Writing Vocabulary and Content

Writing

2022-2023

Vocabulary and Content

Essential genres/text types for Year 1

Narrative

Non‐fiction

Poetry

Traditional tales

Stories with repetitive patterns or structures

Instructions e.g. recipe

Poems on a theme

Classic Stories

Recounts of familiar events

Stories by same author e.g. Julia Donaldson or Anthony Browne

Non‐ chronological report

Poems for learning by heart

Stories with Familiar Settings

Booklets

Stories with Fantasy Settings

Range of Non-Fiction Texts

Traditional rhymes including innovation e.g. This is the house that Jack built

Essential genres/text types for Year 2

Narrative

Stories with Familiar Settings

Stories by same author

Traditional tales with a twist

Animal adventure stories

Story as a theme

Non‐fiction

Instructions

Recounts: letters

Non‐chronological report

Explanations

Persuasion: Leaflet or Poster

Poetry

Poems on a theme

Poems with a structure e.g. riddles

Classic poetry e.g. The Owl and the Pussycat

Essential genres/text types for Year 3

Narrative

Non‐fiction

Poetry

Mystery/Adventure/Fantasy Stories

Fables

Recounts: Diaries

Non‐ chronological Reports

Poems on a theme

Information Booklets

Story as a theme

Persuasion: Letters

Playscripts

Explanation text

Poems with a structure e.g. shape, calligrams, rhyming couplets

Recount: Biography

Fairy tales/folk tales

Discussion: presenting different points of view

Classic poetry for performance

Essential genres/text types for Year 4

Narrative

Fairy tales/folk tales

Fantasy

Stories with a Theme

Novel as a theme

Issues and Dilemmas

Film and Playscript

Non‐fiction

Recounts: Newspapers

Information booklet with collection of non‐ fiction text types

Non‐ chronological Reports

Explanation text

Persuasion

Debate

Poetry

Poems on a theme

Poems with a Structure e.g. kennings, cinquain

Classic Narrative Poetry

Essential genres/text types for Year 5

Legends of the British Isles

Narrative

Novel as a Theme

Non‐fiction

Magazine: Information Text Hybrid

Poetry

Stories from other cultures

Information booklet with range of text types

Poems with a Structure

Stories with Historical Settings

Reports

Science Fiction Stories

Myths

Persuasion Radio or TV broadcast

Poems with figurative language

Film and Playscript

Debate

Essential genres/text types for Year 6

Narrative

Detective/Crime

Non‐fiction

Persuasion

Poetry

Older Literature

Explanation text

Poetry: Songs and Lyrics

Classic Fiction

Discussion and Debate

Recount: Biography

Classic Narrative Poetry

Short Stories with Flashbacks

Recount: Autobiography

Novel as a theme

Information text hybrid

Poems with imagery

Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Word    

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Add –s to make words plural Add –ing, -ed and –er Add unMake nouns and adjectives using suffixes Make compound words Compare using –er and –est Use –ly to make adverbs

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Use and join words together to make a sentence Extend my sentences using if, that, because, or, but Use adjectives to describe nouns, recognise statements, questions, exclamations and commands

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Put sentences together Use past and present tense correctly Use verbs to show actions in progress

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Separate words with spaces Use a capital letter for I, and at the beginning of sentences Use full stops and exclamation marks Use question marks Use commas in a list Use apostrophes to show that a letter is missing Use apostrophes to show that something belongs to somebody

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Letter Sentence Word Full stop Capital letter Singular Plural Punctuation Question mark Exclamation mark Noun Noun phrase Suffix Statement Compound Question Comma Adjective Adverb Tense Apostrophe

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Make nouns using prefixes Use a or an appropriately Recognise word families Recognise the difference between plural and possessive –s Use Standard English in speech and writing

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Express time, place and cause using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions Add adjectives, nouns and prepositions to give more detail Use fronted adverbials

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Use paragraphs to group information Use headings and sub-headings Use the present perfect form of verbs Use paragraphs to organise my ideas Choose appropriate pronouns or nouns to help my writing flow

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Recognise direct speech Use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech Use inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech Use apostrophes to show plural progression Use commas after fronted adverbials

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Preposition Conjunction Word family Clause Subordinate clause Consonant Consonant letter Vowel Vowel letter Prefix Inverted commas Pronoun Possessive pronoun Determiner Adverbial

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Convert nouns and adjectives into verbs using suffixes Use verb prefixes to change meaning Recognise the difference between the vocabulary of formal and informal speech and writing Identify how words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms

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Recognise and use relative clauses and relative pronouns Show degrees of possibility using adverbs and modal verbs Use the passive voice to present information Recognise the difference between the structures of informal and formal speech and writing, including question tags and subjunctive forms

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Build cohesion within paragraphs Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time, place or number Link ideas across paragraphs selecting own choice of tense Link ideas across paragraphs using repetition, adverbials and ellipsis Use appropriate layout devices to structure a text (headings, subheadings, columns, bullets, tables)

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Use brackets, dashes and commas to add extra information (parenthesis) Use commas to clarify meaning Use a semi-colon, colon and dash to mark independent clauses Use a colon to introduce a list Use a semi-colon within lists Punctuate bullet points of information Recognise how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity

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Modal verb Relative clause Relative pronoun Bracket Parenthesis Dash Cohesion Ambiguity Subject Colon Semi-colon Object Active Passive Synonym Antonym Ellipsis Hyphen Bullet points