This resource offers an engaging Year 1 English MTP (Medium Term Plan) based on the imaginative text “The Something” by Rebecca Cobb. This 2-week plan is designed to entertain students and immerse them in narrative writing, culminating in an outcome where they create their own creature and write an alternative ending to the story.

What’s Included?
The plan features a variety of suggested activities for reading and writing, with a strong focus on prediction and linking reading to background knowledge, such as exploring animals that dig holes and discussing discoveries in gardens or parks. Students will have the opportunity to sequence events from the story, match characters to their predictions through interactive displays, and practice prosody aloud as a group to build fluency.

In their writing journey, pupils will create and describe their own character that could live in the mystery hole, sequence the story through story maps and drama, and write labels and captions. Foundational grammar and phonics are heavily supported, with activities focusing on writing words with Phase 3 graphemes, forming Set 2 letters correctly, consistently using capital letters and finger spaces, and engaging in peer assessment to check if their sentences make sense. The plan even incorporates fun editing activities like sorting sentences into “trash or treasure”.

The resource also includes a detailed Marking Ladder to assess skills such as writing three sentences to describe a picture or part of the story, alongside specific Tier 2 vocabulary words (like “doorway,” “den,” and “peered”) and a curated list of supplementary reading texts by Rebecca Cobb. This plan is a wonderful tool for teachers seeking to nurture early imagination, prediction skills, and foundational sentence construction.