KS1 & KS2 English curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of writing in a formal, non-fiction style from the Year 2 unit 'Monster pizza: instructions writing'. Here, pupils write a non-chronological report for the first time, learning some basic key features around how to structure a report with an introduction and themed paragraphs. Pupils focus on generating knowledge and key subject-specific vocabulary about the event at the start of the unit. This unit prepares pupils for more non-chronological report writing in the Year 2 unit 'Nocturnal animals: non-chronological report'.

1. Learning the features of a non-chronological report
2. Generating knowledge about The Great Fire of London
3. Analysing the language to use in a report about the Great Fire of London
4. Preparing the introduction of a report on The Great Fire of London
5. Writing the introduction of a report on The Great Fire of London
6. Planning a section on how the fire started for a non-chronological report
7. Writing the first section of a report on the Great Fire of London
8. Planning the second section of a report on the Great Fire of London
9. Writing the second section of a report on the Great Fire of London