Student Expectations: I will

• Use an appropriate simple structure to organise my text when writing for familiar purposes, such as recounting and explain writing.

• Write mainly simple and compound sentences with some variation in sentence beginnings.

• Use simple conjunctions correctly, and correctly apply subject-verb and noun-pronoun agreement.

• Use capital letters correctly for sentence beginnings and proper nouns.

• Use full stops, question marks, or exclamation marks to finish sentences.

• Make some changes to my texts for clarity and accuracy, usually in response to feedback.

Student Expectations: I will

• Independently and successfully use correct text structure for narrative writing - Orientation/Beginning; Body; Conclusion

• Experiment with language features used when writing to narrate, e.g adjectives to describe characters and their personality, descriptive language, action verbs, time linking words, specific nouns.

• Write simple and compound sentences that vary in length and beginnings, and are usually grammatically correct.

• Attempt to write complex or longer sentences by including phrases that provide more detail.

• Attempt to structure my text into paragraphs by organising related ideas together.

• Correctly use capital letters, full stops, question marks, and exclamation marks.

• Use commas for lists, punctuation for dialogue, and apostrophes for contractions that are mostly correct.

• Make changes to my writing for clarity, impact, and grammatical correctness, often in response to feedback, using my knowledge of sentence construction and correct punctuation.

Student Expectations: I will

• Demonstrate confidence and use correct text structure appropriate for Narrative Writing - (Orientation, Body, Conclusion).

• Select and use language features for effect, including passive voice, present tense, precise topic words, action verbs, cause and effect words, rhetorical questions, nominalisation.

• Write simple and compound sentences that are grammatically correct, with a variety of beginnings, structure, and length, and some complex sentences that are mostly grammatically correct.

• Organise related ideas into paragraphs, using some cohesive devices to link ideas.

• Correctly use subject-verb agreement, tense agreement, pronouns, and prepositions as well as capital letters, full stops, question marks, and exclamation marks.

• Attempt more complex punctuation, such as apostrophes for possession, commas to separate clauses, and semicolons.

• Make changes to my texts, often in response to feedback, for clarity and fitness for purpose.