Sentence Level Work - An Index of Themes.

Index only covers Key Stage 2. It shows the themes and the term(s) in which they are taught.

Theme

Activity/Knowledge/Skill

Year 3

Term

Year 4

Term

Year 5

Term

Year 6

Term

   

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2

3

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2

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2

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Adjectives

discussing, defining, collecting, classifying, identifying in shared reading

 

*

                   
 

deleting/substituting them, experimenting with in shared writing

 

*

                   
 

comparative and superlative, degrees of intensity; adjectival phrases

       

*

             

Adverbs

identifying; collecting, classifying, the ly suffix, substituting in clauses or sentences

     

*

               
 

as qualifiers of verbs, impact of in sentences; using in own writing

     

*

               
 

degrees of intensity, for contraction and possession, spelling rules

       

*

             

Apostrophe

beginning to use in own writing; identifying use of in reading

       

*

             
 

for possession (revise from Y4 Term 1)

               

*

     

Capital letter

use to start sentence

*

                     
 

for names, headings, emphasis, new lines in poetry

 

*

                   

Clauses

joining and separating

       

*

             
 

sentences with more than one clause; identifying the main clause

               

*

     
 

manipulating to achieve different effects

                     

*

Comma

to separate items in a list

*

                     
 

occurrence in reading, discuss functions

 

*

                   
 

marking grammatical boundaries within sentences

   

*

*

               
 

as aid to reader

           

*

         
 

commas in the punctuation of direct speech

           

*

         
 

in embedding clauses

             

*

       

Conjunctions

use a widening range of

   

*

                 

Connectives

use adverbs, adverbial phrases, conjunctions, to structure an argument

         

*

           
 

to link clauses, to link sentences

               

*

     
 

words and phrases, collect, classify

                 

*

   

Colon

as aid to reader

           

*

         

Conditionals

in past and future, their uses; using to construct sentences

                   

*

 

Dialogue

commas and paragraphing (see also "speech")

           

*

         

Discursive text

grammatical features/language conventions of

                     

*

Explanatory texts

grammatical features/language conventions of explanatory texts

                     

*

Formal official language

collecting and analysing, conventions of, typical words/expressions

                   

*

 

Grammar

use awareness of grammar to help decipher new/unfamiliar words

*

*

*

                 
 

check own work/suggest alternative constructions

     

*

               

Grammatical agreement

in speech and writing

 

*

                   
 

pronouns and verbs

   

*

                 
 

nouns and verbs

           

*

*

*

     
 

nouns, pronouns, verbs

             

*

       

Grammatical features of

discursive, explanatory, instructional, narrative, persuasive texts

                     

*

 

recounts reports

                     

*

Handwriting

presentation devices, speech bubbles, enlarged /italicised print, captions, headings in set text

*

                     

Instructional writing

verb forms in

           

*

         

Instructional texts

grammatical features/ language conventions of

                     

*

Language

differences between spoken and written language

             

*

       
 

language conventions of discursive, explanatory, instructional, narrative, persuasive texts, recounts, reports

                     

*

 

investigating language of proverbs, language changes, dialect etc.

                     

*

Narrative

grammatical features/language conventions of

                     

*

Nouns

pluralising nouns

 

*

                   
 

revision from Y.4; agreement with pronouns and verbs

             

*

       

Theme

Activity/Knowledge/Skill

Year 3

Term

Year 4

Term

Year 5

Term

Year 6

Term

   

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

Persuasive texts

grammatical features/language conventions of

                     

*

Pluralisation

recognising singular/plural forms; which nouns can be pluralised

 

*

                   
 

transforming sentences between singular and plural

 

*

                   

Prepositions

search for, identify and classify, substituting and experimenting

               

*

     
 

revise from Y.5

                 

*

   

Presentation devices

speech bubbles, enlarged or italicised print, captions and headings, inset text

*

                     

Pronouns

noticing in speech and reading

   

*

                 
 

1st, 2nd, 3rd person forms of; marking gender;

grammatical agreement with verbs

   

*

                 
 

personal/possessive pronouns

   

*

                 
 

substituting pronouns for nouns in own writing

   

*

                 
 

agreement with nouns and verbs, revision from Y4

             

*

       
 

ensuring clarity of

             

*

       

Punctuation

purpose and use of full stop, capitals, exclamation marks, question marks, speech marks

*

                     
 

use speech marks in writing

   

*

                 
 

use commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, hyphens, speech marks in reading

         

*

           
 

notice commas and layout of direct speech

           

*

         
 

to replace intonation, pauses, gestures

             

*

       
 

in complex sentences

             

*

*

     
 

colon, semicolon, parenthetic commas, dashes, brackets (secure use of)

                 

*

   

Reading

identifying adjectives in shared reading

 

*

                   
 

words/phrases to signal time sequences

   

*

                 
 

ambiguities, exploring in sentence contractions

             

*

       

Reading and Punctuation

notice commas; notice capital letters

 

*

                   
 

identify possessive apostrophes

       

*

             
 

use commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, hyphens, speech marks

         

*

           
 

notice commas and layout of direct speech

           

*

         

Recounts

verb forms in

           

*

         
 

grammatical features/language conventions of

                     

*

Reports

grammatical features/language conventions of

                     

*

Sentences (see also grammatical agreement)

questions ; statements

         

*

           
 

ambiguity arising from sentence contraction

             

*

       
 

shortening; deleting/substituting words in; combining two or more

             

*

       
 

differences between spoken and written language

             

*

       
 

contracting sentences for editing, note making, summary (revise)

                   

*

 

Sentences: word order

deleting words and retaining sense

 

*

       

*

         
 

orders which maintain/destroy meaning

       

*

             
 

changing word order, words essential to meaning

           

*

         
 

reorder simple sentences

             

*

       
 

re-expressing sentences, revise from Y5

                 

*

*

 

Sentences: complex

combining two or more sentences

             

*

       
 

checking meaning of; exploring sequence/structure of clauses

                 

*

   
 

using different connectives

                 

*

   
 

appropriate punctuation (revise); constructing them (revise)

                   

*

 
 

identifying main clauses; ways of connecting clauses (revise)

                   

*

 

Speech

Use of speech marks in own writing

   

*

                 
 

direct/reported speech; commas and paragraphing for direct speech

           

*

         

Standard English

agreement between nouns/verbs; consistency of tense/subject

           

*

*

*

     
 

avoidance of double negatives; avoidance of non-standard dialect

           

*

*

*

     
 

revise from Year 5

                 

*

   

Suffixes

indicating degrees of intensity in adverbs

       

*

             

Theme

Activity/Knowledge/Skill

Year 3

Term

Year 4

Term

Year 5

Term

Year 6

Term

   

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

Term

speech marks; verb

*

                     
 

adjective, use it appropriately; singular, plural, use these appropriately

 

*

                   
 

collective noun, comma

 

*

                   
 

tense

     

*

               
 

preposition

               

*

     
 

active and passive

                 

*

*

 
                           

Types of text

discursive, explanatory, instructional, narrative, persuasive, recounts, reports

                     

*

Verbs: collect/classify

function of verbs; experimenting with verbs

*

                     
 

1st, 2nd, 3rd person, collect, categorise, discuss

 

*

                   
 

powerful verbs

     

*

               
 

1st, 2nd, 3rd person; identify and classify verbs; auxiliary verbs

           

*

         

Verbs: forms of

active, interrogative, imperative in recounts/instructional writing

           

*

         
 

active and passive

                 

*

*

 
 

passive voice, effects of

                   

*

 

Verbs: grammatical agreement

with pronouns

   

*

                 
 

with pronouns and nouns

             

*

       

Verbs: tenses

use past tense consistently for narration

*

                     
 

use tenses with increasing accuracy in speaking and writing

*

                     
 

in narrative and information texts

     

*

               
 

past, present, future; past tense in recounts

           

*

         

Vocabulary

powerful verbs

     

*

               

Word classes

cues for identifying

         

*

           

Writing

demarcate sentences with full-stop/capital letter

*

                     
 

write in complete sentences and identify sentence boundaries

*

                     
 

use commas in lists

*

                     
 

use verb tenses with increasing accuracy

*

                     
 

experimenting with adjectives in shared writing

 

*

                   
 

use widening range of conjunctions

   

*

                 
 

ensure grammatical agreement of pronouns and verbs

   

*

                 
 

word/phrases to signal time sequences

   

*

                 
 

edit and revise own writing

     

*

               
 

using adverbs with discrimination in own writing

     

*

               
 

using commas to mark grammatical boundaries within sentences

     

*

               
 

using apostrophe

       

*

             
 

good connectives (discuss)

           

*

         
 

proof read/edit own work; simplify clumsy constructions; (discuss)

           

*

         
 

use imperative forms of verb in instructional texts/past tense in recounts

           

*

         
 

complex sentences

           

*

   

*

 

*

 

for different readers/purposes

           

*

*

*

*

   
 

transform between active/passive

                 

*

*

 
 

using conditionals

                   

*

 
 

impersonal voice; passive (revise)

                     

*






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