Y4 TERM 1 - Recount writing links can be mapped for all QCA Y4 history units.
Units 6C and 18 are mapped as examples.

QCA schemes of work: history

NLS writing objectives

Unit 6C. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Viking case study

Where did the Vikings finally settle in England?

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Show the children a video, or read or tell the story of King Alfred. Ask the children to rewrite the story in their own words.

NLS non-fiction text focus: recount

T24 to write newspaper style reports, eg about school events or an incident from a story, including:

• composing headlines
  
• using IT to draft and lay out reports
  
• editing stories to fit a particular space
  
• organising writing into paragraphs

S1 to re-read own writing to check for grammatical sense… and accuracy

Unit 18. What was it like to live here in the past?

To find out about the local area in the past from different written sources.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Choose an event from a school log book to provide background information for children to write their own account of the incident.

Y4 TERM 1

QCA schemes of work: history

NLS writing objectives

Unit 8. What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?

How different were the lives of rich and poor people?

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to summarise what they have learnt by answering the questions given.

NLS non-fiction text focus: report

T27 to write a non-chronological report, including the use of organisational devices, eg numbered lists, headings for conciseness by:

• generalising some of the details
  
• deleting the least important details

S1 to re-read own writing to check for grammatical sense… and accuracy

Y4 TERM 1

QCA schemes of work: history

NLS writing objectives

Unit 18. What was it like to live here in the past?

What do pictures and photographs tell us about past life in our area?

Give the children pictures (paintings, sketches, photographs, postcards) showing how the area has changed.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to write the instructions that may have been given to the photographer or artist who created the picture (eg make it look grander, bigger, tidier).

NLS non-fiction text focus: instructions

T26 to improve the cohesion of written instructions…

S1 to re-read own writing to check for grammatical sense… and accuracy

Y4 TERM 2

QCA schemes of work: history

NLS writing objectives

Unit 6A. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study

Why do people move away from where they were born?

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Encourage the children to suggest why they or their families moved, and list the reasons given. Help them to sort the reasons into those where families chose to move and where they had to move.

NLS non-fiction text focus: explanation

T21 to make short notes

T22 to fill out brief notes into connected prose

T23 to collect information from a variety of sources and present it in one simple format, eg wall chart, labelled diagram

T24 to improve the cohesion of written explanations through paragraphing and the use of link phrases and organisational devices such as sub-headings and numbering

Unit 7. Why did Henry VIII marry six times?

Ask the children to suggest reasons why Henry married six times, (eg need for alliances, falling in love, need for power, money). Ask them to list the reasons in order of importance.

(NB This activity is at the end of the unit when children have 'investigated' each marriage)

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask them to list the reasons in order of importance.

Y4 TERM 3

QCA schemes of work: history

NLS writing objectives

Unit 6A. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study

What were the short-term and long-term results of Boudicca's revolt?

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to think about how a Celtic or Roman survivor of the revolt might feel. Provide them with a suitable sentence starter and ask them to write about the results of the revolt from the point of view of either a Celt or a Roman.

NLS non-fiction text focus: persuasion

T22 to use writing frames if necessary to back up points of view with illustrations and examples

T23 to present a point of view in writing, eg in the form of a letter, a report or a script, linking points persuasively and selecting style and vocabulary appropriate to the reader