Listening and Speaking

• Be able to read, rehearse and modify performance of poetry.
• In discussion they should aim to be able to listen carefully, make contributions and ask questions that are responsive to others ideas and views.
• Be able to talk and listen confidently in a wide range of contexts including some that are of a formal nature and be able to use appropriately some of the features of standard English vocabulary and grammar.

Reading

• To understand terms which describe different kinds of poems e.g. ballad, sonnet, rap, elegy and narrative poems.
• To be able to compare the structure of different stories and be able to describe how characters are presented.
• To recognise the features of different fiction genre, including myths, legends, fables and stories from other cultures.
• To identify the features of recounted texts, instructional and explanatory texts and persuasive texts.

Writing

• Edit writing to improve its quality and accuracy by adding punctuation, using a range of connectives and complex sentence constructions and correcting spellings.
• To use the structures of different poems to write their own work and to convey feelings, reflections or moods in a poem through the careful choice of words and phrases.
• To write their own playscript, applying conventions learned from reading, including production notes.
• To be able to write recounts, instructional texts, letters and arguments for a variety of audiences.

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