Year 3 English
Autumn
Throughout the autumn terms we have a strong focus on grammar; consolidating the children's understanding of simple and compound sentences, learning to use of inverted commas to demarcate direct speech, using apostrophes for contractions and to show possession, adverbs to indicate time, place and manner and adding description through the use of noun phrases.
In Autumn Term 1 we achieve this through basing short written pieces on the books 'Into The Forest' and 'The Tunnel' by Anthony Browne. We also produce fact files about a mythical creature.
In Autumn Term 2 we base our writing on 'Stone Age Boy' and 'How To Wash a Woolly Mammoth'.
Our spelling lessons will be based on the Herts For Learning scheme.
Spring
In Spring 1 we will read 'Iron Man' before writing our own defeating a monster story. We will consolidate our learning of speech punctuation and apostrophes before introducing figurative language and complex sentences. We will continue to practise this grammar by writing a non-chronological report about robots.
In Spring 2 we read 'Journey' by Aaron Becker and the children will write their own journey story using the grammar taught so far as well as exploring when to use standard and non-standard English. They will also write letters to persuade the King to free the phoenix.
Our spelling lessons will be based on the Herts For Learning scheme.
Summer
During the Summer 1 we will write stories about defeating monsters based on 'Fantastic Mr Fox'. Through these stories the children will try to demonstrate the grammar learned so far and wells as exploring narrative techniques. The children will also look at the use of paragraphs when they write non-chronological reports about nocturnal animals.
In Summer 2 our writing is linked to our history topic of Ancient Egypt when we write rags to riches stories based on Egyptian Cinderella and non-chronological reports about this civilisation. We will revisit any areas identified as requiring a recap as well as allowing the children the opportunity to showcase the grammar learned throughout the year.
Our spelling lessons will be based on the Herts For Learning scheme.
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