Year Group: 2 

Number of texts: x7 (1 per half term) 

Books: 

• Claude in the City 

• The Treasure of Pirate Frank 

• Issun Boshi 

• Hansel & Gretel 

• Rapunzel 

• Meerkat Mail 

• Moth 

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 

• Instructions - I 

Autumn 1 
8 weeks 

Autumn 2 
7 weeks 

Spring 1 
5 weeks 

Claude in the City by Alex T Smith 

- Recount – I   

- Poetry – E 

- Story - E  

Poetry – Onomatopoeia and alliteration 

The Treasure of Pirate Frank PKC 

- Instructions - I 

Issun Boshi PKC 

- Description – E 

- Story - E 

Hansel and Gretel PKC 

-setting description – E 

-character description - E  

-story ending - E 

Poetry – Diamantes 

Spring 2 
5 weeks 

Summer 1 
7 weeks 

Summer 2 
7 weeks 

Rapunzel by Bethan Woolvin

- Letter – I 

- Story – E 

- Poetry - E 

Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett 

- Description – E 

- Recount - I 

- Explanation - E 

Poetry – Acrostic Poems 

Moth An Evolution Story 

- Explanation - I 

- Recount - E