This detailed English plan will support teachers in year 5 deliver an exciting and engaging unit of work on recounts using the specific text type of a biography. The plan has been carefully crafted to allow children to meet the heightened demands of Curriculum 2014. The plan weaves together the statements from the reading (word reading and comprehension) and writing (transcription, handwriting, composition, VGP and spelling) components of the 2014 curriculum, showing how all of these aspects of learning can be addressed through creative learning experiences. The plan is based on a great text that allows for exciting opportunities to develop the children’s reading, writing and spoken language.

Core text: Stone Girl, Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt