ENGLISH K-6 SCOPE AND SEQUENCE “GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY and PUNCTUATION”
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Stage 1
Stage 2
Grammar
Cohesion
Pronoun reference
Sentence
level
Word
building and
Origins
Sentences
Creative and
Evaluative
language
Punctuation
Capital letter
Full stop
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Quotation marks
Verbs
Adverbs
Who/what/when/where words.
Prepositions
Noun
Articles
Adjectives
Pronoun
Synonyms
Antonyms
Time connectives
Word families
Noun-pronoun
Agreement
Subject-verb agreement
Compound Sentence
Quoted (direct) speech
Compound words
Base words
Prefixes
Suffixes
Creative Language:
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
repetition
Capital letter
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Quotation marks
Comma
(separates items)
Verb – word that tells what is
happening or what is:
Action verb
Thinking verb
Adverb – word that describes a
verb or adjective to tell when,
where, how
Prepositions – placed in front of a
noun group to show when or
where
Noun – a naming word for a
person, place or thing
Adjective – a word that describes a
noun:
Pronoun – a word that stands
instead of a noun eg I, me, he, she
Noun group
Noun – a naming word for a
person, place or thing:
Common noun
Proper noun
Concrete noun
Abstract noun
Articles – a, an, the
Adjective – a word that describes a
noun:

Describing

numbering
Pronoun – a word that stands
instead of a noun:

personal pronoun eg I, me,
him, it

possessive noun
Noun group – a group of words
built around a noun that describes
or specifies the noun:

articles or adjectives

two or more nouns
Verb group
Adverbial
phrase
Conjunction
Where/when/how
Adverbial phrase - contributes
extra information about the main
clause
Conjunction – joining word (and,
so but)
Adverbial phrase - contributes
extra information about the main
clause: preposition group, tells
more about action
Reported speech (indirect)
Coordinating conjunctionA word to link phrase and clauses
Paragraph
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Stage 3
Homonyms
Homophones
Cohesive link -pronouns,
conjunctions,
Connectives
Connectives
Nominalisation
Reference links
Complex Sentence
Topic Sentence
Word Origins
Evaluative language: express
feelings, opinions, judgements,
assessments
Creative language
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Personification
Nonsense words -(spoonism,
neologisms, puns)
Quotation marks
Apostrophes (signify contractions)
Evaluative Language: judgemental,
critical, emotional, emotive,
modality, shades of feelings,
opinions, meaning
Creative Language
Emphasis
Irony, humour
Verb – word that tells what is
happening or what is:
Relating verb
Feeling verb
Possessing verb
Tense – future, past, present
Adverb – word that describes a
verb or adjective to tell when,
where, how or another verb:
modality, degree, comments
Prepositions – placed in front of a
noun group to show when or
where or how or why
Prepositional phrases – units of
meaning within a preposition
Noun – a naming word for a
person, place or thing:

singular,

plural

collective

term of address
Elaborated tenses – multiple
tenses
Adjective – a word that describes a
noun:

possessive

comparative
Adjective – a word that describes a
noun:

classifies

modal
Pronoun – a word that stands
instead of a noun:

relative pronoun
Noun group – a group of words
built around a noun that describes
or specifies the noun:

types of articles, adjectives
and nouns linked together
Verb group – a group of words
built up around a verb: auxiliary
verbs, two or more verbs
Noun group – a group of words
built around a noun that describes
or specifies the noun:

adjectival phrase

adjectival/relative clauses
Verb group – a group of words
built up around a verb: auxiliary,
verbs, two or more verbs
Quoted (direct) speech
Reported (indirect speech
Apostrophe (signify possession)
Comma (to separate clauses)
Noun – a naming word for a
person, place or thing: technical eg
nucleus