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Titles Listed by Genre for Guided Reading/Writing

The chart below matches these titles to the term-by-term requirements of the National Literacy Strategy.

Genre recommendations of the National Literacy Strategy

Genre shown in blue text, books from The Longman Book Project shown in black text.

YEAR 3/P4

TERM 1

Stories with familiar settings:

  • King Grumpyguts
  • Blue Moo
  • Billy Fishbone and Other Sea Stories
  • Baabra Lamb
  • Gregorie Peck
  • Clever Dog, Webster
  • Webster and the Treacle Toffee
  • Letang's New Friend
  • Trouble for Letang and Julie
  • Letang and Julie Save the Day

    Playscripts:

  • New Reader Plays

    TERM 2

    Traditional stories, myth/fable:

  • Nyamia and the Bag of Gold (Different countries)
  • NEW Tales on a Cold Dark Night

    Modern parables:

  • Poupette o Jug Ears o Horrible Baby

    Stories with related themes:

  • The Day Poppy Said Yes
  • The Day Poppy Went Out
  • Rachel Versus Bonecrusher the Mighty
  • Rachel and the Difference Thief

    Oral and performance poetry:

  • Joshua's Junk
  • The Shadow Dance

    TERM 3

    Adventure and mystery stories:

  • The Bumbles
  • The Smugglers of Mourne
  • Good Dog
  • Henry Seamouse
  • BJ Dog
  • Kung Fu Katy and the Horrors

    Stories by the same author:

  • Seagull Sweaters
  • The Sand Tiger

    Humorous poetry:

  • Jilly's Days
  • Crazy Crocs
  • NEW Where does the Laughter Begin

    Poems that play with language

  • NEW Where Does the Laughter Begin

    YEAR 4/P5

    TERM 1

    Historical playscripts:

  • The Copper Chisel o Changes in the Night

    Playscripts:

  • Bertie's Uncle Basil

    Poems based on common themes:

    Cats:

  • Mimi and Apricot Max
  • Josephine and Pobble

    School and family:

  • Cheating at Conkers

    Dogs:

  • Oscar the Dog and Friends

    TERM 2

    Stories/novels about imagined worlds:

  • Hairy Canary
  • Tomasina
  • Trollop and Crunch
  • Sally and the Booted Puss
  • Fantastico
  • The Burst Boiler and Other Stories

    Stories in series:

  • Kung Fu Katy and a Piece of Cake
  • BJ Goes on Holiday

    Poems on a theme from different times:

  • NEW Feelings

    TERM 3

    Stories/short novels etc that raise issues:

  • Who's for the Zoo?
  • Harriet's turn
  • Keep it Clean
  • A Hat Trick of Sports stories
  • Gracie
  • The Not so Famous Four

    Stories by same author and stories from other cultures:

  • Rajo and Raja (India)
  • The Golden Ring (Poland)

    Poems in different forms

  • NEW Nibbling the Page

    YEAR 5/P6

    TERM 1

    Novels, stories & poems by significant writers:

  • Toby and Other Tales
  • Watcher at the Window
  • The Return of Archibald Gribbet
  • The Invasion of the Wire Ones

    Playscripts:

  • Celebrity Chicken
  • NEW Captain in Stardust

    Classic and Narrative Poems

  • NEW Follow the Sea

    Concrete Poetry:

  • NEW Follow the Sea

    TERM 2

    Traditional stories, myths,

  • The Man With no Shadow (Europe)
  • NEW A Pack of Wolf Tales (Various Countries)
  • Poor-Me-One (Caribbean)

    Modern fables from range of cultures

  • Dolphin's Daughter
  • NEW Duncan of Carrick (Scotland)
  • I Thought I Heard a Goldfish Singing

    Narrative poetry:

  • Heroes and Villains
  • Pizza, Curry, Fish and Chips

    TERM 3

    Novels, stories, poems from a variety of cultures and traditions:

  • The Only Child in Hamelin Town
  • Ebony and the Mookatook Bush
  • Camping Paradiso
  • When the Rain Stopped in Natland

    Choral and performance poetry:

  • Rhythm and Rhyme
  • Rap with Rosen

    YEAR 6/P7

    TERM 1

    Classic Fiction Extracts:

  • NEW Facing the Enemy

    Classic Poems/Poems in Different Forms:

  • NEW Weaving Words

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    TERM 2

    Stories and novels selected from more than one genre:

  • Quiddy and the Mystery Mega Virus (fantasy)
  • Escape from Everytown (fantasy)
  • Grandfather Singh Stories (humour)
  • White Bird Flying (historical)

    Poems in a Different Forms:

  • Through a Window
  • NEW Weaving Words

    TERM 3

    Comparison of work
    a) by same author
    b) by same theme:

  • Rich or Poor?
  • Myths, Legends and Monsters
  • On the Day the World Began
  • Tales from the Underland
  • The Quest of Isis