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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