WRITING IN YEAR 3 & 4

In Year 3 and Year 4, pupils should be taught to:

Plan their writing by:

discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
discussing and recording ideas.

draft and write by:

composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively
building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures
organising paragraphs around a theme
in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot
in non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices [for example, headings and sub-headings].

Evaluate and edit by:

assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors
read aloud their own writing, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear.
extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider
range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although
using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense
choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
using fronted adverbials
learning the grammar for Years 3 and 4.

Indicate grammatical and other features by: