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Sentences |
The Sentence |
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Objective: To identify and use complete sentences. |
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Vowels |
Vowels – Long and Short |
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Objective: To identify long and short vowel sounds, and their use. |
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Basic Dictionary Use |
Basic Dictionary Use |
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Objective: To find words arranged alphabetically and identify word meanings in dictionaries. |
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Capitalisation |
Capital Letters 1 |
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Objective: To use capital letters correctly: to begin sentences, for proper nouns. |
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Punctuation |
Sentence Endings |
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Objective: To use full-stops, question marks, exclamation marks and capital letters correctly. |
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Common Nouns |
Common Nouns |
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Objective: To show a common noun names an object or thing. |
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Nouns |
Proper Nouns |
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Objective: To show a proper noun is used to name a person, place or a title. |
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Verbs |
Simple Verbs |
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Objective: To identify and use verbs. To understand a verb can be: an action or doing word, a state of being or ownership. |
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Adjectives |
Adjectives |
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Objective: To show an adjective is a word that describes a noun. |
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Adverbs |
Adverbs |
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Objective: To identify and use adverbs. To understand an adverb tells something about (modifies) a verb. |
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Pronouns |
Pronouns |
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Objective: To show a pronoun is used in place of a noun. |
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Parts of Speech Part b |
Conjunctions |
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Objective: To identify and use conjunctions correctly. |
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Common Errors |
Common Errors in spelling and punctuation |
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Objective: To identify and eliminate common errors. |
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Conjunctions – Sentences |
Conjunctions – Sentences |
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Objective: To use conjunctions to increase the variety of sentence structure in written expression. |
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Capitalisation |
Capital Letters 2 |
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Objective: To use capital letters correctly: in titles and letters. |
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Parts of Speech Part h |
Articles and Demonstratives |
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Objective: To identify and use articles and demonstratives correctly. |
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Antonyms and Synonyms |
Antonyms and Synonyms |
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Objective: To identify and use antonyms and synonyms. |
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Punctuation |
Commas 1 |
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Objective: To use commas: to list, to make meaning clear, and when writing the date. |
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Commas 2 |
Commas 2 |
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Objective: To use commas: to separate places, to separate clauses within sentences, and when using direct speech. |
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Spelling Skills |
Spelling |
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Objective: To correctly spell words after adding suffixes: ‘ing’, ‘ed’, ‘er’, ‘est’. |
| 21 |
Spelling Skills |
Syllabification |
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Objective: To improve spelling by dividing words correctly into syllables. |
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Plurals |
Plurals 1 – simple |
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Objective: To form plurals (more than one) by adding ‘s’ and ‘es’ correctly. |
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Plurals |
Plurals 2 – special rules |
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Objective: To form plurals with special rules: words ending in ‘y’ and ‘f’. |
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Nouns |
Collective and Abstract Nouns |
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Objective: To identify and use collective and abstract nouns. |
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Verbs |
Verbs – Tense |
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Objective: To identify and use the correct tense of verbs: past, present and future. |
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Adjectives |
Adjectives – from Nouns and Verbs |
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Objective: To create adjectives from nouns and verbs. E.g. China – Chinese |
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Adjectives |
Adjectives – Comparatives and Superlatives |
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Objective: To identify and use comparative and superlative adjectives. |
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Parts of Speech Part a |
Prepositions |
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Objective: To identify and use prepositions correctly. |
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Punctuation Skills Part b |
Quotation Marks |
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Objective: To use quotation marks for direct speech. |
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Apostrophe – Possession |
Apostrophe – Possession |
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Objective: To use the apostrophe of possession correctly. |
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Mnemonics |
Spelling – Mnemonics |
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Objective: To identify and use mnemonics to assist in correct spelling. |
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Prefixes |
Prefixes |
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Objective: The identify and use prefixes. |
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Suffixes |
Suffixes |
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Objective: The identify and use suffixes. |
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Similes and Metaphors |
Similes and Metaphors |
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Objective: To identify and use similes and metaphors. |
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Figurative Language |
Onomatopoeia, Assonance and Alliteration |
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Objective: To identify, and make use of, onomatopoeia, assonance, and alliteration. |
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Homonyms – Homophones and Homographs |
Homonyms – Homophones and Homographs |
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Objective: To identify and use correctly homonyms, both homophones and homographs. |
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Advanced Dictionary Use |
Advanced Dictionary Use |
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Objective: To use dictionaries by identifying all the information provided. To use a thesaurus. |
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Vocabulary Development |
Vocabulary |
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Objective: To identify and use better words than ‘got’ and ‘said’. |
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Phrases |
Phrases |
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Objective: To identify and use phrases including adjectival and adverbial phrases. |
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Clauses |
Clauses |
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Objective: To identify and use clauses including adjectival, adverbial and noun clauses. |
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Simple and Compound Verbs |
Simple and Compound Verbs |
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Objective: To identify and use simple and compound verbs. |
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Auxiliary Verbs |
Auxiliary Verbs |
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Objective: To identify and use auxiliary verbs within compound verbs. |
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Subject-Verb Agreement |
Subject-Verb Agreement |
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Objective: To identify and use correct tense, number and person in forming verbs. |
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Verb tense – Compound |
Verb tense – Compound |
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Objective: To identify and use ‘to be’ and ‘to have’ with the appropriate participle of the main verb. |
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Plurals |
Plurals 3 – Unusual |
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Objective: To create unusual plurals: for words ending in ‘o’; by changing the vowels or by adding letters. |
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Pronouns |
Pronouns 2 |
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Objective: To recognise and use personal, possessive and relative pronouns. |
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Contractions |
Contractions |
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Objective: To identify and use contractions. |
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Common Errors |
Common Errors in writing |
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Objective: To identify and eliminate common errors. |
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Verbs – Active and Passive voice |
Verbs – Active and Passive voice |
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Objective: To identify and use active and passive voice. |
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Common Errors |
Common Errors in verb usage, spelling and punctuation |
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Objective: To identify and eliminate common errors. |
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Colons and Semi-Colons |
Colons and Semi-Colons |
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Objective: To use colons and semi-colons correctly. |
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Sentence Structure Part a |
Subject and Predicate |
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Objective: To identify the subject and predicate within a sentence and to understand they are the two main parts of a sentence. |
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Regular and Irregular Verbs |
Regular and Irregular Verbs |
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Objective: To identify and use regular and irregular verbs in the present and past tense. |
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Verbs – Infinitives |
Verbs – Infinitives |
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Objective: To identify and use the infinitive form of the verb. |
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Modal Verbs |
Modal Verbs |
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Objective: To identify and use modal verbs with the appropriate form of the main verb. |
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Participles – as Verbs and Adjectives |
Participles – as Verbs and Adjectives |
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Objective: To identify and use participles as verbs or adjectives as indicators of continuing action. |
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Gerunds |
Gerunds |
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Objective: To identify and use gerunds. |
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Interjections |
Interjections |
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Objective: To identify and use interjections correctly. |
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Plurals |
Plurals 4 – Unusual |
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Objective: To use nouns whose singular and plural forms are the same. To use compound noun plurals. |
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Sentence Improvement |
Sentence Improvement |
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Objective: To construct expressive sentences by using adjectives, adverbs, phrases and clauses. |
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Punctuation |
Punctuation – Various |
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Objective: To use hyphens, dashes, apostrophes, quotation marks, parentheses and brackets correctly. |
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Mass and Count Nouns |
Determiners |
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Objective: To identify and use determiners correctly with mass and count nouns. |
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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs |
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs |
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Objective: To identify and use transitive and intransitive verbs. |
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Case – Nouns and Pronouns |
Case – Nouns, Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives |
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Objective: To identify the case of nouns and pronouns. |
| 65 |
Plurals of Foreign Nouns |
Plurals 5 – Foreign |
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Objective: To form plurals of foreign nouns. |
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Variety of Expression |
Sentence Construction |
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Objective: To construct expressive and precise sentences to improve meaning. |
| 67 |
Figurative Language |
Symbolism and Personification |
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Objective: To identify, and make use of, symbolism and personification. |
| 68 |
Review of Figures of Speech |
Review of Figures of Speech |
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Objective: To identify multiple uses of figures of speech within writing. |
| 69 |
Spelling Skills |
Word Usage |
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Objective: To correctly choose words with similar spelling, sound and meaning. |
| 70 |
Essay Writing 1 |
Essay Writing 1 |
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Objective: To develop and write essays (expositions). |
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Essay Writing 2 |
Essay Writing 2 |
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Objective: To develop and write essays. |
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Letter Writing |
Personal and Business Letters |
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Objective: To use correct setting out and format for personal and business letters. |
