English Curriculum Plan.pdf

Elston Hall's Year 6 English long-term plan consists of six units, each with a specific genre, golden writing outcome, and text stimulus. The units are:

1. Short Story (3 weeks): Focuses on fiction, inference, and exploring new vocabulary, with a text stimulus of "Letters from The Lighthouse" by Emma Carrol.
2. Persuasive Advert (2 weeks): Focuses on non-fiction, persuasive writing, and evaluating text structure, with a text stimulus of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" by Ian Fleming.
3. Narrative - Dialogue (1 week): Focuses on fiction, creating atmosphere, and integrating dialogue, with a text stimulus of "Bad Dad" by David Walliams.
4. Debate/Balanced Argument (2 weeks): Focuses on non-fiction, active reading strategies, and providing reasoned justifications, with a text stimulus of "So you think you've got it bad?" by Chae Strathie and Marisa Morea.
5. Non-Chronological Report (2 weeks): Focuses on non-fiction, exploring new vocabulary, and using cohesive devices, with a text stimulus of "You wouldn't want to be an Egyptian Mummy" by David Stewart.
6. Diary (1 week): Focuses on fiction, inferring characters' feelings, and understanding underlying themes, with a text stimulus of a David Shepherd Foundation video on YouTube.

The plan also includes writing assessments, with a focus on setting description, debate/balanced argument, and non-chronological reports.