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Sample text outlines - Year 4
Short novels that raise issues
- Dad's Story
Extract from Dad's Story, Susan Gates, published by Oxford University Press
Stories from other cultures
- How Did the World Begin?
Extract from How Did the World Begin?, Rosalind Kervern, published by Oxford University Press
Poems based on common themes
- Space
Extract from The Way Through the Woods, compiled by John Foster, published by Oxford University Press
- Tiger
Extract from The Way Through the Woods, compiled by John Foster, published by Oxford University Press
Range of poems in different forms
- The Woodland Haiku
Extract from The Way Through the Woods, compiled by John Foster, published by Oxford University Press
- Epitaphs
Extract from The Way Through the Woods, compiled by John Foster, published by Oxford University Press
Plays
- Personality Potion
Extract from Personality Potion, dramatised from Alan MacDonald's story by David Calcutt, published by Oxford University Press
Newspaper and magazine articles
- So, will I get any Brownie points for saving Dad?
Extract from Moonlight, Seas, and Chocolate Trees: Anthology 2, compiled by Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet, published by Oxford University Press
Historical stories
- The Grey Stranger
Extract from Chocolate Boxes, Pat Thomson, published by Oxford University Press
Instructions
- How to Make a Submarine
Extract from Making Moving Models, Peter Riley, published by Oxford University Press
Information texts on various themes
- The Cocoa Tree
Extract from Moonlight, Seas, and Chocolate Trees: Anthology 2, compiled by Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet, published by Oxford University Press
- What are Bridges and Tunnels for?
Extract from Bridges and Tunnels, by Christine Butterworth, published by Oxford University Press
Science fiction/fantasy excerpts
- Dinosaur Garden
Extract from Dinosaur Garden, Susan Gates, published by Oxford University Press
Persuasive writing (adverts, circulars and flyers)
- What's So Amazing About Giving Blood?
Extract from Moonlight, Seas, and Chocolate Trees: Anthology 2, compiled by Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet, published by Oxford University Press
Discussion texts (debates and editorials)
- All Change!
Extract from Cars: For and Against, James Driver and Mark McArthur-Christie, published by Oxford University Press
Information books linked to other curriculum areas
- Rubbish and Litter
Extract from Geography Success 2, Terry Jennings, published by Oxford University Press
- Life in the School Grounds
Extract from Science Success 2, Terry Jennings, published by Oxford University Press
- Transport Firsts
Extract from Transport Firsts, Peter Riley, published by Oxford University Press
Stories by significant children's writers
- The Selfish Giant
Extract from The Oxford Treasury of Children's Stories, by Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clarke, published by Oxford University Press
- How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
Extract from The Oxford Treasury of Children's Stories, by Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clarke, published by Oxford University Press
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