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Spelling

Pupils will be taught to:

• Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them
• Spell some words with ‘silent’ letters [for example, knight, psalm, solemn]
• Continue to distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused
• Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically, as listed in English appendix 1
• Use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words
• Use the first 3 or 4 letters of a word to check spelling, meaning or both of these in a dictionary
• Use a thesaurus

 

Handwriting and presentation

Pupils will be taught to:

• Write legibly, fluently and with increasing speed by:
• Choose which shape of a letter to use when given choices and decide whether or not to join specific letters
• Choose the writing implement that is best suited for a task

 

Writing - composition

Pupils will be taught to:

• Plan their writing by:
• Identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own
• Noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary
• In writing narratives, considering how authors have developed characters and settings in what pupils have read, listened to or seen performed
• Draft and write by:
• Selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning
• In narratives, describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action
• Précising longer passages
• Using a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs
• Using further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader [for example, headings, bullet points, underlining]
• Evaluate and edit by:
• Assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing
• Proposing changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning
• Ensuring the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing
• Ensuring correct subject and verb agreement when using singular and plural, distinguishing between the language of speech and writing and choosing the appropriate register
• Proofread for spelling and punctuation errors
• Perform their own compositions, using appropriate intonation, volume, and movement so that meaning is clear

 

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

Pupils will be taught to:

• Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:
• Recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms
• Using passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence
• Using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause
• Using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely
• Using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility
• Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (ie omitted) relative pronoun
• Learning the grammar for years 5 and 6 in English appendix 2
• Indicate grammatical and other features by:
• Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing
• Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity
• Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
• Using semicolons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses
• Using a colon to introduce a list
• Punctuating bullet points consistently
• Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 accurately and appropriately in discussing their writing and reading