English

English

During this Summer half term in English the children are taking inspiration from the story ‘The Last Wolf’ and using it as a stimulus for discussion and their writing.

The outcome of this unit is to write a letter to persuade, linked to the outcome of trying to save a woodland and look after our environment.

Skills children will be learning, practising and applying in their writing include:

Gateway keys (non-negotiables/basic skills)

Use the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense. Some use of subordination (because, when) and coordination (and, but). Use punctuation correctly (as taught so far). Write sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command.

Mastery keys (year group national curriculum expectations)

Use subordination (if, that).

Add -er and -est to adjectives.

Use homophones and near homophones.

Use punctuation correctly – apostrophes for contracted forms.

Feature keys (vocabulary, manipulating sentences and tense, structure)

Include detail and description to inform the reader. Use a range of sentence forms to address the reader. Write in 1st person. Include personal comments and own viewpoint. Use openings and closings e.g. dear, opening statement to state why we are writing, from.

Some useful resources linked to English are found below:

Full stops & Capital Letters - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8x6cj6/articles/zv78jhv

Coordinating conjunctions - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zk3dcmn

Subordinating conjunctions - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmfhqfr

Handwriting

For help with practising cursive handwriting please use the useful resources attached.

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