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Simple and compound sentences revision
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...
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Planning a setting description based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
Pupil outcome: I can plan a setting description based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Key learning points: - The setting description describes where the narrative takes place. - Adverbial detail describes when, where or how things...
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Writing the paragraph about artefacts in the Stone Age
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the artefacts of the Stone Age. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject contains...
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Writing the conclusion of a persuasive letter to Sherlock Holmes
Pupil outcome: I can write the conclusion of a persuasive letter, using a range of cohesive devices. Key learning points: - Writing is most successful when structure, content and vocabulary are planned. - The conclusion should use a...
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Writing the closing of a diary entry based on 'How To Train Your Dragon'
Pupil outcome: I can use a plan to write the closing of a diary entry based on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’. Key learning points: - The closing is the final paragraph of a piece of writing. - Writers need to shift between past, present and...
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Writing the second section of an information text about an author
Pupil outcome: I can write a section of an information text about an author. Key learning points: - Notes from a written plan support in writing and ensure important information is included in an information text. - Using a range of...
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Character description of a family member
Pupil outcome: I can describe a member of my family using adjectives and adverbs. Key learning points: - Vocabulary can be generated and used in different ways using a word bank - Adjectives describe a noun - When using two adjectives, a...
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Subject and object
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....
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Writing the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the houses of the Stone Age people. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject contains...
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Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age
Pupil outcome: I can write the introduction of a non-chronological report about the Stone Age. Key learning points: - The purpose of the introduction is to give general information to the reader. - The introduction outlines what the...
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Writing the paragraph about exercise and sleep
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the importance of exercise and sleep. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject...
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Generating vocabulary for a persuasive advert
Pupil outcome: I can generate vocabulary for a persuasive advert. Key learning points: - Using a range of adjectives and nouns is important when describing a product in a persuasive advert. - Using a range of synonyms for the product...
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Writing the paragraph about the death of King Tut
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the death of King Tut. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject contains specific...
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Exploring cohesive devices in a model non-chronological report about an insect
Pupil outcome: I can identify cohesive devices that are used in a non-chronological report about an insect. Key learning points: - Text cohesion refers to how a text flows together to maintain the interest of the reader. - We can improve...
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Compound and adverbial complex sentences revision
Pupil outcome: You can recognise the difference between compound sentences and adverbial complex sentences. Key learning points: - A comma is a punctuation mark with more than one purpose. - Commas are often used to demarcate clauses in...
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Writing the second half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'
Pupil outcome: I can write the second half of a section of the build-up in ‘A Kind of Spark’, switching between a third person perspective and internal monologue. Key learning points: - We are writing about an event from the build-up,...
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Writing the first section of the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'
Pupil outcome: I can write the first section of the climax of ‘A Kind of Spark’, adopting Addie’s perspective and using a range of language features. Key learning points: - We are writing a narrative that includes switches in perspective...
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Writing the second section of an explanation text about how bees make honey
Pupil outcome: I can use my plan to write the section about how honey bees produce honey inside the hive. Key learning points: - The steps in the honey-making process are written in chronological order. - Ordering fronted adverbials...
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Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about King Tut
Pupil outcome: I can write the introduction of a non-chronological report about King Tut. Key learning points: - The purpose of the introduction is to give general information to the reader. - The introduction outlines what the reader...
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Writing the second section of an explanation text about mummification
Pupil outcome: I can use my plan to write the section about how the body was wrapped in the process of mummification. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - The steps in the mummification...
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Writing the introduction of a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle
Pupil outcome: I can write the opening of a non-chronological report about healthy lifestyle. Key learning points: - The purpose of the introduction is to give general information to the reader. - The introduction outlines what the...
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'The Twisted Tree': writing an article about Mormor's death
Pupil outcome: I can write an article about Mormor’s death that includes a variety of sentence types for different effects. Key learning points: - Writing with focus – one sentence at a time – allows you to carefully craft each sentence....
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Contrasting the familiar and the unknown in your descriptive writing
Pupil outcome: I can use language and structure to create contrast between the familiar and the unknown. Key learning points: - You can use language such as semantic fields to show the contrast between the familiar and the unknown. - You...
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Using compound sentences to describe dystopian settings
Pupil outcome: I can use simple and compound sentences to describe dystopian settings. Key learning points: - Effective descriptions include some short sentences and some longer ones - A simple sentence has one subject and one verb - A...