Year 2 Writing Key Objectives

Break words into phonemes for spelling

Know some spellings which use variations of standard phonemes

Use the posessive apostrophe

Spell some words with contracted forms

Use suffixes to spell longer words, including -ment, -ness, -less, -ful, -ly

Form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another

Write capital letters of appropriate size

Write for different purposes

Read aloud using appropriate intonation

Use noun phrases

Use four main types of sentence appropriately

Use present and past tense correctly

Use some coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Use appropriate demarcation punctuation

Use commas for lists