Year 4 English Objectives

Year 4

 

Children learn to:

 

Speak and listen for a wide range of purposes in different contexts

 

1.      Speaking

• respond appropriately on the contributions of others in light of alternative viewpoints
• tell stories effectively and convey detailed information coherently for listeners
• use and reflect on some ground rules for dialogue

 

2.      Listening and Responding

• listen to a speaker, make notes on the talk and use notes to develop a role play
• compare the different contributions of music, words and images in short extracts from TV programmes
• investigate how talk varies with age, familiarity, gender and purpose

 

 

3.      Group discussion and interaction

• take different roles in groups and use the language appropriate to them, including roles of leader, reporter, scribe, and mentor
• use time, resources and group members efficiently by distributing tasks, checking progress, making back-up plans
• identify the main points of each speaker, compare their arguments and how they are presented

 

4.      Drama

• create roles showing how behaviour can be interpreted from different viewpoints
• develop scripts based on improvisation
• comment constructively on plays and performances, discussing effects and how they are achieved

 

Read a wide range of texts on screen and on paper

 

5.       Word reading skills and strategies

• use knowledge of word structure and a more extensive range of prefixes and suffixes to construct the meaning of words in context

 

6.    Understanding and interpreting texts

• identify and summarise evidence from a text to support a  hypotheses
• deduce characters’ reasons for behaviour from their actions and explain how ideas are developed  in non fiction texts
• use knowledge of different organisational features of texts to find information effectively
• explain how writers use figurative and expressive language to create images and atmosphere

 

 

7.    Engaging with and responding to texts

• read extensively favourite authors/genres and experiment with other types of text
• interrogate texts to deepen and clarify understanding and response
• explore why and how writers write, including through face-to-face and online contact with authors

 

 

 

 

Write a wide range of texts on paper and on screen

 

8.     Creating and shaping texts

• develop and refine ideas in writing using planning and problem-solving strategies
• use settings and characterisation to engage readers’ interest
• summarise and shape material and ideas from different sources to write convincing and informative non-narrative texts
• show imagination through language used to create emphasis, humour, atmosphere or suspense
• choose and combine words, images and other features for particular effects

 

9.      Text structure and organisation

• organise texts into paragraphs to distinguish between different information, events or processes
• use adverbs and conjunctions to establish cohesion within paragraphs

 

10.       Sentence structure and punctuation

• clarify meaning and point of view by using phrases, clauses and adverbials
• use commas to mark clauses and the apostrophe for possession

 

11.     Word structure and spelling

• spell unfamiliar words using phonemic, morphemic and etymological strategies
• distinguish the spelling and meaning of common homophones

 

12.   Presentation

• write consistently with neat, legible and joined handwriting
• use word processing packages to present written work