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Sample text outlines - Year 5

Novels from significant children's writers

  • Pippi Plays Tag with Policemen
    Extract from Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren, published by Oxford University Press
  • The Red Rock Runner
    Extract from Stop The Train, by Geraldine McCaughrean, published by Oxford University Press
Concrete poetry
  • Dodo
    Extract from Crack Another Yolk and other word play poems, compiled by John Foster, published by Oxford University Press
News reports recounting events
  • Another Food Upset
    Extract from Grammar Sucess 3, by Pie Corbett and Rachel Roberts, published by Oxford University Press
  • Oh Brother!
    Extract from Wolves, Eyes and Stormy Skies, Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet, published by Oxford University Press
Instructional texts
  • Gob-smacking Bottle Stopper
    Extract from Laboratory in the Living Room, Richard Robinson, published by Oxford University Press
  • Be an Internet Expert
    Extract from How to Conquer the INTERNET, by Ian Lewis, published by Oxford University Press
Myths, legends and fables from a range of cultures
  • Arthur Warrior Chief
    Extract from Arthur Warrior Chief, Mick Gowar, published by Oxford University Press
  • The Mud People
    Extract from How Did The World Begin, by Rosalind Kerven, published by Oxford University Press
Longer classic poetry
  • The Highwayman
    Extract from The Oxford Book of Story Poems, edited by Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark, published by Oxford University Press
Explanations that describe processes (from other curriculum subjects)
  • Business Pages
    Extract from From Cuneiform to Computers, Mark McArthur-Christie, published by Oxford University Press
  • Another Explanation
    Extract from Launch into Literacy Book 4, Jane Medwell and Maureen Lewis, published by Oxford University Press
Choral and performance poetry
  • A Smuggler's Song
    Extract from I've Got a Poem for You, collected by John Foster, published by Oxford University Press
Stories and poems from other cultures
  • The Star-wife
    Extract from The Oxford Treasury of World Stories, Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark, published by Oxford University Press
  • The Best Dream
    Extract from When the World Began, Elizabeth Laird, published by Oxford University Press
Persuasive writing
  • Old Macdonald had a Farm ...
    Extract from Creatures, Kings, and Scary Things: Anthology 3, compiled by Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet, published by Oxford University Press
Plays (Shakespeare)
  • Macbeth
    Extract from Macbeth, William Shakespeare, edited by Roma Gill, published by Oxford University Press
  • Romeo and Juliet
    Extract from Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, edited by Roma Gill, published by Oxford University Press

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