Writing Journey
My Writing Journey at Prince Rock
- ALL children will follow the writing journey and have daily support by a teacher or teaching assistant (in class and as an intervention if required)
- ALL children, by the time they leave school, will be able to write with confidence, clarity and purpose.
- ALL children will have access to high-quality texts which will support the development of writing and use of ambitious vocabulary that is learnt through stories, poems, songs and talk.
- ALL children will be encouraged to write across a range of genres and develop their author’s voice.
- ALL children will be taught to form their letters accurately and join neatly and consistently.
Foundation | I will form lower case and capital letters correctly. I will write words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and a full stop. I will use interesting vocabulary that I have learnt through stories, poems, songs and talk. |
Year 1 | I will be able to write all 44 phonemes in a range of words. I will be able to read and write common exception words. I will learn about prefixes and suffixes and include these in my writing I will write simple sentences that make sense that can be read by myself and others I will use a capital letter and end sentences with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. I will learn to join words and clauses using and. I will begin to use adjectives to develop my writing. I will form upper and lower cases correctly. I will start to join my handwriting. I will edit and improve my writing using CUPS and ARMS. I will use interesting vocabulary that I have learnt through stories, poems, songs and talk. |
Year 2 | I will continue to use my phonics knowledge to support my writing. I will use adjectives to describe people, objects and settings I will use some coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to extend my sentences. I will use adverbs to describe actions I will use the correct tense (past and present) I will use accurate punctuation I will use commas for lists I will continue to learn common exception words and develop my knowledge of homophones. I will use the possessive apostrophe. I will join my handwriting accurately. I will edit and improve my writing using CUPS and ARMS. I will use ambitious vocabulary that I have learnt through stories, poems, songs and talk. |
Year 3 | I will use paragraphs to organise my writing I will use simple, compound and complex sentences I will use a range of conjunctions in my writing I will use expanded noun phrases. I will continue to develop my knowledge of homophones and near-homophones I will continue to learn the year 3/4 spelling list and use them within my writing. I will begin to use speech marks I will edit and improve my writing using CUPS and ARMS. I will join my handwriting correctly, neatly and consistently in all subjects. |
Year 4 | I will continue to use paragraphs. I will use a range of fronted adverbials to add interest to my writing and engage the reader. I will use understand the conventions of speech and know how to punctuate correctly I will continue to learn the year 3/4 spelling list and use them within my writing. I will use expanded noun phrases. I will use an interesting and varied range of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions within my writing. I will use commas to demarcate a subordinate opening or fronted adverbial. I will edit and improve my writing using CUPS and ARMS. I will join my handwriting correctly, neatly and consistently across all subjects. |
Year 5 | I will develop my understanding of audience when planning and writing independently. I will develop my use of cohesion. I will check my spellings using taught strategies I will use relative clauses, modal verbs and parenthesis within my writing. I will join my handwriting correctly, neatly and consistently I will accurately use all previously taught punctuation I will use commas to avoid ambiguity. I will edit and improve my writing using CUPS and ARMS. I will join my handwriting correctly, neatly and consistently across all subjects. |
Year 6 | I will develop my ability to plan, draft and write across a range of genres I will use additional punctuation such as colons, semi-colons, hyphens and ellipsis. I will use active and passive voice. I will use a range of grammatical structures to create impact and consider formality when writing. I will edit and improve my writing using CUPS and ARMS. I will join my handwriting correctly, neatly and consistently across all subjects. |