Extra Yarn | Year 2 English Unit | 15 Complete Lessons + Resources + Mark Scheme

A 3-week, fully resourced primary literacy unit based on Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett. KS1 Fiction. National-Curriculum-aligned grammar, WT/ARE/GD differentiation, and ready to teach.

What’s inside (35 files)

This complete English unit gives you everything for three weeks of high-quality teaching, designed to match the standard of leading primary schemes (Literacy Tree, Write Stuff, Power of Reading).

15 lesson PowerPoints — illustrated cover slides, success criteria, vocabulary previews, modelled writing, “big questions” (Bloom’s-laddered), differentiation tiers, plenary, reflection
15 differentiated resource sheets — Working Towards / Age-Related Expectations / Greater Depth, with sentence frames, word banks, writing frames
Complete teacher unit plan — unit overview, key themes, model texts (WT/ARE/GD), full session-by-session plans, key questions, assessment focus, vocabulary focus
Child-friendly marking rubric — “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 descriptive narrative retelling how Annabelle’s magical box of yarn transforms her drab, snowy town into a place full of colour, alongside a character profile of the greedy Archduke who tries to steal it. Pupils will use subordination with ‘when’ and ‘that’ and contrasting noun phrases (drab vs bright) to bring the world of the story to life.

Grammar features (Year 2 NC-aligned)

• Contrasting noun phrases (drab vs bright)
• Subordination using ‘when’ and ‘that’

Themes explored

Magic and wonder, greed and selfishness, transformation and kindness.

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, Mac Barnett, reading and writing, complete unit, differentiated, NC-aligned, lesson plans, resources, extra yarn