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.

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.

This two-week scheme of work has been specifically designed and written for you to build a connection with your new class right from the beginning of the academic year. Through the book, ‘Sunflower Sisters’, each child will get to share their identity with you, share who they look up to and develop a strong sense of belonging in their new class. Through fun and creative English, DT and PSHE learning, the children will get to know you quickly which will propel the fundamental relationship between you and your class. This download is week one of the two-week scheme. The second week can be downloaded at www.teachingfromtext.com for FREE!

Our Christmas gift to you is a 10 x 1 hour English scheme of work and ALL the resources you will need based on ‘The Woodcutter and the Snow Prince’ by Ian Eagleton. Whilst immersing themselves into this LGBTQ+ inclusive children’s book, your class will use figurative language to write both free verse and reverse poems, as well as intertwining their art skills to produce some stunning outcomes. So, relax and enjoy the last two weeks of term as you and your class follow the Snow Prince’s fight for happiness.

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.

‘Peril at the Bake Off ‘ by Ruth Quayle is the perfect mix of humour, suspense and mystery to appeal to all young readers. The story follows Joe, Pip and Tom during their summer stay with their Granny in the crime-filled village of Muddlemoor. Thank goodness the trio came to stay so they could solve the mystery, which surrounded their Granny and the village’s very important Bake Off competition! This is WEEK 1 of a six-week unit of work which has been written for Year 3 and 4 children (ages 7-9). It includes 30 x 1 hours lesson plans, differentiated resources, engaging hand-drawn images, bespoke teaching videos, high quality example texts, word mats, drama opportunities and success criteria. As all of this is included within the scheme, which only leaves the printing of resources for you to do! It is that simple – the scheme is ready to pick up and use for an entire term! During the six-week unit, the children will learn an array of grammar skills directly from the National Curriculum objectives: conjunctions of time, adverbs of manner, imperative verbs and how to correctly punctuate direct speech. The scheme also includes objectives from the reading curriculum and has many drama opportunities for the children to develop their speaking and listening skills. There are two main writing outcomes for the scheme of work (including lots of smaller tasks in between). The first is an instruction text - where the children get to make delicious cakes and then write a recipe for them. The second is a mystery narrative. There are many high quality WAGOLLs (What a Good One looks Like) included in the scheme. The children use the WAGOLLs to base their own writing on. During the unit, the children will learn about the features of a mystery genre and conclude the six-week period by writing their own predictive narrative about what happens to the main characters in the story. Peril at the Bake off – text © 2021 Ruth Quayle, illustrations © 2021 Marta Kissi Published by Andersen Press

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 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.

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.

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.

Year 2, this one is for you! Here is one English lesson, part of a one-week scheme which can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website . This includes ALL the resources based on the wonderful book ‘Just Like Grandpa Jazz’ by Tarah L. Gear. Whilst focusing on capital letters, full stops and conjunctions, your children will be getting to know what Grandpa Jazz has in his ‘suitcase of treasures’, and where each treasure came from. The children will then be gathering four special items and creating their own ‘suitcase of treasures!’ Finally, the children will write a letter to Grandpa Jazz telling him all about the four treasures in their own suitcase. A fun-filled week designed to completely immerse your class in the story ‘Just like Grandpa Jazz’.

n the dark depth of Second World War, with no end in sight, Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands find themselves fighting their own war - the war against famine, enslavement and arrest. Edda, a teenage girl with a lion heart, finds herself doing anything she can to help the Dutch resistance fight back against their oppressors. We have written an eight-week English scheme of work to follow Edda’s journey fraught with peril and hardship. During the eight weeks, your class will be focusing on grammar techniques: apostrophes for possession, relative clauses, embedded clauses, colons, semicolons, conjunctive adverbs, adverbials of time and place, subordinating conjunctions and integrated speech. Our grammar learning opportunities feed directly into the four extended pieces of writing your class will create throughout the unit: a non-chronological report, a diary entry recount, a predictive narrative and a biography. Like all of our schemes, we write with two things in mind: outstanding lessons based around a high-quality text and teachers’ well-being. Every single resource is included for you: lessons plans, WAGOLLs, differentiated activities, teaching videos, knowledge organisers, word mats and even our very own hand-drawn images. Everything is completely editable so, if you should need to, you can tailor make the material to suit the needs of every single learner in your class. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s 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.

Year 1, this is especially for you! Here is one English lesson from a week’s scheme of work and ALL the resources based on the wonderful book ‘Just Like Grandpa Jazz’ by Tarah. L. Gear. Go to Teaching From Text’s website to download the full week for free! Whilst focusing on capital letters and full stops, your children will be sequencing the events from the story, playing a fun board game which is carefully linked to the text, writing a description of Grandpa Jazz, creating character stick puppets and writing a postcard from Frank to his mum. A fun-filled week designed to completely immerse your class in the story ‘Just like Grandpa Jazz’.

This two-week scheme of work has been specifically designed and written for you to build a connection with your new class right from the beginning of the academic year. Through the book, ‘Sunflower Sisters’, each child will get to share their identity with you, share who they look up to and develop a strong sense of belonging in their new class. Through fun and creative English, DT and PSHE learning, the children will get to know you quickly which will propel the fundamental relationship between you and your class. This is week one of the two-week scheme. The whole scheme can be downloaded from Teaching From Text’s website for FREE!

‘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. This unit, written for Years 3 and 4 (ages 7-9) 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. During this unit the children will have an opportunity to develop their retrieval and inference skills, create a festive cinquain (and therefore develop an understanding of word classes), perform poetry, write a set of instructions, participate in a purposeful debate, practise editing skills and create a festive letter of thanks. 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

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.

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.

‘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

Our Christmas gift to you is a 10 x 1 hour English scheme of work and ALL the resources you will need based on ‘The Woodcutter and the Snow Prince’ by Ian Eagleton. Whilst immersing themselves into this LGBTQ+ inclusive children’s book, your class will use figurative language to write both free verse and reverse poems, as well as intertwining their art skills to produce some stunning outcomes. So, relax and enjoy the last two weeks of term as you and your class follow the Snow Prince’s fight for happiness.