Pupil outcome: I can vary my sentence types and lengths to improve the rhythm of a paragraph of creative writing inspired by Natasha Bowen’s ‘Skin of the Sea’. Key learning points: - A complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a...

Pupil outcome: I can write a recount about a school trip. Key learning points: - A recount is written in the past tense. - A recount is written in chronological order and will use fronted adverbials of time. - A recount is written in the...

Pupil outcome: I can edit and improve my instructions for making a monster pizza. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making any changes needed to improve our writing. - Punctuation is the name for the marks used to make our...

Pupil outcome: I can apply two new spellings for the 'er' phoneme: 'or' and 'ear'. Key learning points: - ear' is a representation of the 'er' phoneme that can ben found at the beginning or middle of a word. - The 'or' representation of...

Pupil outcome: I can spell compound words. Key learning points: - Compound words are two or more words joined together. - In a compound word, the spelling of the original words stays the same. - 'Football', 'notebook', 'inside' and...

Pupil outcome: I can write the end of a traditional tale, building suspense. Key learning points: - Two ideas can be joined using a joining word, 'and' - Exclamation marks can be used to show surprise, such as when the giant follows Jack...

Pupil outcome: I can write facts about Floella Benjamin. Key learning points: - A fact is a statement of truth. - 'Coming to England' is about Floella Benjamin's life so it can be used to learn information and facts. - Two facts can be...

Pupil outcome: I can write a simple instructions and commands. Key learning points: - Instructions or commands tell someone what to do. - Giving an instruction to someone can be useful in teaching them something or giving them...

Pupil outcome: I can write an information page, including commands. Key learning points: - Instructions can be added to an information report to tell someone what to do and how to do it, such as 'Feed your cat'. - Instructions can also...

Pupil outcome: I can write a sentence in cursive handwriting, using capital letters correctly. Key learning points: - A sentence always begins with a capital letter and a proper noun always has a capital letter. - After forming a capital...

Pupil outcome: I can write about something I am responsible for. Key learning points: - Re-reading a story can help to summarise the plot and remember the main events - A theme is a main idea in a story that often tries to teach the...

Pupil outcome: I can practise simple and compound sentence test questions. Key learning points: - A simple sentence has one main clause. - There are four types of simple sentence: statement, question, command and exclamation. - A...

Pupil outcome: I can show emphasis in my writing using a number of strategies. Key learning points: - Writing with emphasis involves making certain words or phrases stand out. - Writing with emphasis helps to show what’s most important...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly copy out famous quotations in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - The quotation is demarcated with inverted commas. - The quotation starts with a capital letter. - After forming a capital...

Pupil outcome: I can edit my own and my peer's non-chronological report about pandas. Key learning points: - Editing is a critical part of the writing process. - Writing is most successful when editing is used to rethink, rephrase and...

Pupil outcome: I can edit the recount paragraph of a journalistic report. Key learning points: - The purpose of an editing lesson is to improve writing and make necessary corrections. - Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation can be changed...

Pupil outcome: I can practise apostrophes and speech punctuation test questions. Key learning points: - An apostrophe is an important punctuation mark with more than one purpose. - Speech sentences can be punctuated a variety of ways:...

Pupil outcome: I can plan and write the introduction of an information text about an author. Key learning points: - The purpose of the introduction is to engage the reader, introduce the author and provide general information. - An...

Pupil outcome: I can write descriptive sentences about the main character of a story. Key learning points: - A character description can be generated using evidence from the text - We know that Ada is curious because she asks lots of...

Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the suffixes -ment and -ness. Key learning points: - A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word. - If the suffix starts with a consonant letter, it is...

Pupil outcome: I can use direct and reported speech and I can use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas. Key learning points: - A journalistic report contains factual statements mixed with different individuals' perspectives. - It...

Pupil outcome: I can edit my narrative writing based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'. Key learning points: - Editing is a vital element of the writing process. - When editing, we must be selective about which parts of our writing to...

Pupil outcome: I can write about what I want to be when I grow up. Key learning points: - Writing about what someone will be when they grow up means writing in the future, using phrases such as 'I want to...' - Rehearsing a sentence out...

Pupil outcome: I can write a section of a report on the Great Fire of London. Key learning points: - A subheading is a mini-heading given to a specific section of a report. - Fronted adverbials are sentence starters followed by a comma....