Year 6

Year Group: 6 

Number of texts: x5 (1 per half term) 

Books: 

• When the Sky Falls 

• Shackleton’s Journey 

• Macbeth 

• Cogheart 

• Skellig 

Genres to cover: 

Possible theme weeks over the year: 

• Black History Week – October  

• Remembrance – November  

• Christmas – December 

• Holy Week – April  

• Narrative - E 

• Description - E 

• Poetry - E 

• Explanation – I 

• Report - I 

• Recount - I 

• Essay - I 

• Review - D 

• Biography - I 

• Newspaper – I and D 

• Advert - P 

• Letter – P 

• Poster – P 

• Speech - P 

• Campaign - P 

• Balanced – argument - D 

Autumn 1 
8 weeks 

Autumn 2 
7 weeks 

Spring 1 
5 weeks 

When The Sky Falls 

Narrative - E 

Description – E 

Diary (recount) – I 

Report - I 

Shackleton’s Journey 

-Recount – I 

-Survival Guide 

-Letter - P 

-Narrative – E 

- Motivational Speech - P 

-Biography - I 

Spring 2 
5 weeks 

Summer 1 
7 weeks 

Summer 2 
7 weeks 

Macbeth 

Narrative - E 

Newspaper - D 

Diary (recount) – I 

Balanced Argument - D 

Cogheart 

-Recount (diary) – I 

-Narrative – E 

-Review – D 

-Newspaper 

Skellig 

-Description – E 

-Explanation - I 

-Poster - P 

-Poetry