Writing Curriculum Expectations

write for a range of purposes and audiences, and mostly select language that shows good awareness of the reader (e.g. clarity of explanations; appropriate level of formality in speech writing)
in narratives, describe settings, characters and atmosphere
begin to convey character and advance the action through dialogue, maintaining a balance of speech and description
select vocabulary and grammatical structures that are appropriate for the audience and purpose (e.g. correct sentence types; tenses; a range of verb forms; relative clauses)
use a range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs (e.g. conjunctions; adverbials of time and place; pronouns; synonyms), in much of their writing
use verb tenses consistently and correctly throughout most of their writing
use the range of punctuation taught up to and including Y5 mostly correctly (e.g. commas separating clauses; punctuation for parenthesis)
spell correctly words from learning in previous year groups, and some words from the year 5 / year 6 spelling list, using known spelling strategies and dictionaries to check the spelling of uncommon or more ambitious vocabulary
write legibly, fluently and with increasing speed.

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