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Year six planning

Total number of units: 13
Total number of exemplified units: 13

Total number of weeks covered: 33–34

Narrative, plays and scripts - 10-11 weeks  Unit 1: 
Fiction genres
(4–5 weeks) 
Unit 2: 
Extending narrative
(2 weeks) 
Unit 3: 
Authors and texts
(2 weeks) 
Unit 4: 
Short stories with flashbacks
(2 weeks) 
Non-fiction - 12 weeks  Unit 1: 
Biography and autobiography
(3 weeks) 
Unit 2: 
Journalistic writing
(3 weeks) 
Unit 3: 
Argument
(3 weeks) 
Unit 4: 
Formal/impersonal writing
(3 weeks) 
Poetry - 3 weeks  Unit 1: 
The power of imagery
(2 weeks)  
Unit 2: 
Finding a voice
(1 week)   
Revision - 8 weeks  Unit 1: 
Reading and writing narrative (and plays)
(3 weeks) 
Unit 2: 
Reading and writing non-fiction
(3 weeks) 
Unit 3: 
Reading poetry
(2 weeks)