NLS

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Year 3 Term 1
Poetry: Observation and senses
(Objectives 9, 12, 13)

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Year 3 Term 2
Fiction: Myths, legends, parables &
fables (Whole Term Objective)

 Writing activity Send work to site Onscreen Writing Activity Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Fiction: Writing character portraits I
(Objective 8)

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Fiction: Writing character portraits II Objective 8)
Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes Onscreen Writing Activity

Non-fiction: Instructions - recipes I
(Objective 16)

Writing activity Send work to site  Activity Sheet 

Non-fiction: Instructions - recipes II
(Objective 16)
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Year 3 Term 3
Fiction: Story Openings
(Objective 11)

 Onscreen Writing Activity

Poetry: Creating effects using sound
(Objective 15)

 Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Fiction: Write a book review I
(Objective 14)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Fiction: Write a book review II
(Objective 14)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Non-fiction: Writing letters
(Objective 20)
Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes
Year 4 Term 1
Non-fiction: Instructions
(Objectives 22, 25, 26)

 Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Non-fiction: Writing Instructions
(Objectives 25, 26)

Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Fiction: Character sketches
(Objective 11)
 Writing activity Send work to site

Non-fiction: Newspaper articles
(Objective 24)
 Writing activity Send work to site

Poetry: Poetry based on personal or
imagined experience I
(Objective 14)

 Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Poetry: Poetry based on personal or
imagined experience II
(Objective 14)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Year 4 Term 2
Fiction: Collaborative writing I
(Objective 12)

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Fiction: Collaborative writing II
(Objective 12)

 Writing activity Send work to site Onscreen Writing Activity Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Fiction: Collaborative writing III
(Objective 12)

 Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Fiction: Developing the use of
settings (Objectives 10, 13)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Year 4 Term 3
Non-fiction: Persuasive writing
(Objectives 21, 23)
 Writing activity Send work to site

Non-fiction: Discussion texts
(Objectives 23)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Non-fiction: Design a poster
(Objectives 25)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Here you'll find a wide range of classroom activities linked to the UK National Literacy Strategy framework. The resources are organised by school year and term, and include the following:

  • NLS Objective and title/theme
  • Link to the relevant KotN web pages
  • Summary of KotN resource
  • Ideas and suggestions for activities
  • Extension activities
  • Downloads including copiable activity sheets and teachers’ notes written by experienced primary teachers

Year 5 Term 1
Non-fiction: Writing Instructions
(Objective 25)
 Writing activity Send work to site  Activity Sheet

Non-fiction: Recounts
(Objective 24)
 Writing activity Send work to site

Year 5 Term 2
Fiction: myths, legends parables &
fables (Objective 11)

 Writing activity Send work to site Onscreen Writing Activity Activity Sheet

Year 5 Term 3
Poetry: performance poetry
(Objective 11)
 Writing activity Onscreen Writing Activity 

Non-fiction: Persuasive writing
(Objective 19)

Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes Onscreen Writing Activity

Non-fiction: Information writing
(Objective 22)

Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes  

Year 6 Term 1
Non-fiction: Autobiography: diary,
journal etc. (Objective 14)

 Writing activity Send work to site  Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes
Non-fiction: Biographical writing I
(Objective 14)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Non-fiction: Biographical writing II
(Objective 14)
Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Fiction: Manipulating narrative
perspective (Objective 6)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Poetry: Poetry experimenting with
active verbs and personification
(Objective 10)

 Writing activity Send work to site Activity Sheet Teachers' Notes

Year 6 Term 2
Fiction: Using models to write
(Objective 10)
 Writing activity Send work to site

Non-fiction: constructing an effective
argument (Objective 18)
 Writing activity Send work to site

Non-fiction: constructing an effective
argument (Objectives 18, 19)

 Writing activity Send work to site

Year 6 Term 3
Non-fiction: review for a real
audience (Objective 11, 20, 21, 22)
 Writing activity Send work to site

Non-fiction: review for a real
audience (Objective 11)
 Writing activity Send work to site

 

 


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