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New Zealand Curriculum · Year 4 · English · Writing

18 curriculum codes

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English

Writing

NZ-Y4-ENG-W-C-APT-1 — opens in a new tab

identify the audience and purpose for a text
plan and write with the audience in mind, selecting the appropriate genre, language register, and word choice to best communicate the intended meaning
understand that different audiences may have a very different response to the same text

16 resources

NZ-Y4-ENG-W-C-SSP-3 — opens in a new tab

use a range of sentence structures and types, to suit the purpose of the writing and enhance its impact

7 resources

Adverbial Phrases Year 4 Unit

$4.99

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

$4.99

Leila and the Blue Fox Literature Bundle | Years 3–6

$6.99

Noun Groups — Year 4

$4.99

Prepositions Year 4 Unit Plan

$4.99

Verb Groups Year 4 Unit

$4.99

Verb Tense — Year 4 Unit of Work

$4.99

NZ-Y4-ENG-W-C-SSP-4 — opens in a new tab

expand sentences using adverbial phrases

3 resources

Adverbial Phrases Year 4 Unit

$4.99

Prepositions Year 4 Unit Plan

$4.99

Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

$4.99

NZ-Y4-ENG-W-C-SSP-7 — opens in a new tab

use speech marks and commas correctly for direct speech, with some support

2 resources

Direct and Indirect Speech Year 4 Unit

$4.99

Quotation Marks Year 4 Unit

$4.99

NZ-Y4-ENG-W-C-WTE-1 — opens in a new tab

draw on their own experiences and knowledge, as well as acquired knowledge, to write texts to entertain that:contain narrative elements: character, setting, problem/ purpose, plan, action, resolution, and conclusion
begin to use paragraphs to organise events
use time connectives
begin to use dialogue
describe characters’ thoughts and feelings
provide a sense of closure

31 resources

Articles Unit of Work – Year 4

$4.99

Blueback Book Study – Years 3–6

$4.99

Character, Setting and Plot – Year 4

$4.99

Characters Make Us Care — Year 4 English Unit

$4.99

Conjunctions Year 4 Unit Plan

$4.99

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

$4.99

Editing and Proofreading - Year 4

$4.99

Excellent Editing — Year 3

$4.99

Fables Unit – Year 4

$4.99

Genre: How Stories Work - Years 3-6

$4.99

Informative Texts Writing Unit – Year 3

$4.99

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

$4.99

Leila and the Blue Fox Literature Bundle | Years 3–6

$6.99

Leila and the Blue Fox: Hybrid Text Unit

$4.99

Narrative Texts — Year 3 English Unit

$4.99

Narrative Writing Unit - Year 4

$4.99

Peeling Paragraphs - Year 4 English Unit

$4.99

Persuasive Texts Year 3

$4.99

Persuasive Texts Year 4 Unit

$4.99

Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

$24.99

Plot Tension: Questions and Payoffs - Year 4 English

$4.99

Practising Paragraphs - Year 3

$4.99

Settings Build Expectation — Year 4 English Unit

$4.99

Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

$4.99

Wonder Theme Unit | Years 3–6

$4.99

Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

$4.99

Year 3 Informative Texts Unit | Factual Recount, Autobiography & Explanation

$4.99

Year 3 Procedural Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 4 Cohesive Language & Text Connectives Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Year 4 Word Processors Unit

$4.99

Years 4–5 Data, Chance & Paragraph Writing | 7 Unit Bundle

$19.99

NZ-Y4-ENG-W-C-WTI-1 — opens in a new tab

draw on their own experiences and knowledge, as well as acquired knowledge to write texts to inform that:introduce a topic, and group information together using simple paragraphs
begin to use linking words and phrases (also, another, together with)
use topic-related vocabulary
have a concluding statement

26 resources