Year Group: 1 

Number of texts: x11 (2 per half term) 

Books: 

• The Gruffalo

• The Emperor’s Egg 

• The Lonely Beast 

• How To Wash A Woolly Mammoth

• Whatever Next

• Peace At Last

• The Snail and The Whale

• Pattan’s Pumpkin 

• How To Tame A Unicorn

• Where the Wild Things Are

• Old Enough to Save the planet 

Genres to cover: 

Possible theme weeks over the year: 

• Black History Week – October  

• Remembrance – November  

• Christmas – December 

• Holy Week – April  

• Story - E 

• Description - E 

• Poetry - E 

• Recount - I 

• Letter – I 

• Instruction - I 

Autumn 1 
8 weeks 

Autumn 2 
7 weeks 

Spring 1 
5 weeks 

The Emperor’s Egg

 - Recount - I 

The Gruffalo 

- Character description - E 

- Setting description - E 

Poetry – Free verse Alphabet Poems - E

The Lonely Beast

- Description-E 

- Diary-E 

- Letter-E/I 

How to wash a Woolly Mammoth 

- Instructions - I           

Whatever next! 

- Story - E 

Peace at Last 

- Story – E 

Poetry – Concrete Poems - E 

Spring 2 
5 weeks 

Summer 1 
7 weeks 

Summer 2 
7 weeks 

The Snail and the Whale

- Story - E

- Recount - I

Pattan’s Pumpkin

- Setting Description-I/E 

- Recount-E 

- Letter-I 

How to Tame a Unicorn

- Instructions - I

Where the Wild Things Are

- Setting description - E

- Character Description - E

Old Enough to Save the Planet 

- Letter - I