English Topic and Genre Overview 2016-17
Year 3
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Stone age inc. Stone Age Boy
Instructions, character description, diary
Milton Keynes
Non-chronological reports, persuasive
adverts, letter writing
Ottoline
Mystery story
Magic Faraway Tree
Setting description, story set in imaginary
world
Christmas
Story prequel writing, Christmas shape
poems
The Royal Family/ The Queen
Biography
Harry Potter
Setting description, playscript
Egyptians
Discussion texts, free verse poetry
Legends
Character description, setting description,
legend story writing
10 x fiction; 7 x non-fiction; 2 x poetry
Year 4
The Rainforest
Non-chronological report, persuasive letter,
acrostic poetry
‘Where the Forest Meets the Sea’
Diary entry, story ending in the style of an
author
Invasion
Newspaper report, character description,
story integrating dialogue, settings and
characters
Myths
Writing an ending to a current myth, writing
their own myth
Spiderwick Chronicles
Setting description and character
description
8 x fiction; 8 x non-fiction; 2 x poetry
Iron Man
Diary entry, story in the style of an author,
biography
Eurovision
Persuasive leaflet, non-chronological report
Narrative poetry
Chocolate cake
Year 5
Route 66
Adventure story, biography of key
American, non-chronological report
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Character description, story set in imaginary
world using speech to convey character
Space
Setting description, explanation text
Oranges in No Man’s Land
Newspaper report, diary entry, persuasive
letter, flashback story
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Story using dialogue to convey character
and advance action
Crime and Punishment
Balanced argument, diary entry
Shakespeare
Playscript
Narrative poetry
The Highwayman
Poetry
Exploring, performing and writing haikus/
cinquains/ tankas/ limericks
7 x fiction; 8 x non-fiction; 2 x poetry
Year 6
World at War: Including WWI and WWI
Informal letter, biography, journalistic
writing, diary entry, war performance
poetry
Eye of the Wolf
Character description, story continuation
using dialogue to convey character, story
from a different character’s perspective
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Setting description, story chapter using
dialogue to convey character and advance
action, persuasive advert
Friend or Foe
Setting description, story with historical
setting - predicting
Titanic
Non-chronological report, persuasive
leaflet, letter of complaint
Suspense writing
Suspense story
Extreme Earth
Non-chronological report
Poetry (post-SATs)
Poet study: compare two poems, writing
poems and performing them
8 x fiction; 9 x non-fiction; 2 x poetry