English Year Two Planning Term Two

Discover some schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English for Year Two in Key Stage One covering a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry topics and themes

Theme One

Pirates

Select and write sets of instructions for pirates to follow, explore the structure and content of adventure stories, compose poems using figurative language about the sea, practise adding different suffixes to word roots and link sentence clauses using conjunctions.

(A) Pirate Ships

Read and follow sets of simple instructions, practise building words by adding the suffix ly to different word roots and write sentences that are commands, questions and statements

  • Mother Nature

    Mother Nature

    Explore how mother nature can provide nourishment, protection and support to all living things in different habitats and environments

  • Digraphs Word Sums

    Digraphs Word Sums

    Investigate the spellings and meanings of different sets of words with a range of initial consonant digraphs

  • Van Gogh

    Van Gogh

    Investigate and replicate the work and painting style of a famous artist from the past by producing a matching landscape of the school building

  • Harbour Labels

    Harbour Labels

    Practise structuring and formatting different word processed documents to describe a range of ships and boats seen in a harbour