Writing Genres Overview Year 4 – Term Suggested Text Genre Taught Autumn 1 The Tunnel by Anthony Browne Narrative- stories from Imaginary Topic: The past and Worlds. present of Stockport Aesop’s Fables by Robert Long Narrative- Fables Autumn 2 Non-fiction texts (use of library) Non-Chronological reports – Topic: Rivers and Water Features of a river. Cycle A variety of Poems (Cataract at Lodore by Robert Southey) Explanation Texts – What is the water cycle? Madverbs by John Rice Poetry: by heart and nonsense – Spring 1 Roman Diary the journey of Iliona by Richard Platt Narrative- Stories with a Topic: The Romans Historical setting. Diary of a Roman Soldier. Spring 2 The Usborne Book of tales by Stephen Cartwright and Heather Amery. Narrative-Fairy stories Topic: Italy – ‘Holidaying Recount- Newspaper reports in Rome’ The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka (Three little pigs) – Literacy Shed Three little pigs. Summer 1 A variety of Myths and Legends from the Internet. Narrative- Myths and Legends Topic: The Ancient Instructional texts- Greek Greeks Usborne Illustrated Stories from the Greek Myths by a variety of authors. banquet A variety of instructional texts. Haiku and Tanka examples Syllabic Poetry – and Tanka Summer 2 Topic: Locational Persuasive Texts- persuade a Knowledge – ‘The Globe’ A variety of brochures and persuasive leaflets. person to visit a holiday destination.
Writing Genres Overview – Year 4 Term Suggested Text Genre Taught Autumn 1 Topic: The past and present of Stockport The Tunnel by Anthony Browne Aesop’s Fables by Robert Long Narrative- stories from Imaginary Worlds. Narrative- Fables Autumn 2 Topic: Rivers and Water Cycle Non-fiction texts (use of library) A variety of Poems (Cataract at Lodore by Robert Southey) Madverbs by John Rice Non-Chronological reports – Features of a river. Explanation Texts – What is the water cycle? Poetry: by heart and nonsense Spring 1 Topic: The Romans Roman Diary – the journey of Iliona by Richard Platt Narrative- Stories with a Historical setting. Diary of a Roman Soldier. Spring 2 Topic: Italy – ‘Holidaying in Rome’ The Usborne Book of tales by Stephen Cartwright and Heather Amery. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka Literacy Shed – Three little pigs. Narrative-Fairy stories Recount- Newspaper reports (Three little pigs) Summer 1 Topic: The Ancient Greeks A variety of Myths and Legends from the Internet. Usborne Illustrated Stories from the Greek Myths by a variety of authors. A variety of instructional texts. Narrative- Myths and Legends Instructional texts- Greek banquet Summer 2 Topic: Locational Knowledge – ‘The Globe’ Haiku and Tanka examples A variety of brochures and persuasive leaflets. Syllabic Poetry – and Tanka Persuasive Texts- persuade a person to visit a holiday destination.
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