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Primary Literacy Resources

Welcome to the literacy planning area of our site! Here you will find Literacy Units based on the Primary Framework for Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Reception plus mixed age plans for Years 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6.

The Literacy Units are usually two or three week (occasionally one or four week) plans with accompanying resources (found by clicking on the Plans tab). The Term's Overview document lists the available Units in each term with a brief description of each plan. Each Unit also has an individual Overview showing which objectives are covered.

Some Literacy Units have been written to teach alongside particular Topics. They can be found alongside the relevant Theme in the Topic area. The Topic Theme Chart shows how they link in with the overall planning.

Also available in this area are Animated Texts (facts & fiction), Oral Texts, Spellings and Homework sheets. The Phonics tab takes you to Code-Breakers, our synthetic phonics programme.

Friends of Hamilton have access to all the materials for their chosen age range and School Subscription members have access to all the materials on our site. Some sample materials are available for registered users of Hamilton Trust to trial.

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Year 3 Literacy Units Overview

Don’t miss out! There are also English plans linked to some topics – save time/more inspirational literacy opportunities. These can be found alongside the relevant Topics in the Topic section of the site. Also see the Overview for all other English plans.
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Y3 Poetry: Unit 1B Performance and favourite poets

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Two fun weeks of performing and reviewing poetry. Chn read, listen to, write, learn and perform simple ‘conversation’ poems. They study and discuss a wide range of poems and write a review. A class book of favourite poems is made!

Themes

Descriptive writing, Poetry, Poetry using imagery, Comparing poems, Speaking & listening, Reading and writing simple words, Complex sentences, Punctuation, Synonyms, Alliteration, Adverbs, Powerful verbs, Adjectives, Rhythm, Humorous poems, Dialogue, Collaborative work, Research, Notes, Rhyme, Authors, Editing & checking own work, Handwriting, Illustrations, Oral discussion, Performance poetry, Poem forms, Reviewing, Senses, Sounds, Spellings, Thesaurus

Objectives

Y3: 1a, 1d, 3b, 4c, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7d, 7e, 9d, 9e, 10a, 11b, 12a, 12b

Resources

Summer 1st Y3 P Unit 1B - adaptable

Unit1B Overview Y3 P Sum

Y3 Non-fiction: Unit 3B Information texts: Personal music players

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The subject of Personal Music Players, incl. MP3 & i-pods, is used to stimulate work in researching and presenting information in many different ways: oral, written, PowerPoint, Movie Maker. Chn deal with all types of information text.

Themes

Persuasive writing, Instructions, Technical vocabulary, Collaborative work, Research, Connectives, Alphabetic texts, Notes, Issues & dilemmas, Argument, Debate, Dictionary, Discusion text, Editing & checking own work, Evidence from text, Explanation, Information texts, Non-chronological text, Oral discussion, Reports, Sentence structure, Skim & scan, Use ICT

Objectives

Y3: 1c, 1d, 2a, 3b, 6a, 6c, 7a, 7c, 7d, 8c, 9a, 9c, 9d, 9e, 10a, 11a, 11b, 12b

Resources

Summer 2nd Y3 N_F Unit 3B

Summer 2nd Y3 N_F Unit 3B - adaptable

Unit3B Overview Y3 N_F Sum

How to create Powerpoint Presentations - adapatable

Powerpoint Presentation - Books

Y3 Narrative: Unit 3 Adventure and Mystery

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Over 4 wks, chn read & explore Gorilla & The Tunnel, & Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. They compare the structure of these adventures with a film, The Wrong Trousers. Chn write own extended adventure stories. Lots of work on adjectives & dialogue!

Themes

Descriptive writing, Characters, Speaking & listening, Story structure, Punctuation, Similes & metaphors, Viewpoint, Adjectives, Dialogue, Notes, Issues & dilemmas, Adventures & mysteries, Authors, Editing & checking own work, Evidence from text, Narrative, Role play, Sentence structure, Text-film comparison

Objectives

Y3: 1a, 1c, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 6a, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 8a, 8b, 8c, 9a, 9b, 9d, 10a, 11a, 11b, 11c

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Summer 1st Y3 N Unit 3 - adaptable

Unit3 Overview Y3 N Sum

Speaking, listening, learning KS1 & KS2

Y3 Narrative: Unit 4 Authors and Letters

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Immerse yourself & class in books by Quentin Blake. Write a blurb. Find out about QB online. Look at the language of book reviews & review favourite book. Study language & layout of letters. Write postcards, then a letter to QB. Invent own QB character.

Themes

Descriptive writing, Characters, Persuasive writing, Speaking & listening, Viewpoint, Questions, Adjectives, Letters, Collaborative work, Summarising, Notes, Paragraphs, Issues & dilemmas, Argument, Autobiography/biography, Chapters, Comparatives & superlatives, Debate, Editing & checking own work, Evidence from text, Illustrations, Postcards, Recounts, Sentence structure, Skim & scan, Spellings

Objectives

Y3: 1c, 1d, 2a, 3a, 3b, 6a, 6c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7e, 8a, 8b, 8c, 9c, 9d, 9e, 10b, 11b, 12a

Resources

Summer 2nd Y3 N Unit 4 - adaptable

Unit4 Overview Y3 N Sum

Y3 Narrative: Unit 5B Dialogue and plays

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Explore and write puppet shows. Find out about Punch & Judy, traditional & alternative. Invent new characters. Write play scripts, watch short movies online. Have fun making a sock puppet; invent a play and make a short movie.

Themes

Characters, Complex sentences, Punctuation, Synonyms, Viewpoint, Adverbs, Powerful verbs, Adjectives, Dialogue, Collaborative work, Prefixes & suffixes, Notes, Issues & dilemmas, Alternative story endings, Argument, Direct & indirect speech, Editing & checking own work, Handwriting, Oral discussion, Playscripts, Role play, Sentence structure, Spellings, Thesaurus, Use ICT

Objectives

Y3: 1c, 1d, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b, 4c, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 7e, 8b, 8c, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 10a, 11b, 11c, 12a, 12b

Resources

Summer 2nd Y3 N Unit 5B - adaptable

Summer 2nd Y3 N Unit 5B

Unit5B Overview Y3 N Sum

Punch and Judy .exe

Punch and Judy

Punch and Judy .app

Punch and Judy .swf

Y3 Non-fiction: Unit 3A Information texts

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We use websites about sport to research and identify our favourite sports and how sports keep us healthy. Chn create their own simple info text before having a class debate about football. We finish with persuasive letter writing.

Themes

Persuasive writing, Speaking & listening, Letters, Collaborative work, Alphabetic texts, Notes, Argument, Debate, Dictionary, Editing & checking own work, Explanation, Information texts, Oral discussion, Sentence structure

Objectives

Y3: 1c, 2a, 3b, 6c, 7c, 8c, 9a, 9c, 9d, 11b

Resources

Unit3A Overview Y3 N_F Sum

Summer 1st Y3 N_F Unit3A - adaptable

ICT Support for English Plans KS2

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Lists the ICT support available for KS2 English Plans.

Resources

ICT Changing Photos in Word, Paint and PhotoPlus 6

ICT Searching the Internet

ICT Hamilton WebLearner - Overview

ICT Movie Maker

ICT HTML

ICT Creating a Blog

ICT Using Microsoft Sound Recorder

ICT How to Create PowerPoint Presentations

ICT How to Create PowerPoint Presentations - adaptable

ICT Progression in Word Processing

ICT Textease typing sheets

Year 3 Literacy Units Booklist

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This document lists all the texts and poetry books used in the New Framework Unit plans.

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Grammar for Writing

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Here is a downloadable copy of Grammar for Writing.

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Spelling Bank

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Here is a downloadable copy of Spelling Bank.

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Support for Spelling

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Here is a downloadable copy of Support for Spelling.

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There are no resources for this plan.

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