Language is endlessly variable. Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in our native language, and we're able to do so from an early age— almost as soon as we start to communicate in sentences. How is this possible?...

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Pupil outcome: I can explore the diversity of France by accessing a range of texts and recognising the different uses of prepositions. Key learning points: - [a] sounds like 'animal' and [au] sounds like 'gauche'. - Use 'en' to mean 'to'...

Pupil outcome: I can describe a Francophone country and demonstrate understanding of differences between Francophone countries. Key learning points: - There are many 'Francophone' (French-speaking) countries to explore around the world....

Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the apostrophe for singular possession. Key learning points: - An apostrophe has more than one purpose. - An apostrophe can show possession. - An 's is used to show belonging after the first noun.

Pupil outcome: I can identify the structure of a relative complex sentence. Key learning points: - The relative clause is a type of subordinate clause, which must join to a main clause to make complete sense. - The relative clause adds...

Pupil outcome: I can practise subject, object, active voice and passive voice test questions. Key learning points: - A grammatically accurate sentence has a subject and a verb. It can contain an object. - A sentence can be written or...

Pupil outcome: I can identify the subject and object in main clauses. Key learning points: - Any clause is a group of words that contains a verb. - Given that any clause contains a verb, it must contain an agent that does or is the verb....

Pupil outcome: I can identify that a relative clause is a type of subordinate clause. Key learning points: - Any subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb and does not make complete sense. - Any subordinate clause must...

Pupil outcome: I can use a pair of commas to interrupt a main clause with a relative clause in a relative complex sentence. Key learning points: - A relative clause joined to a main clause forms a relative complex sentence. - The...

Pupil outcome: I can practise word class test questions. Key learning points: - There are four types of noun: common, proper, collective and abstract. - Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs build clauses. - Determiners introduce nouns. -...

Pupil outcome: I can use the comma for a range of purposes in four different sentence structures. Key learning points: - A comma is written before 'but' or 'or' co-ordinating conjunctions in a compound sentence. - If the adverbial clause...

Pupil outcome: I can practise word-level test questions. Key learning points: - A word family is a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning. Prefixes and suffixes can build word families. - A synonym is a word with the same...

Pupil outcome: I can identify subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns and select the ones that are appropriate to use in different sentence contexts. Key learning points: - Adverbial clauses and relative clauses are types of...

Pupil outcome: I can write a range of sentence types with prepositions to indicate time, place or cause. Key learning points: - Prepositions tell the reader where or when something is in relation to something else. - Prepositions can...

Pupil outcome: I can write the second half of the duel scene, using a range of cohesive devices and all the elements of a narrative. Key learning points: - We have planned the structure, content and vocabulary for our narrative. - When...

Pupil outcome: I can identify whether sentences are written in the active or passive voice. Key learning points: - There are different tenses and ways of forming verbs in English. - The subject of the clause does or is the verb in the...

Pupil outcome: I can convert sentences between the active and passive voice. Key learning points: - There are different tenses and ways of forming verbs in English. - In the passive voice, the verb is 'done to' the subject. - The passive...

Pupil outcome: I can write the first half of the build-up of ‘Beowulf and the dragon’, using a range of narrative elements and a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas. Key learning points: - As we write, we aim to include a range of...

Pupil outcome: I can identify how specific words act on the meaning of a sentence. Key learning points: - Words can be related to each other by common features, patterns or meaning. - Synonyms and antonyms can be used by writers to vary...

Pupil outcome: I can use a range of prepositions and emphatic pronouns to contrast where I and other people live. Key learning points: - Emphatic pronouns are often used after prepositions. - Emphatic pronouns include moi (me) and toi...

Pupil outcome: I can write the first half of the duel scene, using a range of cohesive devices and all the elements of a narrative. Key learning points: - We have planned the structure, content and vocabulary for our narrative. - When we...

Pupil outcome: I can accurately punctuate sentences including apostrophes for contraction, singular possession or plural possession. Key learning points: - An apostrophe is an important piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. -...

Pupil outcome: I can edit the introduction and first section of a non-chronological report. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making changes to improve writing. - When editing punctuation, missing or incorrect punctuation,...