Arreton St George’s Medium Term Literacy Planner Spring 1 2017-Year 2Once upon a time
Stimulate. Engage and
Generate
1.
Read a selection of fairy
tales and use for guided
reading to explore plots,
settings and characters.
2. Watch fairy tale puppet
shows and orally evaluate.
3. Read contemporary tales,
with a twist on traditional
tales, and discuss how they
differ from the original.
Funny, more exciting?
4. Discuss the similarities
between fairy tales,
characters settings, morals
and endings.
5. Look at instructions the
red Hen might use for
making bread.
Capture, Sift and Sort
1.
Read a couple of
character/setting
descriptions-focus on the
strategies for describing
character’s and settings.
What do you notice about
the language choices?
What effect does the
language choice have on
the reader?
2. Examine and identify
features of a fairy tale
story.
3. Identify the voice through
content, language
punctuate and sentences of
match reports-use of
punctuation
4. Read across a range of
fairy tales-focus on
characters and settingsEvaluate key features of
these stories.
Create, Refine and Evaluate
1.
Write descriptions of a good
or evil character from
sleeping beauty.
2. Create own version of a
classic fairy tale.
3. Explore the style, audience
and purpose of a puppet show
script and perform to
parents (film on ipads). Focus
on language and different
voices for different
characters.
4. Collect and evaluate the
success of the ways in which
characters are described and
used to engage the reader in
a story. Struggle of good and
evil.
5. Write own fairy tale with a
modern amusing twist.
6. Create their own instructions
to make a red hen out of
card.