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Find Out More : English Resources : Year Five
teaching resources Before you join Clickteaching please take some time to look through our example resources. These are only a handful of the thousands of worksheets, lesson plans and activity ideas that are available in the member's section. Listed below are the current full schemes of work available for Year Five.

 These are the titles of the new Primary Framework units of work currently available on the site. There are also thousands of lesson plans, activity ideas and worksheets covering all topics and themes. All of these units of work have been based on the objectives of the new Primary Framework.

 Myths and legends

Theseus and the Minotaur
based on Orchard book of Greek Myths

King Midas
based on Orchard book of Greek Myths

How to write a myth
based on Orchard book of Greek Myths



 Dramatic Conventions

Soap opera scripts
explore a range of scripts used on television

School soap opera
write and perform own scripts



 Poetic style

Exploring poems about journeys
based on The Works 4

My journey
write a concrete poem about travelling



 Older Literature

Stories about animals
based on Black Beauty, Anna Sewell

Stories about children's lives
based on The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett

Stories about fantasy worlds
based on Alice's adventure in wonderland, Lewis Carroll



 Recounts

What is happening in the news?
investigate ways that activities are reported

School news report
write a report about an event at the school

Adventure expeditions recounts
write own recount about a dangerous expedition

What happened in the past?
write own recount about a historical event



 Instructions

Zoo customer services
create sets of instructions to help visitors to a zoo

Zoo keeping instructions
write a set of instructions to care for wild animals

Cup cakes for the zoo cafe
write a set of instructions to make some cakes



 Significant children's authors

Stories by Michael Morpurgo
based on The amazing story of Adolphus Tips, Michael Morpurgo

What makes an author special?
based on The butterfly lion, Michael Morpurgo

Investigating favourite authors
write and deliver a group presentation about one author

Writing in the style of an author
write a story based on books read by Michael Morpurgo



 Choral and performance poetry

Performing animal poems
perform choral poems about different creatures



 Persuasive Writing

How can you persuade somebody?
investigate the use of persuasive language

School recycling project
write persuasive letters to encourage recycling in the school

Advertising fruit
develop an advertising campaign to encourage children to eat fruit

Letters to the editor
investigate persuasive language used in letter writing

Should the houses be built?
argue a point of view about new houses on the school field

How can you change the school?
use persuasive language to help create changes in the school



 Stories from a variety of cultures and traditions

Chinese fairy tales
<based on Chinese Fairy Tales

Aladdin and the genie
based on Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp, Philip Pullman
Stories from Africas
based on Mufaro's beautiful daughters, John Steptoe



 Folk tales and fables

African folk tales
based on The girl who married a lion

Reading and writing fables
explore stories that contain a moral message



 Narrative poetry

The Lady of Shalott
based on The Lady of Shalott

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
based on Pied Piper of Hamelin

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    Prince Cinders leads a hard life, he spends all his time cleaning up after his three brothers who bully him. One night, Prince Cinders' luck changes as a small, dirty fairy falls down the chimney and promises that his wishes shall come true.
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    Mufaro's two daughters react in different ways to the King's search for a wife - one is aggressive and selfish, the other kind and dignified.
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    One day Grandpa Chatterji comes all the way to visit them, and the two children discover what a wonderful, surprising and magical Grandpa he is.
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    An eclectic mixture of poetry, ballads, limericks, riddles and nonsense verse from all over the world. They range from the famous to the unknown, from the thoughtful to the hilarious, and from poems thousands of years old to some that are new.
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