Year Group: 5 

Number of texts: x7 (1 per half term but 3 across Spring Term) 

Books: 

• Wonder by RJ Palacio 

• Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Contemporary novel (link to meteorology topic)  

• Varmints by Helen Ward and Marc Craste – Picture Book  

• Cosmic Disco by Grace Nichols, illustrated by Alice Wright *start Spr1 and carry on into Spr2 

• Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick – Dystopian Novel 

• No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton 

• Tom’s Midnight Garden. Graphic novel (link to Victorian Britain unit Summer2) 

(some use of Tom’s Midnight Garden – classic novel by Philippa Pearce for archaic language) 

Genres to cover: 

Possible theme weeks over the year: 

• Black History Week – October  

• Remembrance – November  

• Christmas – December 

• Holy Week – April  

• Refugee Week (June) 

• Narrative - E 

• Description - E 

• Poetry - E 

• Explanation – I 

• Recount - I 

• Biography - I 

• Newspaper - I 

• Advert - P 

• Letter – P 

• Poster - P 

Autumn 1 
8 weeks 

Autumn 2 
7 weeks 

Spring 1 
5 weeks 

Wonder by RJ Palacio 

Narrative – E – real life fiction (story chapter) 

Explanation – I  

Letter – P (formal) 

Poetry – feelings 

Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce  

Narrative – E (write in role) 

Narrative – E (drawing on the writing of others) 

Letter – P  

Poetry – Spoz poetry day (performance poetry) 

Poetry - Exploring emotion 

Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick 

Explanation – I (rules) 

Newspaper - I 

Description – E 

Biography – I *link to Science Unit Living things (David Attenborough / Jane Goodall) 

Poetry – free verse 

Spring 2 
5 weeks 

Summer 1 
7 weeks 

Summer 2 
7 weeks 

Varmints by Helen Ward and Marc Craste  

Description – E 

Recount – I / E 

Balanced Argument – E 

Recount (Diary) – I *changing formality 

Cosmic Disco by Grace Nichols 

Poetry – based on seasons, plants, animals and forces of nature 

No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton 

Letter – I 

Description – I 

Narrative - E 

Tom's Midnight Garden Graphic Novel by Édith 

Description – I (Documentary style narration) 

Poster – P/I (to visit gardens) 

Description – E 

Play script - E 

Poetry – collaborative poem