This detailed mixed age English plan will support teachers in Year 5/6 to deliver an exciting and engaging unit of work in a narrative genre. The plan has been carefully crafted to allow children to meet the heightened demands of Curriculum 2014. The plan weaves together the statements from the reading (word reading and comprehension) and writing (transcription, handwriting, composition, VGP and spelling) components of the 2014 curriculum, showing how all of these aspects of learning can be addressed through creative learning experiences. The plan is based on a great text that allows for exciting opportunities to develop the children’s reading, writing and spoken language. The plan has been written for a mixed age class but could just as easily be differentiated to be used with a single age class.

Core text:  Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett