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English / Year 5 / Literacy / Creating texts
Curriculum content descriptions
plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and punctuation including dialogue punctuation (AC9E5LY06)
Elaborations
- using research from print and digital resources to gather and organise information for writing
- selecting an appropriate text structure for the writing purpose and sequencing content according to that text structure, introducing the topic and grouping related information in well-sequenced paragraphs with a concluding statement
- using vocabulary, including technical vocabulary, appropriate to purpose and context
- using appropriate grammatical features, including more complex sentences and relevant verb tenses, pronoun references, and adverb and noun groups/phrases for effective descriptions
- writing letters in print and by email demonstrating understanding of audience
- re-reading and editing their own and others’ work, which may involve using digital tools, for precision using negotiated criteria for text structure and meaning, and accuracy of grammar, spelling and punctuation
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Editing, Creating texts, Language conventions