This is WEEK 1 of a full scheme of work for Lower Key Stage 2 children comprises of 30 x 1 hour English lesson plans and ALL resources (differentiated) for a 6-week unit centered around ‘Escape From Pompeii’ by Christina Balit. The unit covers narrative writing, diary writing and poetry (both narrative and free verse). As well as these three rich writing opportunities, the unit contains many punctuation and grammar aspects through bespoke teaching videos, teaching slides and hand-drawn illustrations. This unit covers expanded noun phrases, pronoun types, fronted adverbials, conjunctions and direct speech. The English unit also contains many reading objectives and opportunities for speaking and listening through drama, discussion and performance. ‘Escape from Pompeii, written and illustrated by Christina Balit, published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, copyright © 2005. Reproduced by permission of Quarto Publishing Plc.’ This is week 1 of a six-week scheme. The rest of the scheme can be found on our website.

Let us introduce you to our six-week English scheme or work for Years 3 and 4 (P4 and 5) based on ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx’ by Joe Todd Stanton. If you haven’t already seen this brilliant text, it’s a graphic novel based on Ancient Egypt. Our scheme of work contains 30 x 1 hour lesson plans which include differentiated activities for your class. We have progressive grammar lessons on conjunctions, adverbs, commands, commas, figurative language, expanded noun phrases and direct speech. Each grammar focus paves the pathway to three extended pieces of writing: instructional writing, a quest narrative and a play script. Also included within this English scheme of work are WAGOLL texts, bespoke teaching videos and our engaging hand-drawn images all meticulously linked to ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx’. So, save yourself hours of time and download your six weeks of English planning now! Please note that this FREE download is Week 1 of a 6-week scheme. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

When Ettie’s world gets turned upside down, she does everything she can to survive in Victorian London. Follow Ettie, and her brother Joe, as they navigate the harsh conditions for children, pick pocketing and … the consequences! We have six-weeks of fully resourced English planning (based on ‘Fagin’s Girl’ by Karen McCombie) ready to make your trip back to Victorian Britain stress free! Included in the 30 x 1 hour lesson plans (written for Years 3 and 4 – P4 and P5) are teaching videos intricately linking the storyline with grammar teaching; modelled texts; creative activities with adaptive teaching strategies; and engaging images throughout. Your class will complete three extended pieces of writing over the six weeks: instructional writing, a non-chronological report and a newspaper article. So, download now and transport your class back to London 1836.

We invite you to download week 1 of our fully resourced rivers English planning based on ‘Song of the River’ for FREE. Times are tough for Cari and her mum. A violent storm has flooded the valley where they live, destroying their home and café business. Could reintroducing beavers to the area prevent another devastating flood? About the full scheme Within our fully resourced English planning based on the environmental novel, ‘Song of the River’ by Gill Lewis, we have 30 x 1 hour English lessons for Years 3 and 4 (P4 and 5). Our fully resourced English planning includes easy to follow lesson plans, teaching videos linking the text to tricky grammar concepts, modelled texts, engaging images and creative activities centered around adaptive teaching. Throughout the six weeks, your class will complete three extended pieces of work: a narrative, a non-chronological report and a persuasive text. So come and join Cari as she fights to protect the landscape, her home and her mum’s livelihood. You can download the six weeks of fully resourced English planning from www.teachingfromtext.com

Week 1 from the full scheme of work described here: This is the first week from a full scheme of work for Upper Key Stage 2 children comprises of 60 x 1 hour English lesson plans and ALL resources (differentiated) for a 12 week unit centered around ‘Journey to the River Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson. The unit covers non-chronological report writing (based on the Amazon Rainforest); biography writing, poetry and persuasive writing. As well as four rich writing opportunities (non-chronological report writing, biography writing, poetry and persuasive writing) the unit covers many punctuation and grammar aspects through bespoke teaching videos and teaching slides. The unit covers word classes, prepositions, relative clauses, determiners, cohesion, subject and verb agreement, perfect form of verbs and irregular verbs. The English unit has strong links with PSHCE as it explores the themes of prejudice and discrimination in ‘Journey to the River Sea’ as well as learning that personal behaviours can affect other people.

Set in an unnamed country, this is a timely and important book, which illuminates the realities of life as a refugee. The first-person narration simply but powerfully conveys Shif’s terror at the violence and cruelty he encounters, as well as his sense of loss. The horrors he is escaping are all too real, but this is ultimately a story about the power of kindness and the strength of the human spirit. This six-week English unit of work has been written for Years 5 and 6 (aged 9-11). It contains 30 x 1 hour English lesson plans, which include differentiated, engaging activities and top teaching tips. The scheme includes all the resources you will need ready for you to print off including differentiated activities, success criteria, WAGOLLs (writing models) and word mats. During the unit many vocabulary and grammar techniques are covered: emotive and figurative language; semicolons, colons and dashes; and cohesive devises. The children will have regular shorter writing tasks such as letter writing from the main character to his little sister, a recount and free verse poetry. The children will also have a longer writing task (a biography of the main character) to embed their grammar learning. If that wasn’t enough, our scheme includes beautiful hand-drawn images and bespoke teaching videos to engage your children further. This heart-wrenching and uplifting book will stay with you and your class forever. *Please note that this is week 1 of the 6-week scheme. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website. * Pushkin Children’s Books, author - Ele Fountain, cover designer - Katie Everson

Teaching From Text is so excited to share with you **WEEK 1 **of our twelve-week scheme of work for Years 5 and 6 (aged 9-11) based around Katherine Rundell’s amazing book ‘The Explorer’. The complete English scheme of work contains 60 x 1 hour lesson plans and ALL the resources you will need! Your children will be gently paced through the book whilst they get to know the characters through a range of reading, grammar and writing activities. The children will complete four pieces of extended writing: a non-chronological report, a biography, narrative poetry and then you will have the choice of the final piece - either persuasive writing or an adventure narrative! You can enjoy a stress free adventure as we provide you with everything you will need: lesson plans, differentiated activities, example texts, teaching videos, whiteboard slides, posters for your Working Wall and gorgeous hand-drawn images! So let the adventure begin… The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

If you are looking for a gripping Stone Age text for mature Year 3 and 4 learners (ages 7-9), then look no further! We have based our thirty fully resourced English lessons on ‘The Wild Way Home’ by Sophie Kirtley. The text follows Charlie as he runs away from a problem… and surprisingly finds himself back in the Stone Age! In this FREE download, you will find the first five fully resourced lessons. The rest of the fully resourced English planning can be downloaded from Teaching From Text website.

About this Scheme of Work This is week 1 of a seven- week scheme of work. This English seven-week scheme of work has been centred around ‘The Leopard in the Golden Cage’ by Julia Edwards. It is a fantastically engaging text which tells the story of young Joe, who mysteriously time travels back to Roman Britain when he visits the ruins of a Roman Palace! Here, he forms a strong friendship with Lucy – a daughter from an important Roman family who lived in the Palace during Roman times. With Joe travelling back and forth, without control, the story unfolds containing many twists and turns! This 35 x 1 hour English Scheme of Work is written for Year 4. All Learning Intentions come from the National Curriculum for Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation for Lower Key Stage 2. During this unit, the children have three extended writing tasks: • Letter Writing • Non-Chronological Report • Narrative Many grammar objectives are also covered throughout the scheme, which have been designed to engage the children as they develop their understanding. These objectives include adverbs or manner and time, fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases, time and cause conjunctions and using and punctuating direct speech. Furthermore, the scheme also covers many of the Year 4 reading objectives, including inference, summarising, explaining the meaning of words in context, using words that capture a reader’s attention, retrieving and recording non-fiction information, predicting, participating in discussions, and finally, identifying themes across the text. This scheme will save teachers a whole term of planning and preparation time for English lessons! Every single lesson plan and resource you will need for the whole seven weeks is provided for you. The scheme includes a variety of resources which are all ready to print off and use! This includes differentiated activities, research sheets for the children, posters for the Working Wall, handouts for the children, success criteria checklists and high-quality written examples of the extended writing expectations. And if this wasn’t enough, all of the resource illustrations are hand-drawn, as well as the scheme containing bespoke teaching videos, both of which engage the children. Julia Edwards offers school visits and Zoom visits from her Scar Gatherer website. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

Our thirty fully resourced English lessons for Years 3 and 4 are based upon the enchanting book, ‘Nell and the Cave Bear’ by Martin Brown. This is a light-hearted, humorous and exciting book set in the Stone Age. Your class will step back into the Stone Age to follow Nell, a fiercely protective young girl who is determined to travel to the ends of the earth to protect her best friend, Cave Bear. The FREE download includes the first five fully resourced lessons. The remainder of the fully resourced English planning can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

About this Scheme of Work. This download is Week 1 of a 6 week unit of work. This English six-week scheme of work has been centred around ‘Song of the Dolphin Boy’ by Elizabeth Laird. It tells the story of Finn; he’s a young and lonely boy who struggles to be accepted by his peers. His father does not seem to give him the love and attention he should, and he will not let Finn near the waters where they live. However, he does have some hidden secrets about Finn! The book follows Finn’s journey in trying to make friends and learn his true identity, as well as trying to prevent further plastic pollution in the ocean to protect the dolphins. This scheme includes a clear and thorough understanding of plastic pollution in our oceans; this a current topic which children should be aware of. This scheme of work links perfectly with many topics: • Environment • Oceans • Looking after our planet • Pollution This 30 x 1 hour English Scheme of Work is written for Years 3 and 4 (age 7-9). All Learning Intentions come from the National Curriculum for Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation for Lower Key Stage 2. During this unit, the children have three extended writing tasks: • Narrative Writing ● Explanation Text ● Persuasion Text Many grammar objectives are also covered throughout the scheme. These include single and plural apostrophes, expanded noun phrases, direct speech, conjunctions of time, causal conjunctions, adverbials of time, fronted adverbials and present tense. And there is more! In addition to this, the scheme also covers many reading objectives, including performance poetry, character profiling using inference, using a dictionary, retrieving information from non-fiction and debating. This scheme of work will save teachers a lot of time! Each resource you will need for the whole six weeks is provided within the scheme. This includes differentiated activities, research, posters for the Working Wall, handouts for the children, success criteria checklists and high-quality written examples of extended writing expectations. Finally, all resource illustrations are hand-drawn and bespoke teaching videos are used to engage the children further.

Welcome to Week 1 of our six-week English scheme of work based on ‘Boudica’s Army’ by Hilary Mckay written especially for Year 3 (aged 7 and 8)! ‘Boudica’s Army’ is perfectly pitched for Year 3: it follows Boudica’s rampage against the Romans in a mild and age appropriate way whilst focusing on an unlikely but heartwarming friendship between a Roman and Celt. Our 30 x 1 hour English lessons will take your class through the story with carefully planned differentiated grammar activities: pronouns, nouns, conjunctions, adverbs and fronted adverbials. Your class will complete three extended pieces of writing: an explanation text, a play script and a persuasive letter. This scheme of work will enable you to regain your work-life-balance! We have created every single resource for you: whiteboard slides, word mats, teaching videos, differentiated activities, posters for your Working Wall and our engaging hand-drawn images. So take a look at Week 1 of our six-week scheme of work, take the pressure off yourself and let the learning rampage through your classroom! The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

Welcome to our three-week fully resourced English planning based on ‘Omar, the Bees and Me’ by Helen Mortimer. These fifteen fully resourced English lessons have been specifically written for Year 1 children. Throughout the English scheme of work, the children will learn fascinating facts about bees and use their knowledge to write a persuasive poster to look after our bees! They will plant sunflower seeds to attract bees and then write a set of instructions for other people to follow in their excellent footsteps. The three weeks will culminate in the children writing a shape poem all about bees! Our English plans are buzzing with resources: teaching videos intricately linked to the text covering grammar concepts, differentiated activities, whiteboard slides, word banks and a whole hive of visual prompts and scaffolding for the learners in your class. This fully resourced English scheme of work is beautiful as a stand-alone unit of work, or it might be just what you are looking for to link your English lessons to your topic if you are studying ‘Animals including humans’ or ‘Minibeasts’. PLEASE NOTE that this download contains lesson 1 and lesson 2. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

This is a three-week English scheme of work based on ‘Vlad – and the – Great Fire of London’ by Kate and Sam Cunningham. The scheme includes 15 x 1 hour English lesson plans which will immerse your Year 2 children in the Great Fire of London topic whilst guiding them through coordination, subordination, statements, questions and exclamations. The grammar tasks will lead your class into two extended pieces of writing – an explanation text and a diary entry. Within our scheme of work are all the resources you will need including teaching videos (intricately linked to the text), all activities to support your adaptive teaching, a plethora of oracy activities, WAGOLL texts, knowledge organisers, word mats and of course, our hand-drawn images. Please note that this is lessons 1 and 2 from the scheme. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

Welcome to our three-week fully resourced English planning based on ‘Omar, the Bees and Me’ by Helen Mortimer. The fifteen fully resourced English lessons have been specifically written for Year 2 children. Throughout the English scheme of work, the children will learn fascinating facts about bees and use their knowledge to write a non-chronological report about honey bees. Following this, your class will be buzzing with excitement when they get to make their own honey cake and write a set of instructions for other people to follow their recipe. Our English plans are a hive of resources: teaching videos intricately linked to the text covering grammar concepts, differentiated activities, whiteboard slides, word banks and a whole hive of visual prompts and scaffolding for the learners in your class. This fully resourced English scheme of work is beautiful as a stand-alone unit of work, or it might be just what you are looking for to link your English lessons to your topic if you are studying ‘Animals including humans’ or ‘Minibeasts’. Please note that this download is lesson 1 and lesson 2. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

Year 2 teachers, it’s time to unwrap your Christmas gift! Enjoy the enchanting book, ‘Where Bjorn Belongs’ by Samuel Langley-Swain, through our creative English Christmas planning for Year 2. Your class will be writing letters to Father Christmas as the main character Arthur, promising to keep his new polar bear safe. They will be creating posters about the Arctic, thinking of creative ways to keep Bjorn – the polar bear in the story – cold and will even transform into Father Christmas through role play. So, take the pressure off the end of term and let the magic unfold! This is lesson one from the week’s scheme. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

Our Christmas gift to you, Year 1 teachers, is a free scheme of work based on the beautiful book, ‘Where Bjorn Belongs’ by Samuel Langley-Swain. Using our Christmas planning for Year 1, your class will be writing letters to Father Christmas as the main character, Arthur, asking for a new polar bear. They will be thinking of creative ways to keep the polar bear cold and will even be learning about the Arctic! So, take the pressure off the end of term and enjoy this gift of time. This is lesson one of the free week. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

We have three weeks – that’s 15 x 1 hour English lesson plans – ready for you to download! This English scheme of work is based around ‘Vlad - and the - Florence Nightingale Adventure’ by Kate and Sam Cunningham. Your Year 2 class will be immersed within the topics of Florence Nightingale and The Crimean War whilst learning about expanded noun phrases, coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. The children will complete a range of grammar games and tasks which lead into two extended pieces of writing – a non-chronological report and a narrative. Included in our scheme are all the resources you will need including teaching videos (intricately linked to the text), all activities to support your adaptive teaching, a plethora of oracy activities, WAGOLL texts, knowledge organisers, word mats and of course, our hand-drawn images. Please note that this download includes lessons 1 and 2 of the unit of work. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

Welcome to our six-week English scheme of work for Upper Key Stage 2 (P6 and 7) based on ‘She Wolf’ by Dan Smith. We adore the powerful, female protagonist, Ylva: a fiercely strong, young Viking girl who is determined to avenge her mother’s death. Our 30 x 1 hour English lesson plans will take your class through the text whilst they complete a wide range of differentiated activities. With oracy tasks weaved throughout our entire scheme, your class will enthusiastically discuss the themes and language in the book. All of the grammar objectives are creatively linked to the text: expanded noun phrases, adverbials of time and place, conjunctive adverbs, relative clauses, subordinating conjunctions, figurative language and direct speech. The grammar tasks will provide the children with the skills they need to complete two extended pieces of writing - an explanation text and a predictive narrative. Like all our English schemes of work, this six-week unit includes bespoke teaching videos, WAGOLL texts and our hand-drawn images. This download is Week 1 of a 6-week scheme. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website.

‘The Dog That Saved Christmas’ by Nicola Davies is the touching, diverse and insightful story about Jake, a young boy who struggles with the noises, lights, other people and the lack of routine which comes with the festive period. Christmas is a real nightmare for Jake, until he finds a lost dog and she becomes his trusty companion. The bond that quickly develops between the two of them changes Jake’s views and makes the difficulties he experiences, much more bearable. Teaching From Text have created this FREE two week long scheme of work, to help you with those final weeks before the Christmas holidays. This unit contains 10 x 1 hour English lesson plans, differentiated and engaging activities, top teaching tips, hand-drawn images, bespoke teaching videos, ALL resources needed and opportunities for the development of reading, writing, PAG and oral skills – all of which focus on this diverse text. This two-week English unit of work has been written for Years 5 and 6 (ages 9-11). During this unit the children will have an opportunity to develop their retrieval and inference skills, expand their understanding of figurative language and imagery, create free verse poems, perform poetry, develop their summarising skills, practise editing skills, create a persuasive speech with an understanding of emotive language and participate in a purposeful debate. This unit of work can be downloaded for free as our Christmas gift to you, allowing you more time for self-care in those final build-up weeks to Christmas. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support this year and to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a restful New Year! Nicola and Davina