Year 6 Literature Spine

Autumn 1

Main text Secondary texts

Reading/ writing genre

Cross curricular links/IPC topics

Independent or extended writing (red dot)

Writing for Purpose

Key objectives

Grammar/ Punctuation/ vocab

Spellings/

Guided/ Recip reading Comprehen- sions

Class novel Experience workshops

Range of Non

Fiction –

newspaper

reports

100 shared

Literacy texts -

Y6-Journalistic

Storm – Kevin

Crossley Holland

Fiction -

Dilemma

Non

Fiction

linked to

topic

AD 900 –

Mayans

Mayan

recipe –

read and

create cc

DT

Esspresso

Baseline

assessment

(transition) A

letter to teacher

detailing

personal

aspirations –Eng

book

Descriptive

narrative of

setting – linked

to STORM Eng

book

writing a short

story based on a

Mayan legend

(cross curricular

writing

opportunity

linked to our IPC

topic, ‘AD 900’)

– TOPIC book

Instruct:

Persuade:

Entertain:

Short story -myth

Describe:

Narrative setting

Discuss:

Explain:

Inform: where the

Mayans lived

Comprehension

C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59

Texts

T/P7 T/P8 T/P9

T/P10 T/P11

Speaking &

Listening

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

C6 C7 C8 C9 C10

C11 C12

Writing

C49 C50 C51

C52 C53 C54

C55 C56 C57

C58 C59 C60

C61 C62 C63

*Apostrophe for

Omission and

possession

*Direct and

reported speech

*Colons and

semi-colons

*Word classes-

be able to name

and recognise:

article, noun,

verb, adverb,

adjective,

connectives and

prepositions.

*Add a

subordinate or

relative clause

*Use of

pronouns

*Using

comparatives

and

superlatives.

prefixes and

suffixes

Word list –

years 5 and 6

Recap 3 and

4 wordlists

Storm – Kevin

Crossley

Holland

The long Walk

George Layton

(from The Fib)

cross

curricular ‘ Gift

to the

Hummingbird’

Class Novel: 10 books to

have read by year end

Storm – Kevin

Crossley Holland

National Poetry Day Parents: Continual dialogue with parents through home school reading book, homework, assertive mentoring Introduction to Y6 Parents meeting – reading expectation covered Experiences: Visit to Sharples re science workshop – C1 C2 C3 C6 C7 C12

Sue Palmer – big

book – reports

Non- chron

report-where

the Mayans

lived cc – TOPIC

book

Letter to inform

(baseline)

T8 T9

See individual

plans for

sentence level

P14 P15 P16

P17 P18

S12 S13 S14 S15

Vocabulary

Whole school

word of the

week

See topic

vocabulary list

Vocab related to

journalistic

writing.

cc Topic

Mayans

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 3 –

Unit 26

Year 6 Literature Spine Aut 2

Main text Secondary texts

Reading/ writing genre

Cross curricular links/IPC topics

Independent or extended writing (red dot)

Writing for Purpose Key objectives Grammar/ Punctuation/ vocab

Spellings/

Guided/ Recip reading Comprehen- sions

Class novel Experience workshops

(biography)

Charles Darwin

& others

(Esspresso )

Malorie

Blackman"

biography

Biography

Autobiogra

phy

Argument/

debate C11

C12

Filmic text

poem

Out Of

Africa

(Links to

‘Butterfly

Lion’)

Write a

biography-

Eng book

Write a

character

description

Story

opening

based on

reading

Film review

related to

Instruct:

Persuade: poster –

save the Syrians

Entertain: Story

opening

Comprehension

C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59

Texts

T/P7 T/P8 T/P9

T/P10 T/P11

Vocabulary

Whole school

word of the

week

See Topic

vocabulary list

prefixes and

suffixes

Word list –

years 5 and 6

Homophone

s

Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo

Guided Reciprical The Firework Display’ and

Film text –

National Film

Week

Flattered Flying

Fish (Poem)

‘The Day the

Sun Got Stuck’ –

Imagery (Judith

Green)

The Fog (Poem)

– William Henry

Davies

Fossils -

Esspresso

National Film

week trip

Explanation –

What is a

fossil- TOPIC

book

Science

investigation

report –

TOPIC book

Design a

poster to

persuade –

Save the

Syrians RE

book cc

ICT/global

Describe: character

description

Discuss:

Explain: What a fossil

is/ Science

investigation/ The

need for Fairtrade

Inform: Biography

Film review

Speaking &

Listening

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

C6 C7 C8 C9 C10

C11 C12

Writing

C49 C50 C51

C52 C53 C54

C55 C56 C57

C58 C59 C60

C61 C62 C63

T8 T9

See individual

plans for

sentence level

Sue Palmer –

sentence big

book

add a

subordinate or

relative clause

to a main clause

comparative

and superlative

commas for a

range of

purposes.

Accurately use

colons and

semi-colons.

P15

Direct speech

Hyphens (P14)

P14 P15 P16

P17 P18

S12 S13 S14 S15

The Christmas Party George Layton (from The Fib) biography (The Wizard of Menlo of Menlo Park) Ginn – Key comprehension book 3 –‘ The Air Raid’ Ginn – Key comprehension book 4 –‘ Twist of Gold’ Michael Morpurgo Ginn – Key comprehension book 4 –‘ Sword In the Stone’ Ginn – Key comprehension book 3 – Unit 1‘ A thoroughly Modern Grandma’

The Sleeping

Sword – Michael

Morpurgo

Beneath the

Bombers moon &

other war fiction

Billionaire Boy –

David Walliams

Experiences:

Entry event in hall

Cinema trip to

celebrate

National Film

Week.

Fossil visitor

Remembrance

Day

Visit to St Paul’s

Church cc R.E

Visit from Fire

Service

Year 6 Literature Spine Spring 1

Main text Secondary texts

Reading/ writing genre

Cross curricular links/IPC topics

Independent or extended writing (red dot)

Writing for Purpose Key objectives Grammar/ Punctuation/ vocab

Spellings/

Guided/ Recip reading Comprehen- sions

Class novel Experience workshops

100 shared

Literacy texts -

Y6

Non-

chronological

reports

Sue Palmer –

big book –

reports

Newspaper

report

Non-

chronologi

cal report

Balanced

argument

Online

research cc

computing

‘Look

Hear’

(Science)

*Assessment

–narrative -

Orangutan

(night out in

Blackpool)

Explanation –

How the eye

functions –

TOPIC book

Information

text – What

do the main

religions

believe RE

book

FAITHS -

Esspresso

Instruct:

Persuade:

Entertain: Story

Describe: see story

above

Discuss:

Explain: How the

eye functions

Inform: What the

main religions

believe

Comprehension

C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59

Texts

T/P7 T/P8 T/P9

T/P10 T/P11

Speaking &

Listening

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

C6 C7 C8 C9 C10

C11 C12

Writing

C49 C50 C51

C52 C53 C54

C55 C56 C57

C58 C59 C60

C61 C62 C63

T8 T9

Vocabulary

Whole school

word of the

week

See Topic

vocabulary list

Hyphens

(P14)

To be able to

use

parenthesis

be able to

identify and

write using

different types

of clauses

Direct speech

Colons and

semi-colons

p15 p16

Word list –

years 5 and

6

Recap 3

and 4

wordlists

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 3 –

Unit 6 –

‘Earthquakes’

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 3 –

Unit 29 ‘Noise’

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 4 –

Unit 9 ‘Salt is

Special’

CGP – 10

minute

reading tests –

Book 2 – Non-

fiction reports

War Horse -

Michael

Morpurgo cc

History

Lizzie Zipmouth

Jacqueline Wilson

PSHE

Experiences:

Safer Internet

Day –online

research/ Think

You Know

Explanation –

using data to

explain the

need for

fairtrade – RE

book cc

PSHE/Geog

FAIRTRADE -

Espresso

See individual

plans for

sentence level

Whole school

word of the

week

See topic

vocabulary list

P14 P15 P16

P17 P18

S12 S13 S14 S15

SATS

REVISIONS

ESSPRESSO

Fire service visit

Treacle Campaign

Year 6 Literature Spine

Spring 2

Main text Secondary texts

Reading/ writing genre

Cross curricular links/IPC topics

Independent or extended writing (red dot)

Writing for Purpose Key objectives Grammar/ Punctuation/ vocab

Spellings/

Guided/ Recip reading Comprehen- sions

Class novel Experience workshops

Range of Non

Fiction/fiction –

Wiki – Research

on Scientists

Formal letter

of thanks –

related to

trip (Bury

Fire training

Centre)- Eng

Instruct:

Persuade: poem to

promote fairtrade

Comprehension

C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55

Vocabulary

Whole school

word of the

week

prefixes and

suffixes

To know how

to use the

apostrophe

for omission

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 3 –

Unit 33 – ‘The

Cyclone’

(link to IPC

topic)

Sue Palmer –

Balanced

Argument

100 shared

Literacy texts -

Y6

Sue Palmer –

big books -

Scientists

(link to IPC

topic)

‘Full

Power’

(Science –

Electricity

and

energy)

Write a

poem to

promote

fairtrade cc

PSHE – Eng

Explanation:

the effects of

noise and

pollution

TOPIC

book/global

Information

leaflet –

global

environment

cc PSHE/ict

Explanation –

How

Fairtrade

makes a

difference RE

book/global/

PSHE

A formal

letter to

persuade –

letter to

supermarket

re fairtrade-

RE book

Letter to supermarket

re Fairtrade

Entertain: Story

Describe:

Discuss:

Explain: the effects of

noise and pollution.

How Fairtrde makes a

difference

Inform: formal letter

of thanks

Information leaflet-

environment.

C56 C57 C58 C59

Texts

T/P7 T/P8 T/P9

T/P10 T/P11

Speaking &

Listening

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

C6 C7 C8 C9 C10

C11 C12

Writing

C49 C50 C51

C52 C53 C54

C55 C56 C57

C58 C59 C60

C61 C62 C63

T8 T9

See individual

plans for

sentence level

See Topic

vocabulary list

Figurative

language c44

Use of a range

of tenses

Synonyms,

antonyms and

homophones

similes,

metaphors and

alliteration.

adverbial

(G1.6a) and

prepositional

(G1.7) phrases

P14 P15 P16

P17 P18

S12 S13 S14 S15

and

possession

Word list –

years 5 and 6

Recap 3 and

4 wordlists

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 3 –

Unit 29 ‘Noise’

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 4 –

Unit 3 ‘Battery

Power’

CGP – 10

minute

reading tests –

Book 2 – Non-

fiction reports

‘Goodnight Mr

Tom’

Michelle

Magorian

Hamlet

Abridged William

Shakespeare

Cc Shakespeare

Day

I was a rat –Philip

Pullman

Pre-SATs meeting

Experiences:

Entry event in hall

Fairtrade

Fortnight (global)

Year 6 Literature Spine

Summer 1

Main text Secondary texts

Reading/ writing genre

Cross curricular links/IPC topics

Independent or extended writing (red dot)

Writing for Purpose Key objectives Grammar/ Punctuation/ vocab

Spellings/

Guided/ Recip reading Comprehen- sions

Class novel Experience workshops

Short animation

text –

TARRAGON

(Dragon Slayer)

Range of Non

Fiction/fiction

letters–

100 shared

Literacy texts -

Y6

Sue Palmer –

big books –

Persuasive

Fantasy

narrative

Formal

letters

Playscript

Midsumme

r Night’s

Dream -

Shakespear

e

‘Full

Power’

(Science –

Electricity

and

energy)

Fiver

Challenge

-

Enterprise

Story with a dilemma – linked to TARRAGON film -Eng Explanation – Hinduism beliefs RE book Write a persuasive letter to MP – SEND MY FRIEND TO SCHOOL – PSHE/Global Writing persuasive letter – Fairtrade (to parents) Thankyou letter to Enterprise Business Partners

Instruct:

Persuade: letter to MP

(send my friend to

school)

Letter re Fairtrade

Entertain: Story

Describe: story

Discuss:

Explain: Hindu beliefs

Inform:

Comprehension

C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59

Texts

T/P7 T/P8 T/P9

T/P10 T/P11

Speaking &

Listening

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

C6 C7 C8 C9 C10

C11 C12

Writing

C49 C50 C51

C52 C53 C54

C55 C56 C57

C58 C59 C60

C61 C62 C63

T8 T

Vocabulary

Whole school

word of the

week

See Topic

vocabulary list

To be able to

use a full range

of punctuation

with accuracy.

know what the

different word

classes are.

accurately use

speech marks

P14 P15 P16

P17 P18

S12 S13 S14 S15

Word list –

years 5 and 6

Recap 3 and

4 wordlists

CGP – 10

minute

reading tests –

Book 2 –

Set A test 4

‘Challenging

Captivity’ -

letter

Collins book 6

– Non-fiction

(emails)

‘Climate

change, what

climate

change?’

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 3 –

‘Goodnight Mr

Tom’

Michelle

Magorian

parents - Pre-

SATs meeting

Experiences:

Healthy Schools

visit PSHE

Heart start visit

performance Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 4 –

Year 6 Literature Spine Summer 2

Main text Secondary texts

Reading/ writing genre

Cross curricular links/IPC topics

Independent or extended writing (red dot)

Writing for Purpose Key objectives Grammar/ Punctuation/ vocab

Spellings/

Guided/ Recip reading Comprehen- sions

Class novel Experience workshops

The Giant’s Necklace

Michael Morpurgo

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Michael Morpurgo

Diary of Anne

Frank

mystery

Going

Global

(Links to

Fairtrade)

Fiver

Challenge

with

Dragon’s

Den

presentati

on

Diary entry

for main

character

(Michael)

Non-

chronological

report-

inspirational

people of

war – RE

book

Whole school

assessment –

narrative Eng

book

Instruct:

Persuade: oral

presentation Dragon’s

Den C1C2 C4 C5 C6 C7

Entertain: Story

Describe:

Discuss:

Explain:

Inform: Diary entry

for main character

Non-chron report –

inspirational people

Comprehension

C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59

Texts

T/P7 T/P8 T/P9

T/P10 T/P11

Speaking &

Listening

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6

C7 C8 C9 C10 C11

C12

Writing

C49 C50 C51 C52

C53 C54 C55 C56

C57 C58 C59 C60

C61 C62 C63

T8 T9

See individual plans

for sentence level

Vocabulary

Whole school

word of the

week

See Topic

vocabulary list

Using modal

verbs

Editing skills

C62. Ensuring the

consistent and

correct use of

Word list – years

5 and 6

Recap 3 and 4

wordlists

‘The Long

Walk’

George Layton

Ginn – Key

comprehensio

n book 4 –

‘Anne Frank’s

Diary’ Unit 6

CGP – 10

minute

reading tests –

Kensuke’s

Kingdom –

Michael

Morpurgo

Experiences:

Entry and Exit

events (IPC)

Y6 Leaver’s

assembly c8 c9

c10 c12

Blackpool Visit

(end of 6Y trip)

Sue Palmer –

big books –

Diaries

Invictus –poem

TP10

tense throughout

a piece of writing.

C63. Ensuring

correct subject

and verb

agreement when

using singular and

plural,

Using speech

P14 P15 P16 P17 P18

S12 S13 S14 S15

Focus on P.E.E

(point/evidenc

e explain)