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Use the curriculum map below to find Real Writing resources that cover all of the writing objectives from the Year 5 programme of study. Each of the 25 units for this year group includes a rich, annotated model text, written by a talented children's author, together with a teaching framework and detailed, fully resourced lesson plans that focus on teaching aspects of vocabulary, grammar and composition, alongside tier 2 and 3 vocabulary, and statutory spelling words.
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ORBrowse an overview of all Year 5 units, in chronological order, showing genres and curriculum links covered
Select a curriculum objective to see which resources can be used to deliver this. In Focus Lessons the curriculum objective is a main teaching outcome. Units listed as Explore and Revise include the objective, but it is not central to the resource.
Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand guidance for adding them
Continue to distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused
Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically
Use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words
Use the first three or four letters of a word to check spelling, meaning or both of these in a dictionary
Use a thesaurus
Plan their writing by noting and developing initial ideas, drawing on reading and research where necessary
Plan writing by identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own
In writing narratives, considering how authors have developed characters and settings in what pupils have read, listened to or seen performed
In narratives, describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action
Draft and write by selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning
Draft and write by using a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs
Draft and write by using further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader [for example, headings, bullet points, underlining]
Draft and write by précising longer passages
Edit and evaluate by ensuring correct subject and verb agreement when using singular and plural, distinguishing between the language of speech and writing and choosing the appropriate register
Edit and evaluate by ensuring the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing
Evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing
Evaluate and edit by proposing changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to enhance effects and clarify meaning
Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors
Perform their own compositions, using appropriate intonation, volume, and movement so that meaning is clear.
Using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause
Using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility
Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative pronoun
Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing
Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes [for example, –ate; –ise; –ify]
Verb prefixes [for example, dis–, de–, mis–, over– and re–]
Linking ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time [for example, later], place [for example, nearby] and number [for example, secondly] or tense choices [for example, he had seen her before]
Draw on fully resourced grammar and composition lesson plans for each unit that guide children towards an extended independent writing outcome - with links to other subject areas.
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