Washingborough Academy Literacy LTP Year 1/2 Term 1 World at War – Toys and Games Writing
Toys and Games from WWI Poetry - about toys
Term 2 World at War Music & poppies Recounts (imaginary) The Donkey of Gallipoli - write own version but tell the story from the donkey’s point of view.
Playground rhymes (linked to WWI) Write instructions for WWI games Questions for grandparents experiences of toys/games through the ages
The best Christmas present in the World – Michael Morpurgo – a recount (real life) of when I made friends
Writing to companies for our outdoor area campaign Stories by the same author - Jane Hissey
Grammar focus
Leave spaces between words. Punctuate sentences (CL /FS.) Joining words and joining clauses using and Regular plural noun suffixes –s or –es [for example, dog, dogs; wish, wishes], including the effects of these suffixes on the meaning of the noun Sentence: How words combine to make sentences
Grammar - Terminology
Spelling focus
Letter, capital letter word Punctuation Full stop Revision of Reception work e.g. Letters of the alphabet and the sounds that they commonly represent The sounds f, n, z, k ff, ll, ss, zz an CK Division of words into syllables
Non chronological writing Importance of keeping fit; healthy eating Explanations – poppies in World War Use familiar and new punctuation correctly Use CL and FS; introduce ? to demarcate sentences Subordination (using when, if, that, because) and coordination (using or, and, but) Expanded noun phrases for description and specification e.g. the blue butterfly, plain flour, the man in the moon Suffixes that can be added to verbs where no change is needed in the spelling of root words (e.g. helping, helped, helper) Sentence, question mark, noun, suffix
nk, syllables (like a beat) and tch; the sound v at the end of the words
Term 3 Dinosaurs and all that rubbish Literacy
Grammar focus
Term 4 Dinosaurs and all that rubbish
Stories about fantasy worlds Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish (Dinosaur egg stimulus)
Traditional and Fairy Tales
Recounts (imaginary) – the man’s journey
Non chronological reports – dinosaur fact files
Letters to museum about the discovery of a dinosaur at Washingborough Academy. Use CL, FS and ?; introduce !
Learn how to use some features on written standard English
Dictionary skills
Capital letters for pronoun I/ proper nouns Use CL, FS, ? and ! ; introduce commas in lists Learn how to use sentences with different forms (statement, question, exclamation, command)
Sequence sentences to form short narratives
Grammar - Terminology
How the prefix un– changes the meaning of verbs and adjectives [negation, for example, unkind, or undoing: untie the boat] Exclamation mark, noun phrase, verb
Formation of nouns using suffixes such as ‘ness’, ‘er’ and compounding e.g. whiteboard
Singular, plural, statement, command, compound, adjective, comma
Term 5 Beside the Seaside! Literacy
Extended stories - Rainbow fish
Term 6 Beside the Seaside! Information texts Natureland visit/marine animals
Non – chronological reports; encyclopaedia of sea creatures Sea Poetry
Grammar focus
Stories by the same author – writing plays: Sharing a shell- Julia Donaldson
Commotion in the Ocean- description/ adjectives
Snail on a whale- Julia Donaldson
Instructions – write our recipe for chocolate courgette cake
Use CL, FS, ? and ! ;
Revise CL, FS, ? and ! ; commas in lists and apostrophes to mark where letters are missing
Commas to separate items in list Introduce apostrophes to mark where letters are missing Use grammatical terminology expanded noun phrases to describe and specify Learn how to use the past and present tenses correctly throughout writing.
Grammar - Terminology Spelling focus
Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as ‘ful’ ‘ness’ Adverb, tense – past present, apostrophe Vowel digraphs and trigraphs (page 44)
Introduce apostrophes to mark single possession e.g. the girl’s name Use of the suffixes ‘er’ ‘est’ in adjectives and turning adjectives into adverbs by adding ‘ly’ Use of the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress e.g. she is drumming, he was shouting Revise all terminology Words ending in y, ph,, wh Using k for the k sound Prefix ‘un’ Compound words Common exception words