Writing Year 4

Pupils will be able to:

• write effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, starting to select language to interest and engage the reader  

• in narratives, describe settings and characters, using a range of descriptive devices (e.g figurative language, show not tell)

• use expanded noun phrases (by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition)

• show appropriate use of a range of fronted adverbials, correctly including  the correct use of a comma  (time, place, manner, degree, frequency)

• include correctly punctuated dialogue in a narrative 

• organise paragraphs around a theme and in non-fiction writing use appropriate organisational devices such as headings and subheadings

• begin to use a range of cohesive devices e.g. adverbials of time, conjunctions, pronouns, synonyms

• ensure consistent and correct use of verb tense and subject verb agreement throughout pieces of writing (including simple and perfect form)

• correctly use capital letters, full stops, question marks,  exclamation marks, commas for lists, and apostrophes for  contractions and for both singular and plural possession 

• accurately spell of the majority of the words on the Year 3/4  spelling list and apply the Year 3/4 spelling rules mostly  consistently 

• use legible, joined handwriting

Pupils will be able to:

• use paragraphs to organise ideas e.g to introduce the change of time, place or event and in non-narrative writing, use simple devices to structure the writing and support the reader (e.g. headings, sub-headings, bullet points)

• In narratives, describe settings and characters and begin to describe atmosphere through selection of language structures including those that they have drawn upon from their own reading

• integrate dialogue within narratives to develop characters and begin to advance the plot

• begin to use a range of punctuation, mostly correctly, including: semi colons, brackets, ellipses, hyphens and colons to introduce lists