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Year 5 · Key Stage 2

English

Reading, writing, grammar, and spoken language.

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  1. Clause Craft: Relative Clauses and Complex SentencesChildren learn to identify and write relative clauses using who, which, where, whose and that. They explore how relative clauses add precise detail inside complex sentences and practise punctuating defining and non-defining clauses correctly.
  2. Possibility and Permission: Modal Verbs in ActionChildren learn what modal verbs are, how they express different degrees of certainty and obligation, and how adverbs of possibility can fine-tune meaning even further. Through clear explanations, examples, and interactive activities, they practise choosing the right modal verb for the right job in both fiction and non-fiction writing.
  3. Add a Whisper: Parenthesis in WritingLearn how to use brackets, dashes and commas to add extra information inside a sentence using parenthesis. Discover why writers use this technique and how the choice of punctuation changes the tone of writing.
  4. Word Workshop: Building Verbs from Nouns and AdjectivesChildren investigate how nouns and adjectives can be converted into verbs using the suffixes '-ise', '-ify' and '-en', building vocabulary and spelling skills through explanation, activities and a quiz.
  5. Linking It All Together: Cohesion Across ParagraphsChildren explore cohesive devices — adverbials, pronouns, synonyms and deliberate repetition — learning how skilled writers stitch paragraphs together so ideas flow clearly and logically across a whole piece.
  6. Investigate and Argue: Non-Fiction Research and Debate WritingChildren explore how to build a convincing written argument by learning the features of discussion texts, practising modal language and cohesive devices, and planning a structured piece of persuasive writing.