A 3-week, fully resourced primary literacy unit based on Grace Darling: Heroine of the Farne Islands by Various (KS1 historical topic — biographical study). KS1 Fiction. National-Curriculum-aligned grammar, WT/ARE/GD differentiation, and ready to teach.

What’s inside

This complete English unit gives you everything for three weeks of high-quality teaching, designed to match the standard of leading primary schemes.

• 15 lesson PowerPoints — illustrated cover slides, success criteria, vocabulary previews, modelled writing, “big questions” (Bloom’s-laddered), differentiation tiers, plenary, and reflection.
• 15 differentiated resource sheets — Working Towards, Age-Related Expectations, and Greater Depth, with sentence frames, word banks, and writing frames.
• Complete teacher unit plan — unit overview, key themes, model texts, full session-by-session plans, key questions, assessment focus, and vocabulary focus.
• Child-friendly mark scheme — “I can…” success criteria for the final writing piece, ready for self- and peer-assessment.
• 3 weekly exit tickets — 5 multiple-choice questions per week, with teacher answer keys.

Final writing outcome

A simple biography of Grace Darling that retells her life and the famous rescue, followed in week 2 by a recount of the night of the Forfarshire rescue written from a witness viewpoint.

Grammar features (Year 2 NC-aligned)

• Past tense verbs with -ed endings (and common irregular past tense verbs).
• Subordination using ‘because’ and ‘when’ to join two ideas.

Themes explored

Bravery, the lighthouse keeper’s family, the rescue at sea, becoming famous reluctantly.

Key vocabulary

Lighthouse, lantern, Farne Islands, shipwreck, Forfarshire, rescue, rowing boat, Victorian.

Format & compatibility

• Editable PowerPoint (.pptx) and Word (.docx) files.
• UK English spelling.
• One printer-friendly A4 page per resource sheet.
• Compatible with Literacy Tree, Write Stuff, and Power of Reading planning approaches.

Year groups & key stage

• Year 2 (KS1).
• 15 sessions over 3 weeks (≈45–60 minutes per lesson).

Tags

KS1, Year 2, English, fiction, Various (KS1 historical topic — biographical study), reading and writing, complete unit, differentiated, NC-aligned, lesson plans, resources, grace darling: heroine of the farne islands