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Lewisham Literacy Strategy

Fiction and Poetry: novels, stories and poems from a variety of cultures and traditions; choral and performance poetry;

Non-Fiction: (i) persuasive writing to put or argue a point of view; letters, commentaries, leaflets to persuade, criticise, protest, support, object, complain; (ii) dictionaries, thesauruses, including IT sources.

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Continuous Work

Suggested texts, activities & resources:

Interactive activities: Drama: role play, hot seating: Time out: time to think, paired talk: Get up & go:human sentences: Show me:punctuation/ letter fans, whiteboards

Text Level

Sentence Level:Grammar for Writing Unit 33

• S1 to secure the basic conventions of standard English:
  • agreement between nouns and verbs;
  • consistency of tense and subject;
  • avoidance of double negatives;
  • avoidance of non-standard dialect words;

Word Level:

• W3 to identify mis-spelt words in own writing; to keep individual lists (e.g. spelling logs); to learn to spell them;
• W2 to use known spellings as a basis for spelling other words with similar patterns or related meanings;
• W3 to use independent spelling strategies, including:
  • building up spellings by syllabic parts, using known prefixes, suffixes and common letter strings;
  • applying knowledge of spelling rules and exceptions;
  • building words from other known words, and from awareness of the meaning or derivations of words;
  • using dictionaries and IT spell-checks;
  • using visual skills, e.g. recognising common letter strings and checking critical features (i.e. does it look right, shape, length etc.);

NON-FICTION

Suggested texts, activities and resources: Issues &endash; Magic Bean; Viewpoints on Waste &endash; Magic Bean; Save Our Earth &endash; Literacy Links; Choices series &endash; A & C Black; Newpaper articles

Non-Fiction: Week 1

Text Level

• T12 to read and evaluate letters, e.g. from newspapers, magazines, intended to inform, protest, complain, persuade, considering (i) how they are set out (ii) how language is used, e.g. to gain attention, respect, manipulate;
• T15 from reading, to collect and investigate use of persuasive devices: e.g. words and phrases: e.g. 'surely', 'it wouldn't be very difficult…'; persuasive definitions, e.g. 'no-one but a complete idiot…', 'every right-thinking person would ...' 'the real truth is…'; rhetorical questions 'are we expected to..?' 'where will future audiences come from..?;. pandering, condescension, concession etc.; 'Naturally, it takes time for local residents…'; deliberate ambiguities, e.g. 'probably the best…in the world' 'known to cure all...', 'the professionals' choice';

Sentence Level

Word Level

• W11 to use a range of dictionaries and understand their purposes, e.g. dictionaries of slang, phrases, idioms, contemporary usage, synonyms, antonyms, quotations and thesauruses;

Non-Fiction: Week 2

Text Level

• T13 to read other examples, e.g. newspaper comment, headlines, adverts, fliers. Compare writing which informs and persuades, considering, e.g.
  • the deliberate use of ambiguity, half-truth, bias;
  • how opinion can be disguised to seem like fact;
• T17 to draft and write individual, group or class letters for real purposes, e.g. put a point of view, comment on an emotive issue, protest; to edit and present to finished state;

Sentence Level: Grammar for Writing Unit 42

• S3 to search for, identify and classify a range of prepositions: back, up, down, across, through, on, etc.; experiment with substituting different prepositions and their effect on meaning. Understand and use the term preposition;

Word Level

Non-Fiction: Week 3

Text Level

• T14 to select and evaluate a range of texts, in print or other media, for persuasiveness, clarity, quality of information;
• T17 to draft and write individual, group or class letters for real purposes, e.g. put a point of view, comment on an emotive issue, protest; to edit and present to finished state;

Sentence Level

Word Level

• S5 to use dictionaries efficiently to explore spellings, meanings, derivations, e.g. by using alphabetical order, abbreviations, definitions with understanding;
• S13 to compile own class/group dictionary using personally written definitions, e.g. of slang, technical

Non-Fiction: Week 4

Text Level

• T16 notemaking: to fillet passages for relevant information and present ideas which are effectively grouped and linked;
• T18 to write a commentary on an issue on paper or screen, (e.g. as a news editorial, leaflet), setting out and justifying a personal view; to use structures from reading to set out and link points, e.g. numbered lists, bullet points;

Sentence Level: Grammar for Writing Unit 43

• S6 to investigate clauses through:
  • identifying the main clause in a long sentence;
  • investigating sentences which contain more than one clause;
  • understanding how clauses are connected (e.g. by combining three short sentences into one);
• S7 to use connectives to link clauses within sentences and to link sentences in longer texts.

Word Level: Spelling Bank p56

• S6 to transform words, e.g. changing tenses: -ed, -ing; negation: un-, im-, il-; making comparatives: -er, -est, -ish; changing verbs to nouns, e.g. -ion, -ism, -ology; nouns to verbs: -ise, -ify, -en;

Non-Fiction: Week 5

Text Level

• T19 to construct an argument in note form or full text to persuade others of a point of view and:
  • present the case to the class or a group;
  • evaluate its effectiveness.

Sentence Level: Grammar for Writing Unit 43

• S6 to investigate clauses through:
  • identifying the main clause in a long sentence;
  • investigating sentences which contain more than one clause;
  • understanding how clauses are connected (e.g. by combining three short sentences into one);
• S7 to use connectives to link clauses within sentences and to link sentences in longer texts.

Word Level: Spelling Bank p56

S6 to transform words, e.g. changing tenses: -ed, -ing; negation: un-, im-, il-; making comparatives: -er, -est, -ish; changing verbs to nouns, e.g. -ion, -ism, -ology; nouns to verbs: -ise, -ify, -en;

FICTION

Suggested texts, activities and resources: See Fiction Unit of Work

Fiction: Week 1

Text Level

• T2 to identify the point of view from which a story is told and how this affects the reader's response;
• T10 to write discursively about a novel or story, e.g. to describe, explain, or comment on it;

Sentence Level: Grammar for Writing Unit 35

• S2 to understand how writing can be adapted for different audiences and purposes, e.g. by changing vocabulary and sentence structures;

Word Level

Fiction: Week 2

Text Level

• T3 to change point of view, e.g. tell incident or describe a situation from the point of view of another character or perspective;
• T7 to write from another character's point of view e.g. retelling an incident in letter form

Sentence Level: Grammar for Writing Unit 35

• S2 to understand how writing can be adapted for different audiences and purposes, e.g. by changing vocabulary and sentence structures;

Word Level: Spelling Bank p 52

• W4 to spell unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words, e.g. company, portable, poisonous interest description, carpet, sector, freedom, extra, etc.;

Fiction: Week 3

Text Level

• T1 to investigate a range of texts from different cultures, considering patterns of relationships, social customs, attitudes and beliefs
  • identify these features by reference to the text;
  • consider and evaluate these features in relation to their own experience;
• T8 to record predictions, questions, reflections while reading, e.g. through the use of a reading journal;

Sentence Level

Word Level

• W8 to identify everyday words such as spaghetti, bungalow, boutique which have been borrowed from other languages, and to understand how this might give clues to spelling;
• W9 to understand how words vary across dialects, e.g. plimsolls, daps, sand-shoes, pumps;

Fiction: Week 4

Text Level

• T9 to write in the style of the author, e.g. writing on to complete a section, resolve a conflict; writing additional dialogue, new chapter;

Sentence Level: Grammar for Writing Unit 43

• S4 use punctuation marks accurately in complex sentences;
• S6 to investigate clauses through:
  • identifying the main clause in a long sentence;
  • investigating sentences which contain more than one clause;
  • understanding how clauses are connected (e.g. by combining three short sentences into one);
• S7 to use connectives to link clauses within sentences and to link sentences in longer texts.

Word Level

Fiction: Week 5

Text Level

• T9 to explore the challenge and appeal of older literature through:
  • listening to older literature being read aloud;
  • reading accessible poems, stories and extracts;
  • reading extracts from classic serials shown on television;
  • discussing differences in language used;
• T10 to write discursively about a novel or story, e.g. to describe, explain, or comment on it;

Sentence Level: Grammar for Writing Unit 43

• S4 use punctuation marks accurately in complex sentences;
• S6 to investigate clauses through:
  • identifying the main clause in a long sentence;
  • investigating sentences which contain more than one clause;
  • understanding how clauses are connected (e.g. by combining three short sentences into one);
• S7 to use connectives to link clauses within sentences and to link sentences in longer texts.

Word Level

• W10 to understand how words can be formed from longer words, e.g. through the omission of letters &endash; o'clock, Hallowe'en; through omission of prefixes &endash; (omni)bus, (tele)phone, (aero)plane; through the use of acronyms &endash; radar, CD;

POETRY

Suggested texts, activities and resources: Unzip Your Lips &endash; (Ed. Paul Cookson); Rap with Rosen &endash; Michael Rosen; Talking Turkeys &endash; Benjamin Zephaniah

Poetry: Week 1

Text Level

• T4 to read, rehearse and modify performance of poetry;
• T5 to select poetry, justify their choices, e.g. in compiling class anthology;
• T11 to use performance poems as models to write and to produce poetry in polished forms through revising, redrafting and presentation;

Sentence Level: Grammar for Writing Unit 27

• S8 to revise use of apostrophes for possession (from Y4 term 1);

Word Level

Poetry: Week 2

Text Level

• T5 to select poetry, justify their choices, e.g. in compiling class anthology;
• T6 to explore the challenge and appeal of older literature through:
  • listening to older literature being read aloud;
  • reading accessible poems, stories and extracts;
  • reading extracts from classic serials shown on television;
  • discussing differences in language used;
• T11 to use performance poems as models to write and to produce poetry in polished forms through revising, redrafting and presentation;

Sentence Level

Word Level: Spelling Bank p 53-55

• W5 to investigate and learn spelling rules:
  • words ending in modifying e drop e when adding ing, e.g. taking;
  • words ending in modifying e keep e when adding a suffix beginning with a consonant, e.g. hopeful, lovely;
  • words ending in y preceded by a consonant change y to ie when adding a suffix, e.g. flies, tried &endash; except for the suffixes ly or ing, e.g. shyly, flying; i before e except after c when the sound is ee, e.g. receive. Note and learn exceptions;