Curriculum Objectives

• Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning [for example, solve, solution, solver, dissolve, insoluble] / Terminology for pupils: word family
• Indicate grammatical and other features by: Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns / The grammatical difference between plural and possessive –s / Apostrophes to mark plural possession [for example, the girl’s name, the girls’ names]
• Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis / Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis / Terminology for pupils: parenthesis / Terminology for pupils: bracket / Terminology for pupils: dash
• Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes [for example, –ate; –ise; –ify]
• Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by: Using passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence / Use of the passive to affect the presentation of information in a sentence [for example, I broke the window in the greenhouse versus The window in the greenhouse was broken (by me)] / Terminology for pupils: active / Terminology for pupils: passive
• Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses / Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using a colon to introduce a list / Use of the colon to mark the boundary between independent clauses / Use of the colon to introduce a list / Terminology for pupils: colon
• Indicate grammatical and other features by: Using dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses / Use of the dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses
• The difference between vocabulary typical of informal speech and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and writing [for example, find out – discover; ask for – request; go in – enter]
• How words are related by meaning as synonyms and antonyms [for example, big, large, little] / Terminology for pupils: synonym / Terminology for pupils: antonym
• The difference between structures typical of informal speech and structures appropriate for formal speech and writing [for example, the use of question tags: He’s your friend, isn’t he?, or the use of subjunctive forms such as If I were or Were they to come in some very formal writing and speech]
• Terminology for pupils: subject and object

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