Year 4 Writing
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Prefixes
Use further prefixes and
suffixes and understand
how to add them (English
appendix 1)
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Homophones
Misspelt
Spell further homophones.
Spell words that are often
misspelt (English Appendix
1).
Apostrophe
Join Letters
Discussing
Recording Ideas
Plan their writing by
discussing writing similar
to that which they are
going to write in order to
understand and learn from
its structure, vocabulary
and grammar.
Non-Narrative
Draft and write in nonnarrative material, using
simple organisational
devises e.g. headings and
sub-headings.
Vocab, Grammar,
Punctuation
Plan their writing by
discussing and recording
ideas.
Sentences
Paragraphs
Draft and write by composing and rehearsing sentences
orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied
and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence
structures (English Appendix 2).
Effectiveness
Pronouns
Evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and
vocabulary to improve consistency, including the
accurate use of pronouns in sentences.
Conjunctions
Verbs
Adverbials
Grammar
Develop their
understanding of the
concepts set out in English
appendix 2 by using
fronted adverbials.
Develop their
understanding of the
concepts set out in English
appendix 2 by learning the
grammar for years 3 and 4
in English Appendix 2.
Memory
Write from memory
simple sentences, dictated
by the teacher, that
include words and
punctuation taught so far.
Increase the legibility, and consistency and quality of their handwriting e.g. by ensuring
that the down strokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of writing are
spaced sufficiently.
Evaluate and edit by
assessing the effectiveness
of their own and others’
writing, and suggesting
improvements.
Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in
English appendix 2 by extending the range of sentences
with more than 1 clause by using a wider range of
conjunctions including when, if, because, although.
Dictionary
Use the first 2 or 3 letters
in a word to check its
spelling in a dictionary.
Legibility
Use the horizontal and diagonal strokes needed to join letters and understand which
letters, when adjacent to one another are best left unjoined.
Composition
Place the possessive
apostrophe accurately in
words that have regular
plurals (e.g. girls’, boys’)
and words with irregular
plurals (e.g. children’s).
Commas
Proof Reading
Proof read for errors in
spelling, grammar and
punctuation.
Nouns
Develop their understanding of the
concepts set out in English appendix
2 by using the present perfect form
of verbs in contract to the past tense.
Indicate grammatical and
other features by using
commas after fronted
adverbials.
Draft and write by
organising paragraphs
around a theme.
Possession
Read Aloud
Read aloud to a group or
the whole class with
appropriate intonation and
controlling the tone and
volume so that the
meaning clear.
Express Time
Develop their understanding of the
concepts set out in English appendix
2 by choosing nouns or pronouns
appropriately for clarity and cohesion
and to avoid repetition.
Indicate grammatical and
other features by indicating
possession by using the
possessive apostrophe with
plural nouns.
Narrative
Draft and write in
narratives, creating
settings, characters and
plot.
Develop their understanding of the
concepts set out in English appendix
2 by using conjunctions adverbs and
prepositions to express time and
cause.
Punctuating
Indicate grammatical and
other features by using
and punctuating direct
speech.
Terminology
Use and understand the
grammatical terminology
in English Appendix 2
accurately and
appropriately when
discussing their writing and
reading.
Terminology
Punctuating
Possession
Commas
Grammar
Adverbials
Express Time
Composition
Nouns
Verbs
Conjunctions
Read Aloud
Proof Reading
Pronouns
Effectiveness
Non-Narrative
Enter 1 (Emerging), 2 (Developing), 3 (Secure) or 4 (Mastering)
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Transcri
ption
HW
Narratives
Paragraphs
Sentences
Recording Ideas
Discussing
Legibility
Join Letters
Memory
Dictionary
Apostrophe
Misspelt
Homophones
Prefixes
Year 4 Writing 2015/16
Vocab, Grammar and Punctuation