Sub Focus of thread Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Strand How texts reflect the context Recognise that texts are Discuss how authors create Discuss how depictions of Discuss texts in which of culture and situation in created by authors who tell characters using language and characters in print, sound and characters, events and settings and which they are created stories and share experiences images images reflect the contexts in are portrayed in different that may be similar or which they were created ways, and speculate on the context different to students’ own authors’ reasons Literature experiences Personal responses to the Respond to texts, identifying Discuss characters and events Compare opinions about Draw connections between ideas, characters and favourite stories, authors and in a range of literary texts and characters, events and settings personal experiences and the viewpoints in texts illustrators share personal responses to in and between texts worlds of texts, and share these texts, making responses with others An individual response to the connections with students’ ideas, characters and own experiences viewpoints in literary texts, including relating texts to their own experiences Expressing preferences and Share feelings and thoughts Express preferences for Identify aspects of different Develop criteria for evaluating texts about the events and specific texts and authors and types of literary texts that establishing personal characters in texts listen to the opinions of others entertain, and give reasons for preferences for literature literature Expressing a personal to personal preferences preference for different texts and types of texts, and identifying the features of texts that influence personal Responding preference Features of literary texts Identify some features of texts Discuss features of plot, Discuss the characters and Discuss how language is used The key features of literary including events and character and setting in settings of different texts and to describe the settings in texts and how they work to characters and retell events different types of literature explore how language is used texts, and explore how the construct a literary work, from a text Recognise some and explore some features of to present these features in settings shape the events and such as plot, setting, different types of literary texts characters in different texts different ways influence the mood of the characterisation, mood and and identify some narrative theme characteristic features of
Sub Strand Focus of thread Foundation Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Literature and context How texts reflect the context of culture and situation in which they are created Recognise that texts are created by authors who tell stories and share experiences that may be similar or different to students’ own experiences Discuss how authors create characters using language and images Discuss how depictions of characters in print, sound and images reflect the contexts in which they were created Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasons Responding to literature Personal responses to the ideas, characters and viewpoints in texts An individual response to the ideas, characters and viewpoints in literary texts, including relating texts to their own experiences Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators Discuss characters and events in a range of literary texts and share personal responses to these texts, making connections with students’ own experiences Compare opinions about characters, events and settings in and between texts Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with others Expressing preferences and evaluating texts Expressing a personal preference for different texts and types of texts, and identifying the features of texts that influence personal preference Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts Express preferences for specific texts and authors and listen to the opinions of others Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences Develop criteria for establishing personal preferences for literature Features of literary texts The key features of literary texts and how they work to construct a literary work, such as plot, setting, characterisation, mood and theme Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text Recognise some different types of literary texts and identify some characteristic features of Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways Discuss how language is used to describe the settings in texts, and explore how the settings shape the events and influence the mood of the narrative
english_primary.docx