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England National Curriculum · Year 6 · English

7 curriculum codes

English

Writing

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Pupils should be taught to:
develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:
recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms
using passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence
using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause
using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely
using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility
using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (ie omitted) relative pronoun
learning the grammar for years 5 and 6 in English appendix 2
indicate grammatical and other features by:
using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing
using hyphens to avoid ambiguity
using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
using semicolons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses
using a colon to introduce a list
punctuating bullet points consistently
use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 accurately and appropriately in discussing their writing and reading

59 resources

Active and Passive Voice Year 5 Unit

Active and Passive Voice Year 5 Unit

Adjectives & Adjective Groups Years 1–5 English Unit Bundle

Adverbial Phrases Year 4 Unit

Affixes, Morphemes & Word Origins Years 2–6 Bundle

Apostrophes of Possession Year 5

Articles Unit of Work – Year 4

Blueback Book Study – Years 3–6

Character, Setting and Plot – Year 4

Cohesion in Texts Year 5 Unit

Commas That Guide the Reader - Year 5

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives – Year 4 English Unit

Complex Sentences - Year 5

Conjunctions Year 4 Unit Plan

Degrees of Language Formality – Year 5

Direct and Indirect Speech Year 4 Unit

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

Editing and Proofreading - Year 4

Etymological Word Origins – Year 4

Fables Unit – Year 4

Genre: How Stories Work - Years 3-6

Informative Texts — Year 5

Just Tricking Years 3–6 English Unit

Language Roles in Group Discussions - Year 5

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

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

Leila and the Blue Fox: Hybrid Text Unit

Multimodal Texts — Year 5 Unit

Narrative Writing Unit - Year 4

Noun & Adjective Groups — Year 5

Noun Groups — Year 4

Peeling Paragraphs - Year 4 English Unit

Persuasive Texts Year 4 Unit

Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

Precise Words for Clear Descriptions - Year 5

Prepositions Year 4 Unit Plan

Proofreading Year 5 Unit

Quotation Marks Year 4 Unit

Requests and Responses for Real Situations - Year 5

Shared Ownership and Precise Punctuation - Year 5

Similes & Metaphors - Year 5

Synonyms and Antonyms Year 4 Unit

Verb Groups Year 4 Unit

Verb Tense — Year 4 Unit of Work

Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

Wonder Theme Unit | Years 3–6

Word Etymology Unit – Year 5

Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

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

Year 4 Procedural Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games, Quiz and Assessment

Year 4 Word Processors Unit

Year 5 Active and Passive Voice Variety Pack | 2 English Units

Year 5 Narrative Texts Unit

Year 5 Persuasive Writing Unit

Year 5 Persuasive Writing Unit

Year 5 Persuasive Writing Variety Pack | 2 English Units

Year 5 Poetry Unit of Work

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

Years 4–5 Grammar, Punctuation and Editing Bundle | 10 Units