Writing
During Autumn 1, we will be using the below texts as stimulus for our English work:
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Synopsis of Text:A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear . . . But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall? Outcomes:Labels and captions, informal letters Main outcome:Narrative retelling |
Synopsis of Text:Astrid loves space and she wants to be an astronaut! She has lots of fun with her Papa finding out what it takes to become one: from doing experiments and eating dried food, to getting used to near-zero gravity. Outcomes:Writing in role, commands, ‘how to’ guides Main outcome:Fact file about being an astronaut |
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As well as covering a number of transcription and reading skills, we will be learning: Vocabulary, Grammar & Punctuation
• How words can combine to make sentences • Joining words and joining clauses using and • Sequencing sentences to form short narratives • Separation of words with spaces • Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences • Expanded noun phrases for description and specification [for example, the blue butterfly, plain flour, the man in the moon] • Use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences • Commas to separate items in a list • Apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns [for example, the girl’s name] • Capital letters for names and the personal pronoun / Writing (Composition) Write sentences by: • Composing a sentence orally before writing it • Sequencing sentences to form short narratives • Re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense • Discuss what they have written with the teacher or other pupils |
As well as covering a number of transcription and reading skills, we will be learning: Vocabulary, Grammar & Punctuation •Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences • How words can combine to make sentences • Joining words and joining clauses using and • Sequencing sentences to form short narratives • Subordination (using when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (using or, and, but) • How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement, question, exclamation or command • Use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences Write sentences by:
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