Big Idea 1: Learners write meaningful texts for different purposes and audiences.

Learners:

• use strategies within a writing process to plan and create texts.

• select content, text structure and language choices appropriate to purpose and audience.

• select and use vocabulary that is specific to their topic, purpose and audience.

• revise and edit their work.

This means that they:

• write for different purposes, such as: enjoyment, personal interest, specific purposes.

• write different sorts of texts, such as: instructions, letters, reports, descriptions, promotional material, narratives, and essays.

• write for different audiences, such as: the learners themselves, individuals, and communities.

• are familiar with a variety of ways to plan their writing, such as: brainstorming, using graphic organisers, and note-taking.

• are aware of the suitability of different planning strategies for specific tasks.

• choose an appropriate text structure to achieve their purpose, and for their audience.

• use word choice and word form to apply an appropriate level of formality to achieve their purpose, and for their audience.

• edit and proofread their own work.

Big Idea 2: Learners use written language conventions appropriately to support communication.

Learners develop their expertise in sentence construction, grammar, punctuation spelling, and word choice.

This means that they:

• write complete sentences.

• write simple, compound, and complex sentences.

• write in a consistent tense across sentences and paragraphs.

• use subject-verb agreement.

• use pronouns appropriately.

• use correct word forms (for example, “-ing” or “-ed”).

• start sentences with capital letters.

• use full stops and question marks correctly to end sentences.

• spell everyday high frequency words accurately.

• recognise that different words, and different sentence constructions, may work better in different contexts and for different audiences.

• recognise that different sentence constructions may work better in different contexts and for different audiences.