Writing Vocab 2020

Writing

2020-21

Vocabulary and Content

Essential genres/text types for Year 1

Narrative

Traditional tales

Non‐fiction

Instructions e.g. recipe

Poetry

Stories with repetitive patterns or structures

Poems on a theme

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

Recounts of familiar events

Stories from other cultures

Non‐chronological report

Poems for learning by heart

Fantasy

Other non‐fiction texts e.g. labels, lists, captions, menus, invitations, postcards, wanted poster, glossary

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

Essential genres/text types for Year 2

Narrative

Non�fiction

Poetry

Stories set in schools (or other familiar settings)

Stories by same author

Traditional tales with a twist

Animal adventure stories

Story as a theme

Instructions

Recounts: letters

Non�chronological report

Explanation text

Persuasive advert or poster

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

Fables

Recounts: Diaries

Mystery

Non� chronological report

Poems on a theme

Novel as a theme

Persuasive letters

Explanation text

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

Playscripts

Recount: Biography

Fairy tales/folk tales

Discussion: for and against

Classic poetry for performance

Essential genres/text types for Year 4

Narrative

Non‐fiction

Poetry

Fairy tales/folk tales

Fantasy

Myths

Novel as a theme

Issues and Dilemmas

Film and Playscript

Recounts: Newspapers

Information booklet with collection of non‐ fiction text types

Non‐ chronological report

Explanation text

Persuasion ‐ sales pitch/article

Discussion debate/report

Poems on a theme

Poems e.g. kennings, cinquain

Classic poetry

Essential genres/text types for Year 5

Narrative

Non�fiction

Poetry

Novel as a theme

Magazine articles

Legends

Stories from other cultures

Information booklet with range of text types

Poems with a structure e.g. haiku, limericks

Historical narrative

Reports including formal reports

Older Literature e.g.

Shakespeare

Persuasion Radio or TV broadcast

Poems with figurative language

Film and Playscript

Discussion � formal debate

Classic narrative poetry

Essential genres/text types for Year 6

Narrative

Non�fiction

Poetry

Detective/Crime

Persuasion

Science Fiction

Explanation text

Poems Free verse

Classic Fiction

Discussion

Flashbacks/Time shift

Recount

Classic narrative poetry

Biography and 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