements of a paragraph.
• I can summarise information from a paragraph in writing.
• I can explore the structure of a non-fiction text.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy key elements of a text and summarize.
Success Criteria:• I can research a landmark and summarise information.
• I can plan a non-chronological report about a famous landmark.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a topic paragraph for a non-chronologicalreport.
Success Criteria:• I can write a topic paragraph for a non-chronological report.
• I can use the key language features of a non-chronological report in my writing.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To join clauses.
Success Criteria:• I can create two-clause sentences using conjunctions.
• I can use different conjunctions in the same sentence.

Learning Objec-ve: To extend clauses and swap their order.
Success Criteria:• I can use conjunctions to extend sentences.
• I can use conjunctions to open a sentence.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write a report using extended sentences.
Success Criteria:• I can write a report using a range of conjunctions.
• I can use conjunctions at the beginning of sentences for impact.

Unit 5 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve To conduct research.
Success Criteria:• I can research features of an eco-home.
• I can make notes from my research.

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a report.
Success Criteria:• I can suggest suitable subheadings for a set of research.
• I can organise research notes under subheadings.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write a report.
Success Criteria:• I can organise notes into paragraphs on a theme.
• I can extend sentences using conjunctions.
• I can write using impersonal language and technical terms.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To edit a report.
Success Criteria:• I can edit my work.
• I can use pronouns effectively.

Semester 1

Block 2 – Fic.on: Tradi.onal Tales: Fables
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To read, re-tell, and comprehend fables.
Success Criteria:• I can read aloud in an engaging way.
• I can identify the moral of a fable.

Lesson 2

Learning objec-ve: To read a fable and answer comprehension ques-ons.
Success Criteria:•
I can read and understand fables.
•
I can answer comprehension questions satisfactorily.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Learning objec-ve: (Grammar) To role play dialogue between two fablecharacters.
Success Criteria:• I can create an interesting dialogue using role-play techniques.
• I can record dialogue in speech bubbles.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve (Grammar): To write dialogue between two characters.
Success Criteria:• I can use correct speech punctuation when writing dialogue.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve (Grammar): To write extended dialogue.
Success Criteria:• I can use correct speech punctuation when writing dialogue.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To use extended sentences to retell a fable.
Success Criteria:• I can extend single clause sentences using conjunctions.
• I can identify and use conjunctions.

Learning Objec-ve (Grammar): To iden-fy conjunc-ons for -me and cause.
Success Criteria:• I can identify and use conjunctions for adding information about time or cause.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve (Grammar): To use conjunc-ons expressing -me and cause in
wri-ng.
Success Criteria:••

I can use extended sentences.
I can use conjunctions to give further information about time and cause.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy character traits in animal fables.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To understand about the morals in fables.

Success Criteria:• I can identify animals in fables and describe their character traits.
• I can relate the animals to the moral of the fable.
Success Criteria:• I can read fables and understand that fables have morals.
• I can discuss what I think the moral of a fable is with other people, expressing my own
opinion and listening to others.

Unit 5 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To plan own fable incorpora-ng the features.
Success Criteria:• I can identify characters and morals in fables.
• I can plan my own fable, devising a moral, appropriate characters and a plot.

Learning Objec-ve: To begin to write ﬁrst draH of own fable.
Success Criteria:• I can write a fable of my own, based on those read and including relevant features.
• I can use extended sentences in my writing.
• I can include direct speech in my story.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write second draH of fable, punctua-ng dialogue.
Success Criteria:• I can write a fable of my own, based on those read and including relevant features.
• I can punctuate dialogue correctly.
• I can use extended sentences in my writing.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To make correc-ons to spelling and punctua-on.
Success Criteria:• I can edit and correct my work, making improvements.
• I can write neatly, using clear, legible handwriting.

Lesson 5

Learning Objec-ve: To produce a ﬁnal copy of their fable and read it aloud.
Success Criteria:• I can write neatly, using clear, legible handwriting.
• I can produce a final, correct copy of my work.
• I can read my work with expression and enthusiasm.

Semester 2

Block 3 – Fic.on: Stories that Raise Issues
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To Research the Amazon rainforest.
Success Criteria:• I can read and understand a challenging text.
• I can show my understanding with a diagram.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore the ‘voices’ of the story.
Success Criteria:• I can learn lines off by heart.
• I can write in the style of a book I have read.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To analyse descrip-ve wri-ng.
Success Criteria:• I can expand and improve sentences.
• I can make predictions about a book we are reading.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write in role.
Success Criteria:• I can think of arguments for/against a particular action.
• I can decide which arguments are most persuasive.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To use paragraphs in non-ﬁc-on.
Success Criteria:• I can create paragraphs that are organised around a theme.
• I can explain my decisions to others.

Learning Objec-ve: To use paragraphs in ﬁc-on.
Success Criteria:• I can make decisions about paragraph breaks in fiction.
• I can explain my decisions.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore the seIng of ‘The Shaman’s Appren-ce’.
Success Criteria:• I can look carefully at an illustration to imagine the setting of a story.
• I can write about a setting.

Learning Objec-ve: To read and discuss ‘The Shaman’s Appren-ce’.
Success Criteria:• I can prepare and perform a group reading of a text.
• I can discuss a book we have read.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To create descrip-ve wri-ng in ‘The Shaman’s
Appren-ce’.
Success Criteria:• I can write with fronted adverbials, including the correct punctuation.
• I can discuss the descriptive language in a book we are reading.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To create a drama based on ‘The Shaman’s
Appren-ce’.
Success Criteria:• I can work in a group to present a scene from a book we have read.
• I can reflect on what I have learnt from my reading.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To revise verbs, past and present tense.
Success Criteria:• I can identify verbs.
• I can find synonyms for verbs.
• I can change writing from the present tense to the simple past tense.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To introduce the present perfect form.
Success Criteria:• I can imagine new actions for a character in a story.
• I can write sentences in the present perfect form.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write with the present perfect form.
Success Criteria:• I can use the present perfect form.
• I can identify the helping and main verbs in the present perfect form.

Unit 5 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a story.
Success Criteria:• I can innovate a story to make a new plan.
• I can explain my plan clearly to someone else.

Learning Objec-ve: To draL the ﬁrst part of the story.
Success Criteria:• I can draft a planned story.
• I can evaluate other’s writing.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To draL the second part of the story.
Success Criteria:• I can write using paragraphs.
• I can use ideas and phrases from my reading when I write.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To Finalise and share stories.
Success Criteria:• I can write using paragraphs.
• I can use ideas and phrases from my reading when I write.

Semester 2

Block 4 – Non-Fic.on: Persuasion and Argument: Animals in Cap.vity
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To ﬁnd out about zoos.
Success Criteria:• I can ask research questions.
• I can find answers to a question through research.
• I can record what I read to research my answers.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To consider a point of view.
Success Criteria:• I can make statements to voice a point of view.
• I can justify my arguments.
• I can discuss ideas, taking turns, listening carefully, and responding respectfully.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To consider a contras-ng point of view.
Success Criteria:• I can voice opinions and justify them.
• I can choose a register which is suitable for discussion.
• I can discuss ideas, taking turns, listening carefully, and responding respectfully.
• I am beginning to spot ways to counter an argument.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To express a point of view in a leIer.
Success Criteria:• I can write a letter with a purpose.
• I can be persuasive by making a point and then elaborating on it.
• I can organise my points into paragraphs.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning objec-ve: To iden-fy adverbials in persuasive wri-ng.
Success Criteria:• I can identify adverbials.
• I know that fronted adverbials are punctuated with a comma.
• I know how adverbials can add extra information.
• I can identify the point of view being argued in a text.

Learning objec-ve: To select adverbials to present a point of view.
Success Criteria:• I can use adverbials and fronted adverbials.
• I can use a comma to punctuate fronted adverbials.
• I can select and build adverbials for impact.

Lesson 3

Learning objec-ve: To use adverbials to convey a point of view.
Success Criteria:• I can use adverbials and use a comma to punctuate fronted adverbials.
• I can write descriptive sentences, using adverbials.
• I can assess my own and other’s writing.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy noun phrases and expanded noun phrases.
Success Criteria:• I can identify noun phrases.
• I know that noun phrases are built around a head noun.
• I can read and discuss the purpose of an information text.
• I know that expanded noun phrases give more information about a noun.

Learning Objec-ve: To build expanded noun phrases, considering theimpact.
Success Criteria:• I can write expanded noun phrases.
• I can select words for impact.
• I can write with a purpose in mind.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write persuasively, using expanded noun phrases.
Success Criteria:• I can write expanded noun phrases.
• I can select words for impact.
• I can organise my writing into paragraphs.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To evaluate, improve and produce polished wri-ng.
Success Criteria:• I can evaluate and improve my writing.
• I can proofread for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• I can use neat, joined writing for display.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore language features of persuasive texts.
Success Criteria:• I can identify the purpose of a text and pick out the main points.
• I can discuss and record my ideas.
• I can identify persuasive techniques in a text.

Learning Objec-ve: To explore the structure of persuasive texts.
Success Criteria:• I can read and discuss a text.
• I can identify the structure of a persuasive text.
• I can summarise the main points of a text.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a persuasive speech.
Success Criteria:• I can plan a persuasive speech using notes.
• I can plan a series of points which are elaborated further.
• I can use persuasive techniques.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To prepare and perform a persuasive speech.
Success Criteria:• I can give a persuasive speech using notes.
• I can evaluate performances and improve my own.
• I can speak clearly in front of a group.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To research and plan a persuasive ar-cle.
Success Criteria:• I can research a topic using different sources.
• I can pick out useful information and record it as notes.
• I can plan a persuasive text.

Learning Objec-ve: To explore persuasive organisa-on and devices.
Success Criteria:• I can add adverbs to organise and persuade.
• I can compose rhetorical questions.
• I can write a clear introduction to a text.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write persuasive paragraphs which induce
emo-on.
Success Criteria:• I can use expanded noun phrases for impact.
• I can organise my writing into paragraphs.
• I can use persuasive techniques.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To complete and improve a persuasive ar-cle.
Success Criteria:• I can write a conclusion, summing up the main point of my writing.
• I can use adverbials and punctuate them.
• I can improve my writing for sense, accuracy, and impact.

Grade 5 English LEAP Curriculum Overview
Semester 1

Block 1 – Non-Fic.on: Reports and Recounts: Migra.on
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy features of a report.
Success Criteria:• I can talk about the features of a report.
• I can annotate a text to show report features.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To conduct research.
Success Criteria:• I can research information from non-fiction.
• I can present and explain the information that I have researched.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To plan and dra< a report.
Success Criteria:• I can plan a report based on my research.
• I can write a first draft organised in paragraphs.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To conclude and edit a report.
Success Criteria:• I can finalise my writing.
• I can share my writing with others.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To use adverbials for cohesion between paragraphs.
Success Criteria:• I can identify the topic of a paragraph.
• I can write topic sentences that begin with adverbials.

Learning Objec-ve: To use adverbials and conjunc-ons for cohesion
within paragraphs.
Success Criteria:• I can identify adverbials and conjunctions.
• I can write sentences using fronted adverbials.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To use pronouns for cohesion within paragraphs.
Success Criteria:• I can use a range of devices to improve cohesion.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy and use parentheses.
Success Criteria:• I can identify parentheses.
• I can add parentheses to sentences.

Learning Objec-ve: To include parentheses in wri>en text.
Success Criteria:
Outcomes• I can use notes to write full sentences.
• I can include parentheses in my writing.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To infer informa-on about a character.
Success Criteria:• I can identify information and draw inferences about a character.
• I can record my ideas as notes.
• I can explain my ideas to others.

Learning Objec-ve: To infer a character’s emo-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can identify a character’s emotions.
• I can explain how these change through the course of events.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To ﬁnd informa-on to support predic-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can make and comment on predictions.
• I can report on my findings from my reading.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To inves-gate reasons for migra-on.
Success Criteria:• I can use read text closely and use clues to make links.
• I can research additional information on a theme.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To discuss a piece of artwork and its message.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To create a piece of artwork with a clear andpowerful message.

Success Criteria:• I can talk about a piece of artwork.
• I can combine an illustration with writing, in order to communicate a message.

Success Criteria:• I can create an illustration that represents migration.
• I can write a message in response to the experience of migrants.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To create a piece of artwork with a clear andpowerful message.
Success Criteria:• I can create an illustration that represents migration.
• I can write a message in response to the experience of migrants.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To discuss a piece of artwork and its message.
Success Criteria:• I can write about a piece of artwork.
• I can discuss what I like about other people’s work.

Semester 1

Block 2 – Fic.on: Short Stories
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy the genre of a story.
Success Criteria:• I can read a variety of short stories.
• I can identify the genre of a story.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy features of short horror stories and makepredic-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can identify the features of a horror story.
• I can make predictions about a story.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To Spell words with silent le>ers.
Success Criteria:• I can spell some words with ‘silent’ letters.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To retell a short story.
Success Criteria:• I can answer questions about a story.
• I can tell a story orally.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ves: To extend sentences with adverbials.
Success Criteria:• I can identify adverbials.
• I can add adverbials to give more information about a main clause.

Learning Objec-ve: To explore the eﬀects of -me adverbials.
Success Criteria:• I can use fronted adverbials.
• I can talk about the effect of using different adverbials.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To us adverbials for Cohesion.
Success Criteria:• I can use adverbials for cohesion.
• I can discuss and evaluate someone else’s writing.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To make inferences and predic-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can make inferences about characters in stories.
• I can imagine 'back-stories' for characters I am reading about.

Learning Objec-ve: To imagine a prequel for a story.
Success Criteria:• I can draft a prequel for a story I have read.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: to dra< a prequel to a story.
Success Criteria:• I can draft a prequel in the style of the original story.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To edit and improve wri-ng.
Success Criteria:• I can evaluate and improve my writing.
• I can predict what might happen next in a story.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy past and present tense.
Success Criteria:• I can identify past and present tense.
• I can check for consistent use of tense in writing.

Learning Objec-ve: To use the perfect form of verbs.

Success Criteria:• I can identify verbs in the perfect form.
• I can write in the present perfect, the past perfect, and the future perfect.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write about a story using the perfect form.
Success Criteria:• I can write about a story using the perfect form.

Unit 5 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To analyse stories.
Success Criteria:• I can analyse several stories from one book.
• I can explain my findings.

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a short story.
Success Criteria:• I can plan a short story.
• I can start to tell my story from a plan.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write in paragraphs with cohesion.
Success Criteria:• I can write in paragraphs with cohesion.
• I can draft a short story.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write a short story.
Success Criteria:• I can make improvements to my writing.
• I can present my writing carefully.

Semester 2

Block 3 – Fic.on: Stories that Raise Issues
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To read and discuss a range of persuasive texts.
Success Criteria:• I can read a range of persuasive texts.
• I can discuss features of texts, analysing impact of devices.
• I can create a shared list of criteria for persuasive texts.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy fact and opinion.
Success Criteria:• I can distinguish between fact and opinion.
• I can evaluate how language is used to persuade.
• I can discuss ideas, taking turns, listening carefully, and responding respectfully.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To explore the structure of persuasive wri-ng.
Success Criteria:• I can pick out the main points of a text.
• I can identify and categorise elaborating information.
• I can identify rhetorical questions and discuss the impact of these.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To make and elaborate points.
Success Criteria:• I can plan a persuasive article with a group.
• I can elaborate on a point.
• I can evaluate my group’s writing according to how persuasive it is.

Unit 2 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy modal verbs.
Success Criteria:• I can identify modal verbs and the verbs they are modifying.
• I can choose modal verbs for impact.
• I can discuss the impact of modal verbs.

Learning Objec-ve: To explore the impact of modal verbs.
Success Criteria:• I can identify modal verbs.
• I can change the impact of a text using modal verbs.
• I can evaluate the impact of modal verbs in a text.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To use modal verbs to persuade.
Success Criteria:• I can use modal verbs to express degrees of possibility.
• I can write in the style of texts I have read.
• I can write persuasively.

Unit 3 Lesson 1

Learning Objec-ve: To read and answer ques-ons about famous
speeches.
Success Criteria:• I can read challenging historical texts.
• I can answer questions about a speech.
• I can listen to a persuasive speech and discuss techniques used by the speaker.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore persuasive devices in speeches.
Success Criteria:• I can analyse a speech for persuasive features.
• I can consider the impact of audience and purpose.
• I can discuss ideas, taking turns, listening carefully, and responding respectfully.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To explore persuasive devices in protest songs.
Success Criteria:• I can evaluate lyrics for persuasive content.
• I can discuss my ideas in a group.
• I can present my ideas using notes.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To adapt protest songs for a new purpose.
Success Criteria:• I can change the purpose of song lyrics.
• I can develop ideas based on my reading.
• I can choose language for impact.
• I can use persuasive devices.

Unit 4 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore conjunc-ons for cohesion.
Success Criteria:• I can identify conjunctions and the clauses they are joining.
• I can choose conjunctions for cohesion.
• I can discuss the impact of conjunctions.

Learning Objec-ve: To explore adverbs for cohesion.
Success Criteria:• I can identify adverbs and punctuate them with commas.
• I can choose adverbs for cohesion.
• I can discuss the impact of adverbs.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To use conjunc-ons and adverbs in cohesive wri-ng.
Success Criteria:• I can use conjunctions and adverbs for cohesion.
• I can assess the impact of cohesive devices.
• I can write persuasively with an audience and purpose in mind.

Unit 5 Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a persuasive speech.
Success Criteria:• I can plan persuasive text using skeleton model.
• I can develop my ideas, including Internet-based research.
• I can evaluate my own and other’s plans.

Learning Objec-ve: To draA a persuasive speech, including persuasive
language.
Success Criteria:• I can use modal verbs for impact.
• I can write a first draft of a persuasive text.
• I can evaluate my own writing for use of persuasive devices.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To revise a speech for cohesion, including adverbs
and conjunc-ons.
Success Criteria:• I can use conjunctions and adverbs for cohesion.
• I can evaluate the impact of my writing.
• I can make improvements based on my evaluations.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To produce and deliver a polished speech, ensuring
maximum impact.
Success Criteria:• I can produce a polished version of my writing.
• I can choose language for impact, using a thesaurus.
• I can perform my writing effectively.

Semester 2

Block 4 – Fic.on: Fantasy Stories: Shaun Tan
Unit 1 Lesson 1 Learning Objec-ve: To Introduce Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun
Tan.
Success Criteria:• I can talk about what I expect a book to be like.
• I can give reasons for my ideas.

Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore the story, ‘Eric’.
Success Criteria:• I can answer questions about a story that I have read.
• I can draw inferences about a character.
• I can make suggestions about an author’s intentions.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To read a set of Shaun Tan stories.
Success Criteria:• I can read a set of short stories.
• I can discuss and compare these stories.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To summarise Shaun Tan stories.
Success Criteria:• I can summarise a story that I have read.
• I can think of ideas for a creative response to a story.

Unit 2 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy modal verbs.
Success Criteria:• I can identify modal verbs.
• I can talk about the difference in meaning that different modal verbs bring.

Learning Objec-ve: To iden-fy and use modal verbs.
Success Criteria:• I can speculate about characters from a story.
• I can write using modal verbs.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write using modal verbs.
Success Criteria:• I can make predictions about the characters in a story.
• I can write using modal verbs.

Unit 3 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To explore seLngs in The Lost Thing.
Success Criteria:• I can make and discuss careful observations.
• I can talk about how a writer has been inspired.

Learning Objec-ve: To discuss characters, plot, themes, and style in The
Lost Thing.
Success Criteria:• I can discuss a story that I have read.
• I can consider the impact of language, structure, and presentation.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To compare Shaun Tan stories.
Success Criteria:• I can read a set of short stories.
• I can make and discuss comparison about these stories.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To write comparisons about Shaun Tan stories.
Success Criteria:• I can write a comparison between two stories.
• I can talk about an author’s style and the themes that interest them.

Unit 4 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To introduce the fantasy short story: Cicada.
Success Criteria:• I can research and present information from non-fiction texts.
• I can make predictions about a story.

Learning Objec-ve: To role-play and write dialogue.
Success Criteria:• I can role-play a scene from a story.
• I can write dialogue using the correct punctuation.
• I can use dialogue to show characters and to move on the action.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To use informal language in dialogue.
Success Criteria:• I can role-play a scene from a story.
• I can write dialogue using the correct punctuation.
• I can write dialogue using the tone and vocabulary of my characters.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To respond to the short story: Cicada.
Success Criteria:• I can talk about how an author has used language in their writing.
• I can explain my own understanding of what I have read.

Unit 5 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To introduce parenthesis.
Success Criteria:• I can use parenthesis to add information to sentences.
• I can punctuate parenthesis.

Learning Objec-ve: To choose punctua-on for parentheses.
Success Criteria:• I can add punctuation to make parenthesis clear.
• I can use punctuation selectively for impact and depending on context.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To write using parentheses.
Success Criteria:• I can write a book review.
• I can use parenthesis in my writing.

Unit 6 Lesson 1
Lesson 2

Learning Objec-ve: To choose an idea for a short story.
Success Criteria:• I can create an idea for a short story.
• I can explain my idea to somebody else.

Learning Objec-ve: To plan a short story.
Success Criteria:• I can plan a short story.
• I can explain my story ideas to others.

Lesson 3

Learning Objec-ve: To dra< a short story.
Success Criteria:• I can draft a short story.
• I can use dialogue.
• I can use parentheses.

Lesson 4

Learning Objec-ve: To complete and ﬁnalise a short story.
Success Criteria:• I can finish, check, and edit a short story.
• I can evaluate my own writing.