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Learning > Literacy Medium Term Planning
Download or view complete medium term plans covering every term of every year group. Written by Literacy consultant Julie Steer and based on the NLS, the plans come with examples to show how 2Simple Software helps to meet the objectives listed.

Please check again for more examples, as we will be updating this area regularly. Note: Please be aware that we cannot be responsible for content or linked content on external websites suggested in the plans. Teachers should use these suggestions with discretion.

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Grade 1			Download
Café	Car	Grade 1 - Stories with familiar settings; rhymes with predictable and repetitive patterns Non fiction signs labels captions.
		Grade 1 - Traditional stories and rhymes, fairy stories; stories and poems with predictable and patterned language from a range of cultures including playground chants, action verses and rhymes; plays.
		Grade 1 - Stories about fantasy worlds; poems with patterned and predictable structures; variety of poems on similar themes;

Grade 2			Download
	Tom and Jerry	Grade 2 - Stories with familiar settings, instruction texts, rhyming and non rhyming poetry.
		Grade 2 - Range Traditional tales; stories and poems from other cultures; stories and poems with predictable and patterned language; poems by significant children’s poets;
		Grade 2 - Extended stories; stories by the same significant children’s author; texts with language play e.g. riddles, tongue twisters, humorous verse and stories Non Fiction: Information books including non chronological reports.

Grade 3			Download
	Tom and Jerry	Grade 3 - Stories with familiar settings; plays; poems based on observation and the senses; shape poems. Information books on topics of interest.
		Grade 3 - Myths, legends, fables, parables: traditional stories, stories with related themes: oral and performance poetry from different cultures.
		Grade 3 - Adventure and mystery stories; stories by the same author; humorous poetry, poetry that plays with language, word puzzles, puns, riddles.

Grade 4		Download
	Grade 4 - Historical stories and short novel; play scripts; poems based on common themes, e.g. space, animals, families, feelings, viewpoints.
	Grade 4 - Stories/novels about imagined worlds: Science fiction, fantasy adventures, stories in series; classic & modern poetry, including poems from different cultures & times.
	Grade 4 - Stories/short novels, etc. that raise issues e.g. bullying, bereavement, injustice; stories by same author; stories from other cultures. Range of poetry in different forms e.g. haiku, cinquain, couplets, lists, thin poems, alphabets, conversations, monologues, syllabics, prayers, epitaphs, songs, rhyming forms and free verse.

Grade 5		Download
	Grade 5 - Novels, stories and poems by significant children’s writers; play-scripts concrete poetry.
	Grade 5 - Traditional stories, myths, legends, fables from a range of cultures; longer classic poetry, including narrative poetry.
	Grade 5 - Persuasive writing to argue a point of view; letters commentaries; leaflets to persuade; protests; dictionaries and thesuaurus including IT sources.

Grade 6		Download
	Grade 6 - Classic fiction, poetry & drama by long-established authors, where appropriate, study Shakespeare play; adaptations of classics on film/ TV.
	Grade 6 - Longer established stories & novels selected from more than one genre; e.g. mystery, humour, sci-fi, historical, fantasy worlds, etc. to study & compare; range of poetic forms e.g. kennings, limericks, riddles, cinquain, tanka, poems written in other forms (as adverts, letter, diary entries, conversational), free verse, nonsense verse.
	Grade 6 - Comparison of work by significant children’s author(s) & poets: a) work by same author b) different authors’ treatment of same theme(s).