Year Group: 6 | Term: Spring 2 | ||
Text Type and Outcome: Non-Fiction: Balanced Argument Should Auggie go to mainstream school? Is it a good idea for Auggie to go into the wide world to school? | Core Text: Wonder | Weeks: 3 | Audience and Purpose: Audience: Purpose: |
Composition •I can identify the audience for and purpose of the writing. •I can choose the appropriate form and register for the audience and purpose of the writing. •I use grammatical structures and features and choose vocabulary appropriate to the audience, purpose and degree of formality to make meaning clear and create effect. •I use a range of sentence starters to create specific effects. •I can use developed noun phrases to add detail to sentences. •I use the passive voice to present information with a different emphasis. •I can sustain and develop ideas logically in non-narrative writing. | Grammar and Punctuation Overlearning 4 sentence types Modal verbs and adverbs to indicate degree of possibility (Y5) Age Related Learning Use of semicolon, colon and dash. Linking ideas across paragraphs using wide range cohesive devices. | Transcription Spelling Handwriting . | Features Title – Statement to debate An opening paragraph to introduce the issue Paragraphs for and against – with the supporting evidence Third person Simple present tense Formal, technical language Facts and opinions – views on both sides Generalisation e.g. some people Conjunctions and adverbs – therefore, however You may present the writer’s view in the conclusion, summarise or ask questions. |
Speaking and Listening Participate in a debate including making a speech while speaking audibly and justify arguments and opinions | Rapid Writes Paragraph: homeschool vs in school Things you might find in a Secondary school - strict teachers who stare at you. Take my advice - how to survive secondary school? What could you say to Auggie? Compare and contrast | Tier 2 Vocabulary controversially transition | Reading and Writing across Curriculum Biography: Frida Kahlo Instructions: cooking a meal Non- Chronological report: Mexico and its geographical features. Comparison: UK vs Mexico Analysis of DT product. |