Shakespeare and More Curriculum Map- English- Year Five This map outlines the English that will be taught in English lessons, covering the teaching of reading, writing and spoken language. In addition to this, children will be taught specific aspects of English through guided reading, independent reading, listening to books read aloud, and standalone spelling and handwriting lessons. Unit Time Example Texts Outcomes English Language Opportunities On-going Language Teaching Classic Narratives 2 x 3-4 weeks Robin Hood King Arthur Or Shakespeare: Macbeth Henry V The Tempest Midsummer Night’s Dream (Leon Garfield Shakespeare Stories or ShakespeareandMore.com unit) -Personal response -Character study -Extended narrative Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this, firstly) Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly) Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes (e.g. –ise; –ify) Verb prefixes (e.g. dis–, de–, mis–, over– and re–) Relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, why, whose, that, or an omitted relative pronoun Indicating degrees Contemporary Narratives 3-4 weeks Street Child Montmorency Holes Coram Boy The Graveyard Book -Personal response -Character study -Extended narrative or -Range of writing in character (letters, diaries, etc.) or Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this, firstly) Linking ideas
of possibility using modal verbs (e.g. might, should, will, must) or adverbs (e.g. perhaps, surely) Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this, firstly) Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly) Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity -Play script across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly) Well-loved Narratives 3-4 weeks The Iron Man The Hobbit The Wind in the Willows The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Watership Down -Personal response -Character study -Extended narrative or -Range of writing in character (letters, diaries, etc.) or -Play script Relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, why, whose, that, or an omitted relative pronoun Non-Fiction 3-4 weeks Range of high quality non-fiction linked to wider topic/foundation subjects -Extract from non-fiction text (2x double A4 page) or -ICT text such as webpage Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity The difference between vocabulary typical of informal speech and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and
writing (e.g. said versus reported, alleged, or claimed in formal speech or writing) Biography 1-2 weeks Published biographies (books or online) linked to foundation subjects/science -A short biography Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (e.g. then, after that, this, firstly) Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly) Persuasive letters 1-2 weeks Linked to foundation subjects -Persuasive letter written for ‘real’ purpose linked to issue arising from foundation subjects Indicating degrees of possibility using modal verbs (e.g. might, should, will, must) or adverbs (e.g. perhaps, surely) Devices to build cohesion within a paragraph (e.g. then, after that,
this, firstly) Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly) Recounts On-going Linked to educational visits and visitors to school/workshops -Recount Poetry 2 x 1 week Poems by well-known poet or types of poems -Personal response -Poem using style/theme -Recitation/performance of poem Poetry 2 x 1-2 weeks Narrative Poetry such as The Highwayman Flannan Isle The Raven -Personal response -Recitation/performance of poem Poetry 1 week Children’s own choice of poem -Personal response -Recitation/performance of poem -hand-written version of poem for class anthology