Year Group: 4 

Number of texts: x6 (1 per half term) 

Books: 

• King Who Banned the Dark 

• I Was a Rat 

• Lob 

• The Boy at the back of the Class 

• The Green Ship 

• Alice In Wonderland 

• Guy Fawkes 

• PKC London 

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 

• Recount  

• Biography - I 

• Newspaper - I 

• Advert - P 

• Letter – P 

• Poster - P 

Autumn 1 
8 weeks 

Autumn 2 
7 weeks 

Spring 1 
5 weeks 

King Who Banned the Dark 

-Letter- I 

-Explanation- I 

I was a Rat 

Letter-P 

I was a Rat 

-Debate- P 

-Newspaper-I 

PKC- Alice in Wonderland 

-Narrative- E 

Alice in Wonderland 

-Narrative- E 

Lob 

-Description- E 

-Persuasive Speech- P 

-Poems-E 

Spring 2 
5 weeks 

Summer 1 
7 weeks 

Summer 2 
7 weeks 

Boy at the back of the class 

-Poster-P 

-Recount 

-Narrative-E 

PKC London 

-Persuasive Letter-P 

The Green Ship 

-Poster – P 

-Recount (diary) – I 

-Narrative – E - Fantasy 

Georges Marvellous Medicine 

-Description-E 

-Method-P 

-Witness Statement/Recount- I 

PKC- Guy Fawkes 

-Newspaper I