Writing Genres Overview Year 6 – Term Suggested Text Genre Taught Autumn 1 How To Train Your Dragon Narrative adventure – Topic: Vikings Newspaper report Autumn 2 Information Texts Non-chronological report Topic: Animals, including humans. Persuasive writing charity propaganda – Biographies & autobiographies Steve Irwin/Bear Grylls – Spring 1 Kiss of Death Non-chronological report Topic: The Great Plague - Eyam (Local Recounts diary entries – study) Spring 2 Explanation Water Cycle ‘Francis’ – Topic: The Water Cycle de los Muertos’ Diary entries Day of The Dead ‘Dia – Summer 1 Information Texts Persuasive - Clearwater Topic: North America Discursive (balanced arguments) political – Summer 2 I Lay My Stitches Down poems of Recounts – Topic: Slavery (America & Britain) American slavery. Poetry Henry’s Freedom Box Text Features SPaG Genre Explanation - to read and discuss a range of explanations for different - full range of sentences and punctuation used accurately, with varied purposes, noting the features to inform own writing conjunctions and for effect - use of hyphens to avoid ambiguity
Writing Genres Overview – Year 6 Term Suggested Text Genre Taught Autumn 1 Topic: Vikings How To Train Your Dragon Narrative – adventure Newspaper report Autumn 2 Topic: Animals, including humans. Information Texts Non-chronological report Persuasive writing – charity propaganda Biographies & autobiographies – Steve Irwin/Bear Grylls Spring 1 Topic: The Great Plague - Eyam (Local study) Kiss of Death Non-chronological report Recounts – diary entries Spring 2 Topic: The Water Cycle ‘Francis’ ‘Dia de los Muertos’ Explanation – Water Cycle Diary entries – Day of The Dead Summer 1 Topic: North America Information Texts Persuasive - Clearwater Discursive (balanced arguments) – political Summer 2 Topic: Slavery (America & Britain) I Lay My Stitches Down – poems of American slavery. Henry’s Freedom Box Recounts Poetry Genre Text Features SPaG Explanation - to read and discuss a range of explanations for different purposes, noting the features to inform own writing - full range of sentences and punctuation used accurately, with varied conjunctions and for effect - use of hyphens to avoid ambiguity