Writing Year 6

The pupil can write for a range of purposes and audiences (including writing a short story): 

• creating atmosphere, and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action 

• selecting vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect the level of formality required mostly correctly 

• using a range of cohesive devices*, including adverbials, within and across sentences and paragraphs 

• using passive and modal verbs mostly appropriately 

• using a wide range of clause structures, sometimes varying their position within the sentence 

• using adverbs, preposition phrases and expanded noun phrases effectively to add detail, qualification and precision 

• using inverted commas, commas for clarity, and punctuation for parenthesis mostly correctly, and making some correct use of semi-colons, dashes, colons and hyphens 

• spelling most words correctly* (years 5 and 6) 

• maintaining legibility, fluency and speed in handwriting through choosing whether or not to join specific letters

The pupil can write for a range of purposes and audiences:

• managing shifts between levels of formality through selecting vocabulary precisely and by manipulating grammatical structures

• selecting verb forms for meaning and effect

• using the full range of punctuation taught at key stage 2, including colons and semi-colons to mark the boundary between independent clauses, mostly correctly