Curriculum Objectives

• Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly including: full stops / Use of full stops to demarcate sentences
• Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly including: capital letters / Use of capital letters to demarcate sentences
• Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly including: exclamation marks / Use of exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
• Learn how to use: Co-ordination (using or, and, or but) / Co-ordination (using or, and, but)
• Learn how to use: Subordination (using when, if, that, or because) / Subordination (using when, if, that, because) / Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by: Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including: when, if, because, although
• Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman] / Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1) / Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives / Terminology for pupils: compound / Terminology for pupils: suffix
• Use of the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress [for example, she is drumming, he was shouting]
• Terminology for pupils: noun
• Terminology for pupils: adjective

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