During the Autumn Term children will be working on the following skills in English lessons:
- Using single clause sentences and multi-clause sentences using coordinating conjunctions
- Using the full range of punctuation taught across KS1 to demarcate sentences
- Including the use of devices to organise writing
- Using some multi-clause sentences using subordinating conjunctions
- Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions e.g. when, before, after, while, so, because; adverbs e.g. then, next, soon, therefore; prepositions e.g. before, after, during, in, because of
- Including dialogue within story writing and begin to use this to reveal detail about character
- Beginning to vary sentence openings
- Ensuring relevant details are included in both narrative and non-fiction writing
- Using expanded noun phrases to describe and specify