Year 3 English Curriculum
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Reading Comprehension skills ‘Greek Myths’ – Marcia Williams ‘A Christmas Carol’ - Usborne version Writing Myths & Legends Descriptive writing about characters Myth-based story Poems to perform Rap Letters Nelson Handwriting Skills Capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas Speech marks Nouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Collective nouns Performing poetry for an audience Spellings – NLS Y3 |
Reading Comprehension skills ‘Beowulf’- Usborne version ‘Beware of Boys’- Tony Blundell ‘Gorilla’ & ‘The Tunnel’ – Anthony Browne Writing Instructions Adventure & Mystery Descriptive writing about a place Nelson Handwriting Skills Verbs Adjectives Sentences –subject & verb Contractions Compound verbs Paragraphs Joining sentences Direct speech Spellings – NLS Y3 |
Reading Comprehension skills ‘The Twits’ – Roald Dahl ‘The Twits’ play script – David Wood Information texts Writing Information texts Dialogue and plays Shape poetry Nelson Handwriting Skills Verbs Alliteration Full stops Commas Speech marks Question marks Exclamation marks Spellings – NLS Y3 |