Year 5 English Medium Term Plan Aladdin

This resource offers a comprehensive Year 5 English MTP (Medium Term Plan) based on the classic Arabian tales, specifically focusing on different versions of Aladdin. This 3-week plan is designed to help students write a guide with an explanatory purpose.

What’s Included?
The plan features a variety of suggested activities for reading and writing, with a strong focus on immersion and visualisation. Students will have the opportunity to:

Analyze the Text: Read and discuss key moments in different versions of the story, explore the author’s language, and compare to film images.

Generate Ideas: Design their own genie and magical object, create an escape room, and participate in character interviews.

Develop Writing Skills: Write a guide, focusing on organisational devices like headings and sub-headings, composing sentences orally, and organizing paragraphs around a theme.

Write a Guide: The final outcome is a guide on a topic such as “How to escape a cave of wonders,” “How to marry a princess when you’re a beggar,” or “How to use your wishes wisely”.

Focus on Grammar: Master the use of command sentences, modal verbs (‘you must, you should’), coordinating conjunctions, and paragraphing.

The resource also provides a detailed suggested marking ladder for a guide and a list of additional reading texts to support the unit, including “Sindbad the Sailor” and “Alibaba and the Forty Thieves”. This plan is an excellent tool for teachers who want to use a classic tale to develop advanced writing and reading comprehension skills.