KS1 & KS2 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' understanding of non-fiction writing from the Year 4 unit 'Anglerfish: non-chronological report'. However, the focus here is on writing a journalistic report. In this unit, pupils are introduced to journalistic writing for the first time. Pupils learn to write in a journalistic tone a recount of a newsworthy event from a fictional stimulus, including quotations from bystanders. This unit prepares pupils for the Year 5 unit 'The Titanic: journalistic report writing', which is based on a true historical event.

1. Framing the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' as a newsworthy event
2. Analysing the features of a journalistic report
3. Generating vocabulary for a journalistic report
4. Writing the opening of a journalistic report
5. Planning the recount section of a journalistic report
6. Writing the recount section of a journalistic report
7. Planning the quotes paragraph of a journalistic report
8. Writing the quotes paragraph of a journalistic report
9. Writing the closing of a journalistic report
10. Presenting a journalistic report on 'Little Red Riding Hood'