Literacy Overview
Year
3
Term 1
Author: Oliver Jeffers
Diary entry as the boy
or penguin
Descriptive writing –
describe the scene in
different Jeffer’s
books
Text: Artic Antics
Acrostic poem –
children write an
acrostic poem about
penguins
Text:
Information leaflet
about penguins
Term 2
Text: The Owl who
was Afraid of the Dark
Informal letter from
Plop
Instructions for the
scouts
Diary entry by
character Plop meets
(not main genre)
Text:
Non-chronological
report about barn
owls
Text:
Narrative poem –
write a narrative
poem about an owl
Term 3
Text: Winnie Spells
Trouble
Instructions-how to
make a spell
Formal letter- Winnie
writes letter of
apology to school
Text: "Poison Dart
Frogs" - care manual
for frogs
Text: "Off by Heart"
Roger Stevens- write
and perform your
own poem
Term 4
Text: If the World was
Crazy
Play script – write
Eight Balloons as a
play script
Adventure story –
write an adventure
then change into
verse
Create own poem
based on Shel
Silverstein
Text: The Giving Tree
Usborne beginners
‘Trees’
Information leaflet on
trees
4
Text: Old Possums
Book of Practical Cats
Adventure stories –
write a story ‘a day in
the life of ….’
Personal
(autobiography) – life
story of ……
Text: The Cat in the
Text: Polar Express
Recount – retelling
grandchild about
adventure
Stories with fantasy
settings – write an
extra chapter
ICT: Woodlands
Advent Calendar
Author: Julia
Donaldson
Biography of Julia
Donaldson
Fables and Parables –
write modern day
fable or parable
Formal letter – to
write letter or email
Text: The Secrets of
Vesuvius
Stories with a
historical setting
Newspapers – as seen
by eye witnesses
Diary – people caught
in the eruption
Text: Under the
Term 5
Text: Clever Polly and
the Stupid Wolf
Traditional tales –
write alternative
ending
Text: Snow White and
the Seven Aliens
Traditional tales –
rewrite own fairy tale
with a twist
Text: The True Story
of the Three Little Pigs
Newspaper Article –
write a newspaper
article about the wolf
Term 6
Text: Diary of a
Wimpy Kid
Diary – write from
another character’s
point of view
Adventure stories –
comic strip/cartoon
part of the story
Non-chronological
report – school
survival kit for new
Year 3s
Text: Please Mrs
Butler
Narrative and
rhyming poems –
children to write in
style of ….
Text: Tales of a Fourth Text: Jiggy the
Grade Nothing
Vampire Slayer
Persuasive – letter
Letter – complaint
from a character
letter about Jiggy’s
Persuasive – adverts
behaviour
Stories with
Play script
flashbacks – written
Text:
in the future with
Non-chronological
flashbacks to book
report on bats
Hat
Poetry – Shape, Haiku
and Narrative poems
Text: Ottavia
Information – travel
guide for cats
5
Year 6 are
continuing
Text: The Iron Man
Formal letter –
persuading people to
steer clear of the Iron
Man
Sci-fi story – write the
next chapter of the
book
Text: recycling and
Rubbish
Explanation – how to
recycle
Persuasive – why you
should recycle?
Clip: Comic Relief
Letter – persuasive
letter to MP
Trip: to recycle centre
recount
Various Texts Types
Poetry – to write a
Non-chronological
report – Christmas
traditions around the
world
Text: The Night
Before Christmas
Narrative poem –
write own narrative
poem in the style
Text: Kensuke’s
Kingdom
Stories with issues
and dilemmas
Diary entry – ongoing
journal as read book
Point of view – write
from the point of view
of an orang-utan
Text: Welcome to the
World of Orang-utans
Non-chronological
report – information
about orang-utans
Haiku – about orangutans
to Julia Donaldson
Note taking – internet
research (do but not
main genre)
Text: Bible
Link to fables and
parables
Volcano
Explanation – how
volcanoes erupt
Text: Family Poems
Cinquain – writing
from personal
experience
Text: New York City
with Kids
Persuasive – travel
guide to New York
Shape poem – about
bats
Text: The Saga of Erik
the Viking
Stories with historical
settings (adventure
story) – write own
Viking story
Text: Beowulf
Poetry – Kennings
Text: Norse Myths
and Legends
Myths and Legends –
write own
Text: The
Highwayman
Newspaper – on
events of poem
Balanced argument –
Is the highwayman a
villain?
Poetry – write two
more verses (include
metaphors)
Comic strip (use but
not as a main genre)
Text: Highwayman,
Outlaws and Bandits
of London
Explanation – how to
be a successful
highwayman
Text: Cloud Tea
Monkeys
Play scripts – turn a
part into a scene
Formal Letter – from
the Royal Tea Toaster
to Her Majesty the
Empress
Text: Ten Poems
about Tea
Poetry – an emotive
poem from Tashi to
her sick mother
Text: Tea
Non-chronological
report – about tea
Author: Davis
Walliams
Short stories – write
in the style of David
Walliams
Personal, Biography –
research David
Walliams
Text: Children’s
magazines
Magazine - Include a
variety of different
genres
Various Texts Types
Various Texts Types
Various Texts Types
Various Texts Types
Journalistic writing – to
Narrative (Authors and
Various Texts Types
Arguments - to write
Persuasive – to write
Play scripts – to write
with the
old
National
Curriculum
for this
year
poem based upon the
‘Deserted House’ by
Mary Coleridge
Biographies and
Autobiographies – to
write biographies on
famous people and
people within our
community
To write an
autobiography
Short Stories – to
write a short story
write a newspaper
report about a fictional
event
To write a newspaper
report about a key
event in WWII
Recounts - to a recount
of the Christmas Story
stories) – to write diary
entries, letters and
recounts based upon
‘The Giant’s Walk’ and
‘The Long Walk’
Argument - to write
both balanced and bias
arguments
both balanced and bias
arguments
Poetry – to write
personification poems
using various poems
as a guide
persuasive adverts,
letters etc
Non chorological
reports – to write
Reports on Sikhism and
the Tudors
play scripts linking with
the Year 6 production
Reports – to write
reports about Camp and
present to parents