Pupil outcome: I can give a personal response to the poem and perform it. Key learning points: - Allan Ahlberg is one of Britain’s most popular and successful children’s writers and is known for his fun storytelling. - ‘Please Mrs...

Pupil outcome: I can explore the story through discussing the characters, setting and plot. Key learning points: - Making a prediction means deciding what you think will happen next in a story. - One person's prediction may be different...

Pupil outcome: I can describe Plop’s appearance and personality. Key learning points: - Characterisation is the way an author describes and develops the characters in a story. - Appearance is how a character looks on the outside. -...

Pupil outcome: I can discuss characters and events in the story. Key learning points: - Thinking from the character's point of view helps to understand events in the story - Re-reading the story is useful to remembering the key events -...

Pupil outcome: I can describe how a character is feeling at different points in the story "Ada Twist, Scientist". Key learning points: - Reading a story helps us to consider themes or big ideas told through the plot - A character's...

Pupil outcome: I can talk about the characters and plot in the story "Ada Twist, Scientist" to make a prediction. Key learning points: - Predictions about the plot can be made using the front cover, title, illustrations and what we know...

Pupil outcome: I can explore the story through discussing the characters, setting and plot. Key learning points: - ‘The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse’ is a children’s story told through narrative writing and illustrations. - Using what we...

Pupil outcome: I can make a prediction based on illustrations, the setting and key vocabulary. Key learning points: - Making a prediction means making a guess about what you think will happen in a story using what you already know -...

Pupil outcome: I can explore the story through discussing the characters, setting and plot. Key learning points: - 'And Tango Makes Three’ is a narrative fiction that is based on a true story. - The main characters in the story are two...

Pupil outcome: I can link a story to my own feelings and experiences. Key learning points: - Recalling events in the story helps to summarise the most important parts - The actions of a character are what the character does or says -...

Pupil outcome: I can generate vocabulary to describe a character in ‘The Viewer’. Key learning points: - A character is a person, animal or figure in a story. - We can use expanded noun phrases to add detail and description to a noun. -...

Pupil outcome: I can understand the key themes and the characters’ emotions in ‘The Journey’. Key learning points: - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that appears in a story. - Themes in a story are used to convey deeper meaning...

Pupil outcome: I can engage with the plot of 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. Key learning points: - 'The Day the Crayons Quit' is a children's picture book. - The book is compiled of letters from the crayons to their owner, Duncan,...

Pupil outcome: I can understand what the climax of the novel is. Key learning points: - Martha visits Hel in the underworld. - Hel gives Martha a magical cord that could allow her to return the dead to the underworld. - Martha's mother...

Pupil outcome: I can explain the significance of Piggy's death in the novel. Key learning points: - Piggy is dehumanised and ostracised by the group of boys because of his physical appearance. - Piggy's glasses, weight, asthma and...

Pupil outcome: I can read and understand an unseen extract from Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and analyse evidence to support my understanding. Key learning points: - Use the first reading of an unseen extract to establish...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse how Baum introduces the reader to unknown characters in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and emulate those ideas to create my own unknown character. Key learning points: - Dorothy meets three companions on her way to Oz:...

Pupil outcome: I can make precise inferences about characters and explain quotations in detail. Key learning points: - Magical-realist texts have a real world setting in which magic happens. - Use the first read of an unseen extract to...

Pupil outcome: I can understand the reasons that the different characters write a letter in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by exploring their emotions. Key learning points: - The crayons in ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ use letters to explain...

Pupil outcome: I can join two ideas together when describing Jack. Key learning points: - Adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality, such as 'small, sneaky Jack' - When using two adjectives, a comma is...

Pupil outcome: I can write the beginning of a traditional tale, introducing the characters and setting. Key learning points: - Traditional tales are mostly told in the past tense - The beginning of a story introduces the main characters,...

Pupil outcome: I can write the beginning of the story. Key learning points: - Every sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop - The beginning of a story introduces the main characters, setting and plot - Word...

Pupil outcome: I can listen and respond to a story. Key learning points: - Most stories start by introducing the main characters and setting - The plot means what happens in a story - Illustrations are important to help to tell a story -...

Pupil outcome: I can express my opinion about a character's actions. Key learning points: - Personal responses are a way of sharing your own thoughts, feelings and opinions about a text. - Making connections between the text and your own...