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Instructional writing

verb forms in

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Instructional texts

grammatical features/ language conventions of

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Language

differences between spoken and written language

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

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investigating language of proverbs, language changes, dialect etc.

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Narrative

grammatical features/language conventions of

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Nouns

pluralising nouns

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revision from Y.4; agreement with pronouns and verbs

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Persuasive texts

grammatical features/language conventions of

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Pluralisation

recognising singular/plural forms; which nouns can be pluralised

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transforming sentences between singular and plural

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Prepositions

search for, identify and classify, substituting and experimenting

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revise from Y.5

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Presentation devices

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

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Pronouns

noticing in speech and reading

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grammatical agreement with verbs

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personal/possessive pronouns

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substituting pronouns for nouns in own writing

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agreement with nouns and verbs, revision from Y4

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ensuring clarity of

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Punctuation

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

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use speech marks in writing

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

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notice commas and layout of direct speech

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to replace intonation, pauses, gestures

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in complex sentences

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

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Reading

identifying adjectives in shared reading

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words/phrases to signal time sequences

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ambiguities, exploring in sentence contractions

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Reading and Punctuation

notice commas; notice capital letters

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identify possessive apostrophes

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

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notice commas and layout of direct speech

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Recounts

verb forms in

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grammatical features/language conventions of

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Reports

grammatical features/language conventions of

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Sentences (see also grammatical agreement)

questions ; statements

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ambiguity arising from sentence contraction

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

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differences between spoken and written language

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

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Sentences: word order

deleting words and retaining sense

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orders which maintain/destroy meaning

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changing word order, words essential to meaning

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reorder simple sentences

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re-expressing sentences, revise from Y5

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Sentences: complex

combining two or more sentences

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checking meaning of; exploring sequence/structure of clauses

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using different connectives

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appropriate punctuation (revise); constructing them (revise)

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identifying main clauses; ways of connecting clauses (revise)

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Speech

Use of speech marks in own writing

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direct/reported speech; commas and paragraphing for direct speech

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