English Long-term Plan - Year 2
Cornerstones
Theme
Literacy Unit
Outcome
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Muck, Mess and Mixtures (Art)
The Scented Garden (Science)
Fiction
Traditional Tales
linked to topic
(Magic Porridge
Pot/Gingerbread
man)
(3-4 weeks)
Write a retelling using
familiar words and
phrases
Grammar Focus
Non Fiction
Lists and Instructions
(2 weeks)
Write a recipe and
instructions based on
George’s Marvellous
Medicine
Poetry
Riddles and
Acrostics
(2 weeks)
Fiction
Traditional tales
linked to topic
(Jack and the
Beanstalk)
(2 weeks)
Write and
perform riddles
and acrostics for
food/substances
Use a familiar
story as a
model to write
a new story
Information
texts
(2 weeks)
Recount
(1 week)
Poetry
Poetry and riddles
linked to flowers and
gardens
(1-2 weeks)
Produce a
Write a
Recite and perform
simple Non- recount of
poems linked to
Chronologic
visit to
flowers
al report on
flower
a
shop
Create poems with
plant/flower
simple similes
Use of CL, FS, ? and ! to demarcate sentences
Noun phrases and adjectives
Use of CL, FS, ? and ! to demarcate sentences
Non-fiction
Conjuctions – using when, if, that, because (Subordination) and
using or, and, but (Coordination)
Commas in lists
Spring 1 and 2
Cornerstones Theme
Literacy Unit
Outcome
Grammar Focus
Fiction
Well known stories linked
to theme
(2-3 weeks)
Retell and rewrite using
similar plot and patterned
language
Street Detectives (History)
Non-Fiction
Recounts
Letters
(Diary writing)
(2 weeks)
2-3 weeks
Write a street
Interview
Write letters Write a letter
diary
resident.
in character –
to local
containing
Write diary link to
council about
real events
entry based narrative
questionnaire
on facts
results
gathered
Statements, questions, exclamations and commands
Poetry
Nursery Rhymes
(1-2 weeks)
Recite rhymes linked to baking
Create a rhyme linked to baking
containing rhyming couplets
Correct and consistent use of present and past tense
Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, -er and by compounding words
Cornerstones
Theme
Literacy Unit
Outcome
Grammar Focus
Summer 1
Summer 2
Wriggle and Crawl (Science)
Land Ahoy (Geography)
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Well known
Leaflets
Explantion
stories linked to (1-2 weeks)
bugs and insects
(2-3 weeks)
Retell story
Create a
Write an
from point of
leaflet
explanation
view of
aimed at
showing how
character
children
creatures are
outlining
suited to
how to do
different
a minihabitats
beast hunt
Poetry
Poems/Riddle
s linked to
mini-beasts
(1-2weeks)
Rehearse and
recite
Use poem as
a model to
write own
Write a riddle
about a minibeast
Apostrophes to mark possession and when letters are missing
Fiction
Adventure narrative
linked to pirates
(2-3 weeks)
Character
descriptions
of pirates
Use
plot to
write a
pirate
story
Non Fiction
Recount
Biography
(Postcards)
(2 weeks)
(1 week)
Poetry
Poems linked
to pirate/sea
(1-2 weeks)
Recount of
school trip
to seaside
in postcard
form
Rehearse and
recite poems
Produce an
information
page on Grace
Darling in
chronological
order
Use poem as
a model to
write own as
a calligram
Use of progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark
actions in progress (e.g. she is drumming, he was shouting)
Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, -less
Revision of key Year 2 objectives