To plan and describe unusual settings with familiar elements. Use the setting as the basis for a new story based on personal experience.
To use the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past (e.g. He has gone out to play contrasted with He went out to play).
To introduce paragraphs as a way to group related material.
To use lists of three for description: He wore old shoes, a dark cloak and a red hat. African elephants have large ears, long trunks and curly tusks.
Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions (e.g. when, before, after, while, so, because), adverbs (e.g. then, next, soon, therefore) or prepositions (e.g. before, after, during, in, because of).
To use apostrophes for contractions (can’t, don’t) and to mark singular possession in nouns (the girl’s name).
To use time connectives: eventually, just then, although, meanwhile.
To use adjectives to open sentences: The golden sun…..
To use adverbs to open sentences: Suddenly, Angrily, Sadly…
To read and evaluate a wider range of simple persuasive texts, explaining and evaluating responses orally.
To begin to use words, pictures and other communication modes to persuade others when appropriate to particular writing purpose.
Through role play and drama explore particular persuasive scenarios (e.g. a parent persuading a reluctant child to go to bed) and discuss the effectiveness of different strategies used.
To use headings and sub-headings to aid presentation.
To secure use of types of sentence: statement, question, exclamation, command.
To introduce complex sentences: use of who (relative clause) - There was a little old woman who lived in a cottage.
To use other subordinating connectives: when, while, where, which, because, so that, if, to, until.
To use long and short sentences; long sentences add description or information; short sentences for emphasis.