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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS Overview
Begin to develop character and voice in fiction writing.
Explore some of the key linguistic and literary techniques used by writers,
and begin to use them for intended effect.
Understand and use degrees of formality in a range of texts according to
context, purpose and audience.
Use features and conventions of a wide variety of text types in order to write
to inform, explain, describe, argue, persuade and comment.
Practice note-taking using different styles for different purposes.
GRAMMAR
Use accurate punctuation including commas in various situations, including
parenthetical commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes and brackets.
Begin to use formal and informal language for specific purposes.
Demonstrate controlled use of a variety of simple and complex sentences to
achieve purpose and contribute to overall effect.
Confidently use a range of sentence features to clarify or emphasize
meaning, e.g. fronted adverbials, complex nouns or prepositional phrases
Begin to develop character and voice in fiction writing.
Explore some of the key linguistic and literary techniques used by writers,
and begin to use them for intended effect.
Understand and use degrees of formality in a range of texts according to
context, purpose and audience.
Use features and conventions of a wide variety of text types in order to write
to inform, explain, describe, argue, persuade and comment.
Practice note-taking using different styles for different purposes.
GRAMMAR
Use accurate punctuation including commas in various situations, including
parenthetical commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes and brackets.
Begin to use formal and informal language for specific purposes.
Demonstrate controlled use of a variety of simple and complex sentences to
achieve purpose and contribute to overall effect.
Confidently use a range of sentence features to clarify or emphasize
meaning, e.g. fronted adverbials, complex nouns or prepositional phrases
