Year 6 English Objectives

Year 6

 

Children learn to:

 

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

 

1.    Speaking

• use a range of oral techniques to present persuasive arguments and engaging narratives
• participate in whole-class debate using the conventions and language of debate, including Standard English
• use the techniques of dialogic talk to explore ideas, topics or issues

 

2.   Listening and Responding

• make notes when listening for a sustained period and discuss how note taking varies depending on context and purpose
• analyse and evaluate how speakers present points effectively through use of language and gesture
• listen for language variation in formal and informal contexts
• identify the ways spoken language varies according to differences in context and purpose of use

 

3.     Group discussion and interaction

• consider examples of conflict and resolution, exploring language used
• understand and use a variety of ways to criticise constructively and respond to criticism

 

4.      Drama

• improvise using a range of drama strategies and conventions to explore themes such as hopes, fears, desires
• consider the overall impact of a live or recorded performance, identifying dramatic ways of conveying characters’ ideas and building tension [creative entitlement
• devise a performance considering how to adapt the performance for a specific audience

 

Read a wide range of texts on screen and on paper

 

5.       Word reading skills and strategies

• use knowledge of word derivations and word structure, eg affixes, acronyms and letter omission, to construct the meaning of words in context

 

6.     Understanding and interpreting texts

• appraise a text quickly, deciding on its value/quality/usefulness
• understand underlying themes, causes and points of view
• understand how writers use different structures to create coherence and impact
• recognise rhetorical devices used to argue, persuade, mislead and sway the reader

 

7.    Engaging with and responding to texts

• read extensively and discuss personal reading with others, including in reading groups
• sustain engagement with longer texts, using different techniques to make the text come alive
• compare how writers from different times and places present experiences and use language

 

 

Write a wide range of texts on paper and on screen

 

8.    Creating and shaping texts

• set own challenges to extend achievement and experience in writing
• use different narrative techniques to engage and entertain the reader
• in non-narrative, establish, balance and maintain viewpoints
• select words and language drawing on their knowledge of literary features and formal and informal writing
• integrate words, images and sounds imaginatively for different purposes

 

9.     Text structure and organisation

• use varied structures to shape and organise texts coherently
• use paragraphs to achieve pace and emphasis

 

10.     Sentence structure and punctuation

• express subtle distinctions of meaning, including hypothesis, speculation and supposition, by constructing sentences in varied ways
• use punctuation to clarify meaning in complex sentences

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11.   Word structure and spelling

• spell familiar words correctly and employ a range of strategies to spell difficult and unfamiliar words
• use a range of appropriate strategies to edit, proofread and correct spelling in own work, on paper and on screen

 

 

12.      Presentation

• use different styles of handwriting fir different purposes with a range of media, developing a consistent and personal legible style
• select from a variety of ICT programmes to present text effectively and communicate information and ideas