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1
The BFG - Narrative Writing
20 lessons
2
Into the Forest by Anthony Browne
Unavailable
3
Portia Spiders - Non-Chronological Report
20 lessons
4
Mulan by Michaela Morgan
Unavailable
5
The Man on the Moon - Narrative Writing
15 lessons
6
The Fate of Fausto - Narrative Writing
Unavailable
7
The Firework Maker's Daughter by Phillip Pullman
Unavailable
8
Monster Pizza - Instructions
10 lessons
9
Healthy Food - Persuasive writing
10 lessons
10
King of the Sky by Nicola Davies
Unavailable
11
The Day the Crayons Quit - Persuasive writing
15 lessons
12
Aladdin - Narrative Writing
20 lessons
13
The Happy Prince - Narrative Writing
20 lessons
14
The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Unavailable
15
How Bees make Honey - Explanation writing
15 lessons

Choose a unit (40)

Year 3 • English
1
Simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences
8 lessons
2
Tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect
5 lessons
3
Speech first punctuation and apostrophes
5 lessons
4
Writing -ed and -ing suffixes
12 lessons
5
More suffixes and silent letters
12 lessons
6
Prefixes, homonyms and homophones
14 lessons
7
Further study of the four joins
6 lessons
8
Letter strings
6 lessons
9
Building fluency in silent letters, homophones, and common exception words
6 lessons
10
Character: big, beautiful and eye words
6 lessons
11
Character: small, confident and shy words
6 lessons
12
Character: clever and clumsy words
4 lessons
13
Developing reading preferences in year 3
4 lessons
14
'Mulan': reading
5 lessons
15
'The BFG': reading and narrative writing
12 lessons
16
The Portia Spider: non-chronological report
10 lessons
17
Poet focus: 'Werewolf Club Rules' by Joseph Coelho
10 lessons
18
'The Man on the Moon': narrative writing
12 lessons
19
'Swallow's Kiss': book club
2 lessons
20
'The Pebble in my Pocket': reading
5 lessons
21
'The Moon Dragons': reading
5 lessons
22
Oral storytelling
4 lessons
23
'The Iron Man': reading
5 lessons
24
'The Iron Man': narrative writing
10 lessons
25
How Bees Make Honey: explanation text
8 lessons
26
'Anansi and the Antelope Baby': reading
5 lessons
27
'The Journey': diary writing
8 lessons
28
'The Sheep Pig': reading
4 lessons
29
'Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx': book club
2 lessons
30
King Tut or Healthy Lifestyle: non-chronological report
King Tut: non-chronological report
10 lessons
Healthy Lifestyle: non-chronological report
10 lessons
31
'Rushing Rivers': reading
4 lessons
32
Mummification: explanation text
8 lessons
33
'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and diary writing
9 lessons
34
'The Firework Maker's Daughter': reading and narrative writing
12 lessons
35
Poetry inspired by big and small objects: understanding form
8 lessons
36
'Varjak Paw': book club
2 lessons
37
The Stone Age: non-chronological report
10 lessons
38
'The Day the Crayons Quit': reading and writing persuasive letters
8 lessons
39
Introduction to speeches
4 lessons
40
Reading and performing scripts
4 lessons