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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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