YEAR 4: English Units and Skills

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Narrative Fairy Tale – The Pied Piper Greek Myths Fantasy – The Lion, the Witch The Iron Man Issues and Dilemmas Macavity (Classic Narrative Unit + skills and the Wardrobe (Novel as a theme) Bill’s New Frock Poem) Writing skills Writing skills Writing skills Writing skills Writing skills Fronted adverbials for ‘when’ Fronted adverbials for Complex sentences with Adverbs Use complex sentences Writing skills Inverted commas (speech ‘where’ and ‘when’ adverb starters. Complex sentences with adverb starters. Use a Nouns for precision – new marks) Use of comma after Fronted adverbials for ‘when’ with adverb starters comma to separate vocabulary. Paragraphs –link ideas across fronted adverbial. and ‘where’ Comma to separate clauses Explore, identify, collect paragraphs using fronted Inverted commas and Noun phrases eg the pale faced clauses Use commas to mark and use noun phrases adverbials. other speech punctuation boy with hair like straw. Fronted adverbials for clauses in complex Standard English Planning – use storyboard Inverted commas and other ‘how’ (ing openers) sentences Nouns for precision – new Develop character using speech punctuation. Inverted commas and vocabulary action, dialogue and Dialogue between 2 speech punctuation – new Record ideas for planning – description. characters. Clues about para when new speaker chunk a plot character – description, action, says something Proofread and evaluate Film and Playscript dialogue Dialogue – demo Intonation, tone and volume – Develop settings using vocab understanding of standard pause at commas to create emphasis, humour, English atmosphere or suspense. Paragraphs Use of story mountain Opening paragraph Paragraphs combines setting and character

Non-Fiction Recounts - newspapers Non chronological reports Explanation text Persuasion – adverts Discussion/Debate – Unit + skills (Antarctica/Polar Animals) Wallace and Gromit – Should circuses use animal Writing skills The Tellyscope acts? Use of pronouns - first person Writing skills Writing skills Writing skills (recount/diary, me, my, mine, Technical language Writing skills Persuasive phrases Standard English – we , us, our,ours) and 3rd Paragraphs Complex sentences Identify, select and was/were person Standard English was/were using a range of effectively use pronouns Organising paragraphs (narratives/newspapers – she, Fronted adverbials for conjunctions eg second person in Technical vocabulary her, his,him, they, their, where/when. Paragraphs persuausion (you, your, Logical connectives theirs,it,its) Use comma for fronted Causal connectives yours) Standard English were/was adverbials Technical Sentences with adverb language/logically starters sequenced steps Use paragraphs to organise (Purpose and writing in non fiction texts audience) linking ideas across Past tense to present

Lancashire Professional Development – English and Literacy Team - 2014 paragraphs using fronted tense verbs adverbials for when Powerful adverbs Proofread and evaluate Intonation, tone and volume – pause at commas

Poetry Unit Poems on a Theme Classic Poetry – Macavity + skills Writing skills Writing skills Verbs and adjectives (Y2) Intonation, tone and Powerful verbs volume - performance Similes Use the determiner (a/an) Kennings – link with (Y3) Macavity/Vikings Writing skills Alliteration Verbs to nouns and vice versa Scaffolded Scaffolded outcomes Scaffolded outcomes Scaffolded outcomes Scaffolded outcomes Scaffolded outcomes Scaffolded outcomes Writing  Narrative based on  Short narrative –  Narrative based on  Character  Narrative – chunk  WANTED poster outcomes plot pattern of Pied The day I came plot pattern of The description the plot  Detective report from units Piper face to face with Lion, the witch and  Narrative -  Persuausion - or letter in role as  Diary in role as a the Minotaur the wardrobe. chunk the advert CSI character e.g. Mayor  Narrative based  Non Chron reports plot  Newspaper article and Pied Piper on plot pattern of  Explanation –  Kenning  Simile poem about Theseus and the How to use  Discussion text – themselves/colours Minotaur. the should circuses  Ancient Greece Tellyscope use animal acts? Newspaper report eg Bull on non chronological the Run report

Independent Independent /SW Independent/SW Independent Independent Independent Independent and short  Retell the story of  Theseus and the  Description of Fantasy  Rewrite the  Summary wall –  Clues and facts writing the Pied Piper Minotaur settings (Narnia and opening each chapter  Interview outcomes  Diary in role as a storyboard the Chocolate  Character  Diary extract by  Fact File character e.g. Mayor  Thought and Factory) profile or Bill  Detective diary and Pied Piper speech bubbles  Character Profiles WANTED  Book review  Recount of events Lancashire Professional Development – English and Literacy Team - 2014  Wanted Poster for  Perform Theseus  Letter to poster  Eyewitness the Pied Piper and the Minotaur Edmund/Lucy  Question account  1st person narrative  Recount King  Map of fantasy world hand  Review of in role as Pied Piper Midas and the  Glossary  Letter to a performance  Poetry responses Golden Touch  KWL grid problem poetry  Character profile  Fact File page  Macavity kenning – Medusa/The  Menu for the Minotaur Iron Man  KWL grid  Explanation  Glossary in Science

Lancashire Professional Development – English and Literacy Team - 2014