Shakespeare and More Curriculum Map- English- Year Three 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. English On-going Unit Time Example Texts Outcomes Language Language Opportunities Teaching Classic 4-5 weeks The Odyssey -Personal response Inverted commas Formation of Narratives The Labours of Heracles -Character study to punctuate direct nouns using a Aesop’s Fables -Extended narrative speech range of prefixes Grimm’s Fairy Tales such as super-, Expressing time anti-, auto- and cause using conjunctions Use of the (e.g. when, so, determiners a or before, after, while, an according to because); adverbs whether the next (e.g. before, after, word begins with a during, because of) consonant or a or prepositions vowel (e.g. before, after, during, in, because Expressing time of) and cause using conjunctions Contemporary 4-5 weeks The Last Polar Bears -Personal response Inverted commas (e.g. when, so, Narratives Clockwork -Character study to punctuate direct before, after, The Firework-Maker’s -Extended narrative speech while, because); Daughter or
Shakespeare and More Curriculum Map- English- Year Three 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 4-5 weeks The Odyssey The Labours of Heracles Aesop’s Fables Grimm’s Fairy Tales -Personal response -Character study -Extended narrative Inverted commas to punctuate direct speech Expressing time and cause using conjunctions (e.g. when, so, before, after, while, because); adverbs (e.g. before, after, during, because of) or prepositions (e.g. before, after, during, in, because of) Formation of nouns using a range of prefixes such as super-, anti-, auto- Use of the determiners a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel Expressing time and cause using conjunctions (e.g. when, so, before, after, while, because); Contemporary Narratives 4-5 weeks The Last Polar Bears Clockwork The Firework-Maker’s Daughter -Personal response -Character study -Extended narrative or Inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
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