VC2E3LA02

Understand how the language of evaluation and emotion can be varied to be more or less forceful <ul> <li>recognising how choice of adverbs, nouns and verbs present different evaluations of characters in texts</li> <li>exploring examples of language that demonstrate a range of emotions and positions, and building a vocabulary to express judgements about characters or events, for example ‘The wizard was cunning, expert, inventive’</li> </ul>

VC2E3LA09

Understand how modal verbs indicate obligation, probability and possibility <ul> <li>exploring how modal verbs (for example, ‘must’, ‘might’ and ‘could’) indicate degrees of probability or obligation</li> </ul>

VC2E3LA11

Extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts <ul> <li>identifying and using technical words to describe length, for example metric units of length such as ‘millimetre’ and ‘centimetre’</li> <li>identifying and using words to describe features of narratives, for example ‘character’, ‘plot’ and ‘setting’</li> <li>identifying words that have different meanings in different contexts, for example ‘warm temperature’ and ‘warm character’</li> <li>extending vocabulary by adding prefixes and suffixes to base words, for example ‘different’, ‘differently’ and ‘difference’</li> </ul>

VC2E3LA12

Understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and how apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession in regular and irregular nouns <ul> <li>using apostrophes to create contractions; for example, ‘do not’ becomes ‘don’t’, ‘will not’ becomes ‘won’t’ and ‘of the clock’ becomes ‘o’clock’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show singular possession, for example ‘my friend’s book’ and ‘the princess’s shoe’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show plural possession, for example ‘the bees’ hive’ and ‘the princesses’ shoes’</li> <li>using apostrophes to show plural possessions in irregular nouns, for example ‘the children’s shoes’ and ‘the mice’s cheese’</li> </ul>

VC2E3LY06

Recognise and know how to write most high-frequency words, including some homophones <ul> <li>using context and syntactic knowledge to spell homophones, for example ‘break’ and ‘brake’ or ‘ate’ and ‘eight’</li> </ul>

VC2E3LY11

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, using topic-specific and precise vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate <ul> <li>gathering information and ideas about a topic in preparation for writing, which may include information and ideas from online and digital sources</li> <li>researching a topic to prepare an oral or multimodal presentation</li> <li>planning the sequence of ideas and information using techniques such as storyboards or a simple flow chart</li> <li>explaining ideas to a peer when planning a presentation</li> <li>selecting an appropriate text structure for a writing purpose, and sequencing content for clarity and to have an impact on an audience</li> <li>using appropriate simple and compound sentences to express and combine ideas</li> <li>using vocabulary, including topic-specific vocabulary, relevant to the type of text and purpose</li> <li>using digital tools to plan, sequence, compose and edit texts</li> </ul>

VC2E3LY12

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation <ul> <li>using print and online dictionaries and spellcheck to edit spelling, realising that spellcheck accuracy depends on understanding the word function, for example ‘there’ or ‘their’ and ‘rain’ or ‘reign’</li> <li>checking for correct use of apostrophes for contractions and to indicate possession</li> </ul>

EN2-VOCAB-01

Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words

EN2-RECOM-01

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

EN2-CWT-01

Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience

EN2-CWT-02

Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience

EN2-CWT-03

Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features,sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience

EN2-SPELL-01

Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts

ACELA1477

Examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forcefulElaborationsexploring how modal verbs, for example 'must', 'might',' or 'could' indicate degrees of probability or obligation (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Crea...

ACELA1480

Know that word contractions are a feature of informal language and that apostrophes of contraction are used to signal missing lettersElaborationsrecognising both grammatically accurate and inaccurate usage of the apostrophe in everyday texts such as ...

ACELA1484

Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbsElaborationsexploring examples of language which demonstrate a range of feelings and positions, and building a vocabulary to express judgments abo...

ACELA1486

Recognise and know how to write most high frequency words including some homophonesElaborationsdrawing on meaning and context to spell single-syllable homophones, for example ‘break’ or ‘brake’ and ‘ate’ or ‘eightâ...

ACELY1683

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuationElaborationsusing glossaries, print and digital dictionaries and spell check to edit spelling, realising that spell check accuracy depends on understanding ...

AC9E3LA02

Understand how the language of evaluation and emotion, such as modal verbs, can be varied to be more or less forceful

AC9E3LA10

Extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts

AC9E3LA11

Understand that apostrophes signal missing letters in contractions, and apostrophes are used to show singular and plural possession

AC9E3LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic- specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetic

AC9E3LY12

Recognise and know how to write most high-frequency words including some homophones

ACELA1484