In English, students learn to read, write, speak, view and represent language. They learn about the English language and literature through working with a wide range of spoken, visual, multimedia and digital texts. Students learn how language varies according to context, and how to communicate with a range of audiences for different purposes. They learn to read for information and pleasure. Students gain a sound grasp of language structures, punctuation, spelling and grammar. They also learn to think in ways that are imaginative, creative and critical.
Some Year 5 and Year 6 examples
Students:
- communicate effectively for an increasing range of purposes, eg to entertain, inform and influence audiences
- use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital texts
- read, recognise and respond to themes and issues within texts and justify interpretations by referring to their own knowledge and experience
- use grammatical features, eg pronouns, conjunctions and connectives, to accurately link ideas and information to ensure meaning when composing texts
- use known word meanings and base words when spelling unknown words, eg sign … signature
- think critically about aspects of texts such as ideas and events
- respond to short films, documentaries and multimedia texts that express familiar and new aspects of the broader world
- read texts for specific purposes, applying appropriate text processing strategies, eg predicting and confirming, monitoring meaning, skimming and scanning
- use an integrated range of skills, strategies and knowledge to read, view and comprehend a wide range of texts in different media and technologies
- plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes
- plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to the purpose and the audience
- investigate how the organisation of texts into chapters, headings, subheadings, home pages and subpages for online texts can be used to predict content and assist navigation
- think imaginatively when engaging with texts, using prediction, eg to imagine what happens to characters after the text.