Stage 1
Organisation
Oracle
Time connectives:
Stage 2
Stage 3
Time Connectives:
One day, After that, First,
Next, Then, Finally.
Paragraphing:
New place e.g. Inside the
shop…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
One day, After that, First,
Next, Then , Finally.
Word Worms
WOW
Adjectives:
blue, tiny, sad
-ly
Adverbs:
quickly, slowly, happily, sadly
Layout Devices:
Headings and subheadings
Sentence Starters:
Ly – Suddenly…, Fortunately…,
Luckily…, Unfortunately…
Adjectives:
huge, beautiful, evil
Sentence starters:
Ly: Excitedly…, Fearlessly…,
Bravely…, Lovingly…
Where starter: Over…,
Across…, Inside…
Adjectives
Adverbs (of manner):
urgently, carefully
Prepositions:
In, on, under, behind, next to
Prepositions:
Adverbs (when):
Then, next, soon, therefore
Prepositions:
Before, after, during,
because of
in,
in, on, under, behind, next to
Grammar
Hammer
Conjunctions:
and, but, so
Punctuation:
Conjunctions:
And, but, or, yet, also, as well,
when, if, that, because
Conjunctions:
When, before, after, while,
so, if, because.
Punctuation:
Commas for lists.
Apostrophes for contraction
e.g. I have to I’ve.
Apostrophes for possession
e.g. The girl’s book.
Punctuation:
Inverted commas for direct
speech.
Commas after LY sentences
openers e.g. Sadly, the boy
went home.
Commas between adjectives
e.g. The loud, wailing sound
hurt my ears.
Ellipsis for suspense e.g. He
stopped…what
was
that
noise?
BOYS
Simile
2A
3_ed
All the W’s
Verb, person
Simile
Adverb starter
Capital letters
Full stops
Question marks ?
Super
Sentences
Exclamation marks !
Orally say ABS and BOYS
sentences.
Adverb starters
Organisation
Oracle
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Time Connectives:
One day, After that, First,
Next, Then, Finally.
Paragraphing:
New place e.g. Inside the
shop…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
Connectives within a
paragraph:
Then, after that, this, firstly
Layout Devices:
Headings and subheadings
Word Worms
Sentence Starters:
Ly – Suddenly…, Fortunately…,
Luckily…, Unfortunately…
Adjectives:
huge, beautiful, evil
Sentence starters:
Ly: Excitedly…, Fearlessly…,
Bravely…, Lovingly…
Where starter: Over…,
Across…, Inside…
Paragraphs:
New idea e.g. Another
reason…
New place e.g. Inside…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
Sentence starters:
Simile starter e.g. Like a
flash, the rocket flew off.
Where starter e.g. At the
end of the lane, the road
stopped.
Adjectives
Adverbs (of manner):
urgently, carefully
Prepositions:
In, on, under, behind, next to
Adjectives
Adverbs (when):
Then, next, soon, therefore
Prepositions:
Before, after,
because of
during,
in,
Adverbs:
Fronted adverbial e.g. Later
that day they set off on
their adventure; Eagerly, the
boy stared at the presents.
Prepositions
Grammar
Hammer
Super
Sentences
Conjunctions:
And, but, or, yet, also, as well,
when, if, that, because
Conjunctions:
When, before, after, while,
so, if, because.
Conjunctions:
Although, however,
therefore, consequently
Punctuation:
Commas for lists.
Apostrophes for contraction
e.g. I have to I’ve.
Apostrophes for possession
e.g. The girl’s book.
Punctuation:
Inverted commas for direct
speech.
Commas after LY sentences
openers e.g. Sadly, the boy
went home.
Commas between adjectives
e.g. The loud, wailing sound
hurt my ears.
Ellipsis for suspense e.g. He
stopped…what
was
that
noise?
Punctuation:
Full speech punctuation e.g.
Mr Burgess screamed, “Clear
this mess up now!”
Apostrophes to mark single
and plural possession e.g. The
girl’s name and the girls’
names.
Commas to separate clauses.
BOYS
Simile
Personification of weather
2A
3_ed
Drop in clause
All the W’s
Verb, person
The more, the more
Simile
Adverb starter
Double ly ending.
Adverb starters
Organisation
Oracle
Stage 3
Stage 4
Paragraphing:
New place e.g. Inside the
shop…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
Connectives within a
paragraph:
Then, after that, this, firstly
Layout Devices:
Headings and subheadings
Word Worms
Sentence starters:
Ly: Excitedly…, Fearlessly…,
Bravely…, Lovingly…
Where starter: Over…,
Across…, Inside…
Paragraphs:
New idea e.g. Another
reason…
New place e.g. Inside…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
Sentence starters:
Simile starter e.g. Like a
flash, the rocket flew off.
Where starter e.g. At the
end of the lane, the road
stopped.
Adjectives
Adjectives
Adverbs (when):
Then, next, soon, therefore
Prepositions:
Before, after,
because of
during,
in,
Adverbs:
Fronted adverbial e.g. Later
that day they set off on
their adventure; Eagerly, the
boy stared at the presents.
Stage 5
Connectives within a paragraph:
In addition, furthermore
Paragraphs:
New idea e.g. Another reason…
New place e.g. Inside…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
Tense e.g. He had seen her before.
Layout devices:
Heading
Subheading
Bullet points
Sentence starters:
Connective: While…, When…, Since…,
After…, As…,
Ing: Fuming, she stamped her feet
in disgust.
Ed: Surprised, he squealed with
excitement.
Adjectives
Adverbs (to show possibility):
Surely, perhaps, certainly
Prepositions
Modal verbs:
Should, could, will, must, might.
Prepositions
Grammar
Hammer
Super
Sentences
Conjunctions:
When, before, after, while,
so, if, because.
Conjunctions:
Although, however,
therefore, consequently
Punctuation:
Inverted commas for direct
speech.
Commas after LY sentences
openers e.g. Sadly, the boy
went home.
Commas between adjectives
e.g. The loud, wailing sound
hurt my ears.
Ellipsis for suspense e.g. He
stopped…what
was
that
noise?
Punctuation:
Full speech punctuation e.g.
Mr Burgess screamed, “Clear
this mess up now!”
Apostrophes to mark single
and plural possession e.g. The
girl’s name and the girls’
names.
Commas to separate clauses.
Simile
Personification of weather
3_ed
Drop in clause
Verb, person
The more, the more
Adverb starter
Double ly ending.
Conjunctions:
Such as, as well as, whereas, since.
Punctuation:
Brackets
Dashes
Commas to separate clauses
Short sentence for impact
De: de
2 pairs
Outside/Inside
If, if, if, then
Some; others
Stage 4
Organisation
Oracle
Connectives within a
paragraph:
Then, after that, this, firstly
Paragraphs:
New idea e.g. Another
reason…
New place e.g. Inside…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
Word Worms
Sentence starters:
Simile starter e.g. Like a
flash, the rocket flew off.
Where starter e.g. At the
end of the lane, the road
stopped.
Adjectives
Adverbs:
Fronted adverbial e.g. Later
that day they set off on
their adventure; Eagerly, the
boy stared at the presents.
Stage 5
Connectives within a paragraph:
In addition, furthermore
Paragraphs:
New idea e.g. Another reason…
New place e.g. Inside…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
Tense e.g. He had seen her before.
Layout devices:
Heading
Subheading
Bullet points
Sentence starters:
Connective: While…, When…, Since…,
After…, As…,
Ing: Fuming, she stamped her feet
in disgust.
Ed: Surprised, he squealed with
excitement.
Stage 6
Connectives within a paragraph:
On the other hand…, In contrast…,
As a consequence…, As mentioned
previously.
Paragraphs:
New idea e.g. Another reason…
New place e.g. Inside…
New time e.g. That evening…
New person speaking
Tense e.g. He had seen her before.
Layout devices:
Headings
Bullet points
Subheadings
Columns or tables
Bullet points
Sentence starters
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Adjectives
Adverbs (to show possibility):
Surely, perhaps, certainly
Prepositions
Modal verbs:
Should, could, will, must, might.
Prepositions
Grammar
Hammer
Conjunctions:
Although, however,
therefore, consequently
Punctuation:
Full speech punctuation e.g.
Mr Burgess screamed, “Clear
this mess up now!”
Apostrophes to mark single
and plural possession e.g. The
girl’s name and the girls’
names.
Commas to separate clauses.
Super
Sentences
Personification of weather
Drop in clause
Conjunctions:
Such as, as well as, whereas, since.
Punctuation:
Brackets
Dashes
Commas to separate clauses
Double ly ending.
Punctuation:
Semi-colon
Colon or dash between clauses
Colon to introduce a list
Semi-colon within a list
Hyphens to avoid ambiguity e.g.
Man eating shark versus Maneating shark.
Short sentence for impact
3 bad – (dash) question?
De: de
Imagine 3
2 pairs
The more, the more
Conjunctions
Outside/Inside
If, if, if, then
Some; others
P.C.
Irony