Shakespeare and More Text-based Curriculum Map- English- Year Three This map outlines the texts 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 small group reading, independent reading, listening to books read aloud, phonics teaching, and discrete spelling and handwriting lessons. On-going English Language Unit Example Texts Ongoing Outcomes Writing for Purpose Language Opportunities Teaching Classic The Odyssey Oral retellings of stories Entertain: Inverted commas to Narratives punctuate direct The Adventures of Book reviews or personal Extended narrative- retelling the speech (2 x 2-3 weeks) Odysseus by Hugh Lupton responses story as first-person narrative, and Daniel Morden with own adventures. Character studies The Odyssey retold by Diary- a character’s diary telling Expressing time and Drama and role-play Robin Lister the story from their point of view cause using (e.g. Odysseus or Sinbad). conjunctions (e.g. The Iliad and The Odyssey when, so, before, retold by Marcia Williams Letters- letters from characters after, while, in the stories to one another because); adverbs (Penelope or Telemachus to (e.g. before, after, Odysseus). Sinbad the Sailor during, because of) or prepositions (e.g. Describe: The Voyages of before, after, during, Sinbad the Sailor by John Detailed description of one in, because of) Yeoman) setting from a text (The Island of the Lotus Eaters or the City of Troy). Myths from Across the Inform: World A short non-fiction text about a Myths and Legends by country or time in history from Anthony Horowitz one of the books studied.
Shakespeare and More Text-based Curriculum Map- English- Year Three This map outlines the texts 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 small group reading, independent reading, listening to books read aloud, phonics teaching, and discrete spelling and handwriting lessons. Unit Example Texts Ongoing Outcomes Writing for Purpose English Language Opportunities On-going Language Teaching Classic Narratives (2 x 2-3 weeks) The Odyssey The Adventures of Odysseus by Hugh Lupton and Daniel Morden The Odyssey retold by Robin Lister The Iliad and The Odyssey retold by Marcia Williams Sinbad the Sailor The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor by John Yeoman) Myths from Across the World Myths and Legends by Anthony Horowitz Oral retellings of stories Book reviews or personal responses Character studies Drama and role-play Entertain: Extended narrative- retelling the story as first-person narrative, with own adventures. Diary- a character’s diary telling the story from their point of view (e.g. Odysseus or Sinbad). Letters- letters from characters in the stories to one another (Penelope or Telemachus to Odysseus). Describe: Detailed description of one setting from a text (The Island of the Lotus Eaters or the City of Troy). Inform: A short non-fiction text about a country or time in history from one of the books studied. 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)
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