Dove Holes CE Primary School
Literacy Medium Term Plan
Year Group:
4/5/6
Term: Autumn 1 (2016)
Genre: autiobiography, Greek Myths/legends
Week
Text
Reading
Word Reading
Writing
Comprehension
1
WB:
6/9/16
Boy
(Roald Dahl)
Apply their growing knowledge
of root words, prefixes and
suffixes (morphology and
etymology), as listed in English
Appendix 1, both to read aloud
and to understand the meaning
of new words that they meet.
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Continuing to read
and discuss an
increasingly wide
range of fiction,
poetry, plays, nonfiction and reference
books or textbooks.
2
WB:
12/9/16
Boy
(Roald Dahl)
Apply their growing knowledge
of root words, prefixes and
suffixes (morphology and
etymology), as listed in English
Appendix 1, both to read aloud
and to understand the meaning
of new words that they meet.

Continuing to read
and discuss an
increasingly wide
range of fiction,
poetry, plays, nonfiction and reference
books or textbooks.
explain and discuss
their understanding of
what they have read,
including through
formal presentations
and debates,
maintaining a focus
on the topic and
using notes where
necessary
Continuing to read
and discuss an
increasingly wide
range of fiction,
poetry, plays, nonfiction and reference
books or textbooks.
reading books that are
structured in different
ways and reading for a
range of purposes
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3
WB:
19/9/16
Boy
(Roald Dahl)
Apply their growing knowledge
of root words, prefixes and
suffixes (morphology and
etymology), as listed in English
Appendix 1, both to read aloud
and to understand the meaning
of new words that they meet.
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Transcription
(Spelling)
Handwriting
&
Presentation
Composition
Vocabulary,
Punctuation &
Grammar
To choose which
shape of a letter to
use when given
choices and
deciding whether or
not to join specific
letters.
Autobiographical piece – comic.
identifying the audience for and purpose
of the writing, selecting the appropriate
form and using other similar writing as
models for their own
Brackets, dashes or
commas to indicate
parenthesis.
Use of commas to clarify
meaning or avoid
ambiguity. Modal verbs.
Synonyms.
Endings which
sound like /ʃəs/
spelt –cious or –
tious
To choose which
shape of a letter to
use when given
choices and
deciding whether or
not to join specific
letters.
Autobiographical piece – plan recount.
Plan writing in writing narratives,
considering how authors have developed
characters and settings in what pupils
have read, listened to or seen performed.
Brackets, dashes or
commas to indicate
parenthesis.
Use of commas to clarify
meaning or avoid
ambiguity.
Modal verbs.
Synonyms.
Fronted adverbials.
Endings which
sound like /ʃəs/
spelt –cious or –
tious
To choose which
shape of a letter to
use when given
choices and
deciding whether or
not to join specific
letters.
Autobiographical piece – Big Write.
Brackets, dashes or
commas to indicate
parenthesis.
Use of commas to clarify
meaning or avoid
ambiguity.
Synonyms.
Fronted adverbials.
selecting appropriate grammar and
vocabulary, understanding how such
choices can change and enhance meaning
 in narratives, describing settings,
characters and atmosphere and
integrating dialogue to convey character
and advance the action
 précising longer passages
proof-read for spelling and punctuation
errors
4
WB:
28/9/15
Myths and
legends (the
Greeks)
Apply their growing knowledge
of root words, prefixes and
suffixes (morphology and
etymology), as listed in English
Appendix 1, both to read aloud
and to understand the meaning
of new words that they meet.
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5
WB:
5/9/15
Myths and
legends (the
Greeks)
Apply their growing knowledge
of root words, prefixes and
suffixes (morphology and
etymology), as listed in English
Appendix 1, both to read aloud
and to understand the meaning
of new words that they meet.


6
WB:
12/9/15
Myths and
legends (the
Greeks)
Apply their growing knowledge
of root words, prefixes and
suffixes (morphology and
etymology), as listed in English
Appendix 1, both to read aloud
and to understand the meaning
of new words that they meet.
7
WB:
19/9/15
Myths and
legends (the
Greeks)
Apply their growing knowledge
of root words, prefixes and
suffixes (morphology and
etymology), as listed in English
Appendix 1, both to read aloud
and to understand the meaning
of new words that they meet.

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Continuing to read
and discuss an
increasingly wide
range of fiction,
poetry, plays, nonfiction and reference
books or textbooks.
discuss and evaluate
how authors use
language, including
figurative language,
considering the
impact on the reader.
reading books that are
structured in different
ways and reading for a
range of purposes
Continuing to read
and discuss an
increasingly wide
range of fiction,
poetry, plays, nonfiction and reference
books or textbooks.
reading books that are
structured in different
ways and reading for a
range of purposes
Continuing to read
and discuss an
increasingly wide
range of fiction,
poetry, plays, nonfiction and reference
books or textbooks.
Endings which
sound like /ʃəl/
spelt:
-cial, -tial.
Continuing to read
and discuss an
increasingly wide
range of fiction,
poetry, plays, nonfiction and reference
books or textbooks.
Words ending in –
ant, –ance/–ancy, –
ent, –ence/–ency
To choose which
shape of a letter to
use when given
choices and
deciding whether or
not to join specific
letters.
Myths and legends (the Greeks) retell.
selecting appropriate grammar and
vocabulary, understanding how such
choices can change and enhance meaning
Punctuation of bullet
points to list information.
Colon.
 in narratives, describing settings,
characters and atmosphere and
integrating dialogue to convey character
and advance the action
 précising longer passages
Endings which
sound like /ʃəl/
spelt:
-cial, -tial.
To choose which
shape of a letter to
use when given
choices and
deciding whether or
not to join specific
letters.
Myths and legends (the Greeks) retell.
selecting appropriate grammar and
vocabulary, understanding how such
choices can change and enhance meaning
Punctuation of bullet
points to list information.
Colon.
 in narratives, describing settings,
characters and atmosphere and
integrating dialogue to convey character
and advance the action
 précising longer passages
Words ending in –
ant, –ance/–ancy, –
ent, –ence/–ency
To choose which
shape of a letter to
use when given
choices and
deciding whether or
not to join specific
letters.
To choose which
shape of a letter to
use when given
choices and
deciding whether or
not to join specific
letters.
Myths and legends (the Greeks) plan own
Plan writing in writing narratives,
considering how authors have developed
characters and settings in what pupils
have read, listened to or seen performed.
Relative clauses,
Devices to build cohesion
within a paragraph [for
example, then, after that,
this, firstly],
Myths and legends (the Greeks) – write
own based on ones learnt. Big Write.
proof-read for spelling and punctuation
errors
assessing the effectiveness of their own
and others’ writing
selecting appropriate grammar and
vocabulary, understanding how such
choices can change and enhance meaning
 in narratives, describing settings,
characters and atmosphere and
integrating dialogue to convey character
and advance the action
 précising longer passages
Relative clauses,
Devices to build cohesion
within a paragraph [for
example, then, after that,
this, firstly],