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Factual Program Steps

Step 1

Brief texts with simple sentence structure

Teaching/Learning activities suitable for Year 1/Year 2 students but also for Year 3/Year 4
students who have not yet mastered earlier learning.

Insects Farms Farms to You Trains
Insects taching/learning activities Farms teaching/learning activities From Farms to You taching/learning activities Trains teaching/learning activities

Step 1 focuses on learning to write factual texts using accurate simple sentence structure …
by learning about:

• Different types of verbs
• The function of a verb in a sentence
• The function of the subject in a sentence
• Nouns
• Prepositions
• Full stops and capital letters for sentence punctuation
• Labels and diagrams

Step 2

Simple texts with some descriptive written language features

Teaching/Learning activities suitable for Year 3 and Year 4 students.

Planes Cooking-&-Change Reptiles Plants
Planes teaching/learning activities Cooking & Change teaching/learning activities Reptiles teaching/learning activities Plants tecahning/learning activities

Step 2 focuses on learning to write factual texts using descriptive language features within compound sentences…by learning about:

• Different types of adjectives to extend noun groups
• The grammatical components of a noun group (article, adjective/s, noun)
• The use of a comma in a series (within noun groups)
• Sentence punctuation
• Maintaining consistent tense
• Correct pronoun referencing
• The independent clause
• Conjunctions
• Combining clauses with conjunctions
• Compound sentences
• Labels and diagrams

Step 3

Detailed descriptive texts with more demanding written language features

Teaching/Learning activities suitable for Year 3/Year 4 students but also for Year 5/Year 6
students who have not yet mastered earlier learning.

Birds Flowers Trees Mammals
Birds teaching/learniing activities Flowers teaching/learning activities Mammals teaching/learniing activities

Step 3 focuses on learning to write factual texts using descriptive language features incorporating a variety of conjunctions within compound and complex sentences…by learning about:

• A variety of conjunctions to combine independent clauses
• Dependent clauses
• The structure of complex sentences
• The use of a comma to separate parts of a sentence
• Conjunctions and connectives
• Modality and evaluative language
• ‘Chunking’ to organise texts
• Labels and diagrams

Step 4

Extended descriptive texts with increasingly challenging written language features

Teaching/Learning activities suitable for Year 5/Year 6 students.

Sea Life Coral Reefs Oceans People and the Sea
Sea Life teaching/learning activities Coral Reefs teaching/learning activities Oceans teaching/learning activities Peaople and the Sea teaching/learning activities

Step 4 focuses on learning to write factual texts using different types of phrases and clauses as detailed descriptive language features within compound and complex sentences … by learning about:

• Adjectival phrases and clauses
• Adverbial phrases and clauses
• Creating images within description - similes
• Paragraphing under sub-headings to organise texts
• Compound sentences
• Structuring different types of complex sentences
• Labels and diagrams

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