Year 5 Literacy
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Year 5 Literacy
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Term 1 - Fiction and Poetry The children will read extracts from novels, stories and poems by significant children's writers they will also use play scripts and concrete poetry. |
Term 2 - Fiction and Poetry The children will read extracts from myths, legends, fables, parables; traditional stories; longer classical poetry, including narrative poetry. |
Term 3 - Fiction and Poetry The children will read extracts from novels, stories and poems from a variety of cultures and traditions. They will also read, rehearse and modify performance of poetry. |
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Term 1 - Non Fiction The children will read extracts which recount events, activities, visits; observational records and news reports. they will also read and evaluate instructional texts. |
Term 2 - Non Fiction The children will use non-chronological reports and explanations to locate information confidently. They will use content from other subjects to evaluate text and make notes. |
Term 3 - Non Fiction The children will use persuasive writing to put or argue a point of view, compare examples in letters and leaflets which persuade, criticise, support; |
| Classics for young people | Myths, Fables and Traditional | Myths, Legends and Folklore |
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Term 1 - Fiction and Poetry The children will read extracts from classic fiction, poetry and study a Shakespeare play, they will also compare adaptations of classics on film/TV. |
Term 2 - Fiction and Poetry The children will read extracts from longer established stories and novels selected from more than one genre. They will study and compare a range of poetic forms. |
Term 3 - Fiction and Poetry The children will read extracts from significant children's authors and poets to make comparisons of how different authors treat the same themes. |
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Term 1 - Non Fiction The children will use extracts from biographies and autobiographies, distinguish between fact, opinion and fiction. |
Term 2 - Non Fiction The children will recognise how arguments are constructed, the features of balanced written arguments and understand the characteristic features of official language. |
Term 3 - Non Fiction The children will use explanations linked to work from other subjects to appraise a text quickly and effectively; to retrieve information and evaluate its value. |
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More Authors |
| Shakespeare links | Even More Authors |
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Other Web Sites Other useful web sites you may enjoy visiting. |
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Bookworm from the BBC |
Story starters and mysteries to solve |
Look at the picture- write a story |
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You carry on with the story |
Stories to write |
Stories to read |
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Literacy from the BBC for 9-11 year olds |
Literacy for 5-11 year olds |
Interviews with children's books authors |
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Crickweb Interactive literacy activities |