Year 2 English Lesson Plans
5 free Year 2 English lesson plans for KS1. Each includes learning objectives, key vocabulary, a timed lesson structure and common misconceptions, and downloads as an editable Word document.
In Year 2, pupils consolidate and extend their phonics knowledge to read longer and less familiar words. They develop greater confidence in reading a range of texts — fiction, non-fiction and poetry — and begin to explain and justify their understanding using evidence from the text. Writing becomes more ambitious, with pupils learning to use coordination and subordination to vary their sentences.
Punctuation
Pupils learn how apostrophes are used to show where letters have been omitted in contracted forms.
Pupils learn to use commas to separate items in a list, understanding how commas prevent ambiguity and help the reader follow what is being said.
Grammar
Pupils learn to expand noun phrases by adding adjectives and other words to create more descriptive and precise writing.
Pupils learn to use coordinating conjunctions (or, and, but) and subordinating conjunctions (when, if, that, because) to build more complex sentences.
Pupils learn to use the past and present tenses consistently in their writing, understanding that tense shows when an action happens.
Year 2 English through the year
Noun Phrases
Using expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
Noun Phrases lesson plan →Coordination and Subordination
Using coordination: or, and, but
Coordination and Subordination lesson plan →Commas in Lists
Using commas to separate items in a list
Commas in Lists lesson plan →Past and Present Tense
Using the present and past tenses correctly and consistently
Past and Present Tense lesson plan →Apostrophes for Contraction
Using apostrophes for contracted forms
Apostrophes for Contraction lesson plan →Information Texts
Writing about real events, recording these simply and clearly