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Year 6 · Key Stage 2

English

Reading, writing, grammar, and spoken language.

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  1. Who Did What? The Passive VoicePupils learn how the passive voice works, why writers choose it, and how to use it accurately in formal writing. They explore the grammar behind active and passive constructions, practise identifying and transforming sentences, and reflect on the deliberate choices skilled writers make.
  2. Formal and Informal: Register in WritingPupils explore how writers choose formal or informal register depending on audience and purpose, discover the rarely-taught subjunctive mood as a marker of formality, and practise switching between registers with confidence.
  3. Punctuation Power: Colons, Semicolons and HyphensPupils learn to use colons, semicolons and hyphens with confidence, understanding how each mark controls meaning and pace in their writing. Through clear explanations and hands-on activities, they practise linking clauses, introducing lists and avoiding ambiguity.
  4. Say Less, Mean More: Précis and EllipsisPupils learn how skilled writers say less but mean more, exploring ellipsis as a grammatical tool for cutting repetition and building cohesion, then practising précis writing to compress whole passages without losing key meaning.
  5. Draft, Edit, Excel: Extended CompositionPupils learn the full writing process — plan, draft, revise, edit, publish — and practise applying grammar, punctuation and cohesion skills to produce a polished extended piece of writing.
  6. Speak Out: Presentations and Formal DiscussionPupils learn how to plan and deliver a formal spoken presentation, use rhetorical devices to persuade, and take part in structured debate — listening critically and responding with evidence.