Language Tree SB 4

Language

Word work

Writing

Nouns: common, proper, plurals

Plurals: regular, irregular

Get ideas for a story using story grammar

• Collective nouns • Indefinite pronouns

Use the writing process to write a thank- you letter

Verbs: • simple present tense • subject and verb • subject–verb agreement Adjectives: • identifying • comparative and superlative

Irregular, comparative and superlative adjectives

• Draft, peer edit and revise a story • Write a book report

Root words + suffixes

Write a summary

• Sentences and phrases • Sentence punctuation • Subject and predicate • Present tense – negative and interrogative • Simple past tense: regular, irregular • Interrogative and negative past tense

Homographs

• Write an expository text (report) • Organise ideas under headings

Dictionary skills

Write a poem

• is, are ; was, were • Present participle • Present and past continuous • Possessive adjective • Possessive pronoun • Apostrophe of possession • Subject–verb–object • Pronouns: subject, object

Synonyms

• Plan using a storyboard • Write, revise and edit a story

Homophones

Write and revise a rap

Paragraph structure: topic sentence, supporting details • Future tense • Distinguish future, present and past

Prefixes

Research and write an expository paragraph

• Abbreviations • Capitals

Design a poster

Adverbs

Spelling tips: how to learn spellings

• Description • Draft and peer edit a story

Silent letters

Write and revise instructions

• Imperatives • Commas in lists • Parts of speech

Study skills: using a dictionary

Write a formal letter

• Commas in addresses and dates • Conjunctions: but, and, so; because, although

Computer terminology

Project: research and write

• Persuading the reader • Contractions • Prepositions

Writing dialogue using quotation marks

Spelling tips: when you are writing

Write a review of a poem

Write a story with dialogue and character description

Parts of speech

Words often confused: • its, it’s • there, their

Present perfect

Bar graph

Project: research, write and present

• Sequencing • Joining sentences: who, whom, which

Antonyms

Write a chronological report

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