Ideas for Literacy Activities

  
 
Year 3 Term 2
Range: Myths, legends, fables; traditional stories
Relevant Objectives: TEXT
Reading comprehension
1 to investigate the styles and voices of traditional story language – collect examples, e.g. story openings and endings; scene openers, e.g. ‘Now when…’, ‘A long time ago…’, list, compare and use in own writing;
3 to identify and discuss main and recurring characters, evaluate their behaviour and justify views;

Writing composition
7 to describe and sequence key incidents in a variety of ways, e.g. by listing, charting, mapping, making simple storyboards;
8 to write portraits of characters, using story text to describe behaviour and characteristics, and presenting portraits in a variety of ways, e.g. as posters, labelled diagrams, letters to friends about them;
9 to write a story plan for own myth, fable or traditional tale, using story theme from reading but substituting different characters or changing the setting;

Relevant Objectives: SENTENCE
2 the function of adjectives within sentences, through;
identifying adjectives in shared reading;
discussing and defining what they have in common i.e. words which qualify nouns;
experimenting with deleting and substituting adjectives and noting effects on meaning;
collecting and classifying adjectives, e.g. for colours, sizes, moods;
experimenting with the impact of different adjectives through shared writing;
3 to use the term adjective appropriately;

Suggested Literacy Activities for Y3 Term 2:
  • Sequencing the story
  • Improving sentences
  • Character portraits
  • Storyboarding plan for modern version of the tale
Other possibilities:
T16 to write instructions, using a range of organisational devices, e.g. lists, dashes, commas for lists in sentences, recognising the importance of correct sequence; use ‘writing frames’ as appropriate for support
Eg, How To Defeat A Giant Worm

Y3 Term 1
T14 to write simple playscripts based on own reading and oral work - CHANCE FOR INDEPENDENT APPLICATION OF SKILLS
Year 5 Term 2
Range: (i) traditional stories, myths, legends, fables from a range of cultures; (ii) longer classic poetry, including narrative poetry.
Relevant Objectives:
TEXT
Reading comprehension
2 to investigate different versions of the same story in print or on film, identifying similarities and differences; recognise how stories change over time and differences of culture and place that are expressed in stories;

Writing composition
11 to write own versions of legends, myths and fables, using structures and themes identified in reading;
13 to review and edit writing to produce a final form, matched to the needs of an identified reader;
SENTENCE
Grammatical awareness
2 to consolidate the basic conventions of standard English:
· agreement between nouns and verbs;
· consistency of tense and subject;
· avoidance of double negatives;
· avoidance of non-standard dialect words;
3 to understand how writing can be adapted for different audiences and purposes, e.g. by changing vocabulary and sentences structures;
Suggested Activities for Year 5 Term 2
  • explore the differences in culture and place between then and now
  • compare different versions of the story - Standard English and dialect
  • plan and write own traditional story