Hamstel Junior School
Hamstel Road, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 4PQ - 01702 468048
Excellence in Everything
Year 6 English
Reading
Autumn Term
In the autumn term Year 6 children will:
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have a reading age of 11 years
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read age appropriate books with confidence and fluency (to include whole novels)
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read aloud with intonation that shows understanding
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work out the meaning of word from the context
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retrieve information from non-fiction
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predict what might happen from details stated and implied
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summarise main ideas, identifying key details and using quotations for illustration
Spring Term
In the spring term Year 6 children will:
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have a reading age of 11 years and 3 months
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explain and discuss their understanding of what they have read, drawing inferences and justifying these with evidence
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evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader
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make comparisons within and across books
Writing
Autumn Term
In the Autumn Term Year 6 children learn:
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use joined, consistent handwriting style
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choose words to create atmosphere
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create noun phrases that create atmosphere
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embed dialogue that tells the reader about a character
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choose vocabulary to signal how formal the text is
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use inverted commas correctly in a story
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evaluate and edit by ensuring correct subject and verb agreement
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evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of own and others' writing with reasoning
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proofreads for spelling errors linked to the spelling statements
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use a combination of adverbs, ENPs and prepositional phrases to add detail
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embed dialogue that moves the story forward
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use modal verbs to suggest different degrees of certainty
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extend sentences with relative clauses
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extend some sentences with subordinate clauses
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use commas to punctuate clauses
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use a range of linking words to make links between sentences
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select language that shows good awareness of the reader
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evaluate and edit by proposing reasoned changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning
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proofread for punctuation errors including capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, inverted commas
Spring Term
In the Spring Term Year 6 children learn:
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use a range of linking word to make links between paragraphs
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start some sentences with a subordinate clause
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use ing and ed clauses
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attempt to use semi-colons, dashes, colons and hyphens
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write effectively for a range of purpose and audiences
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use verb tenses consistently throughout writing
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use the passive voice in some sentences
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evaluate and edit by ensuring the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing
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proofreads for punctuation errors including semi-colons, colons, dashes, use of hyphens
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write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences by selecting the appropriate form and drawing independently on what they have learned related to literary language, structure and characterisation
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distinguish between the language of speech and writing and choose the appropriate register
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exercise an assured and conscious control over levels of formality, manipulating grammar and vocabulary to achieve this
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use punctuation precisely to enhance meaning and avoid ambiguity
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Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
Autumn Term
In the Autumn Term Year 6 children will:
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select and spell the appropriate plural endings for range of words
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spell words with double consonants correctly
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spell words with the prefixes un, de, im, in, il, ir, auto, trans, bi, tri, semi, aero, micro, super, sub, inter, tele, mis, anti, photo and hyphenated prefixes
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spell words ending in tial, cial, cious and tious
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spell words with 'ay' and 'ough' sounds
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choose 'ph' or 'f' and spell words correctly
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demonstrate familiarity with eight word classes and their use
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recognise and write all four sentence types
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identify the subject, verb and object in a sentence
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identify and use expanded noun phrases for description and concision
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identify tense accurately
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demarcate sentences accurately (beginning and end)
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spell the list of Autumn Term 'Words We Need To Know'
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spell words ending in -ant/-ance/ancy and -ent/ency and recognise which ending is more likely for unfamiliar words
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spell words that end in -ous -al -el and -le
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spell words ending in -ible/-ibly and -abe/-ably and recognise which ending is more likely for unfamiliar words
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distinguish between coordinating and subordinating conjunctions and can choose the appropriate ones to link clauses
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identify and use main clause and subordinate clauses (relative clause included) in a sentence
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distinguish between formal and informal English; standard and non-standard English
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ensure correct subject-verb agreement
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identify, form and expand contractions accurately
Spring Term
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Use commas to mark clauses or phrases including fronted adverbials
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spell words with the ending -cial and -tial and recognise which is the more likely ending for unfamiliar words
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add suffixes which begin with vowel letters to words ending in -fer
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identify and use the active and passive form; can accurately convert active to passive/ passive to active
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use prefix and suffixes to change the meaning of words/ change the word class of words
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recognise and form words from the same word family
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use apostrophes correctly for omission and singular possession and most accurately for plural possession
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identify and use colons, semi-colons, single dashes and hypens
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spell the list of Spring Term 'Words We Need To Know'
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use a hyphen to join prefixes which end in a vowel to a root word which begins with one
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spell given homophones and chooses which one to use in the context of the sentence
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recognise where pronouns have been used to clarity and cohesion
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choose pronouns for clarity and cohesion with accuracy
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recognise and selects a range of forms for regular and irregular verbs
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identify modal verbs to express certainty and possibility
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choose the correct modal to ensure meaning
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select appropriate synonyms and antonyms for a wide range of words
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identify and use punctuation to indicate parenthesis