United Kingdom · National Curriculum Attainment Targets
Year 2 English
This course develops foundational literacy through immersive exploration of narrative structures, functional writing, and spoken performance. Students transition from decoding to fluent reading while mastering the grammatical tools necessary for expressive and coherent composition.
Mastering Narrative Worlds
Students explore traditional tales and contemporary stories to understand character motivation and plot sequencing.
Analyzing how authors use adjectives and actions to reveal what a character is like inside.
Breaking down stories into beginning, middle, and end to understand cause and effect.
Information and the Real World
Focusing on non-fiction texts to identify organizational features and extract specific information.
Using glossaries, indexes, and headings to find information quickly and accurately.
Writing clear and concise reports about animals or historical events using technical vocabulary.
The Power of Poetry and Performance
Investigating rhythm, rhyme, and imagery through oral performance and creative verse.
Exploring alliteration, onomatopoeia, and rhyme schemes in classic and modern poetry.
Using intonation and volume to bring written words to life for an audience.
Persuasion and Instruction
Learning how to influence others and provide clear directions through functional writing.
Using imperative verbs and chronological sequence to write effective 'how-to' guides.
Exploring how to use emotive language and attractive layouts to convince an audience.
Grammar as a Craft Tool
Refining writing quality by mastering sentence types, punctuation, and tense consistency.
Constructing statements, questions, exclamations, and commands to vary writing style.
Ensuring consistency in past and present tense throughout a piece of writing.
The Independent Author
Synthesizing skills to plan, draft, and edit original extended narratives.
Using story maps and brainstorming to organize ideas before writing.
Reviewing work to check for spelling, punctuation, and better word choices.