Significant Aspects of Learning - Literacy and English: Development and progression in listening and talking FIRST SECOND THIRD - FOURTH Learners listen, watch and talk for a variety of purposes, contexts and audiences. They explore experiences, preferences and ideas in real and imaginary contexts through play and more structured activities, including listening to and making stories. This enables them to make sense of the world, as well as developing their language to help them express themselves more clearly and build relationships. Learners explore the richness of language through a variety of contexts and select what they listen to and watch. They make some choices about their use of language for different purposes. They use discussion as a way of developing and extending their own thinking. They are becoming aware of how others influence their thinking and are beginning to understand the difference between fact and opinion. Learners continue to explore the richness of language and select what they listen to and justifying their choices. They choose the appropriate level of formality to use when talking for different purposes, contexts and audiences. They are becoming more critical about what they listen to or watch and recognise the ways in which they are being influenced by others. They are becoming more adept at distinguishing between fact and opinion. Learners continue to explore the richness of language experiences arising from listening, watching and talking and also make informed selections of texts. They justify this selection in terms of their own needs and preferences. Increasingly, they can articulate their appreciation of a text, identifying its main purposes, taking account of genre and techniques and demonstrating an awareness of their intended effects.
LIT 2-10a / LIT 3-10a LIT 4-10a Significant Aspects of Learning - Literacy and English: Development and progression in reading EARLY FIRST SECOND - FOURTH Learners share their feelings and ideas about texts which they enjoy. By interacting with text in their environment, learners recognise that print conveys meaning. Through engagement with a variety of texts and exploring how the written word is organised and presented, they develop their understanding of concepts about print. Learners are developing the ability to Learners comment briefly on texts which they enjoy and give reasons for their personal preferences. They are beginning to use a range of reading strategies to improve accuracy and make meaning. They read an increasing number of words accurately and automatically and are developing a range of strategies to decode unfamiliar, phonetically complex words. Learners regularly explain the choices they have made about their personal reading and are able to give clear reasons for their preferences. They read unfamiliar texts with increasing fluency and understanding by integrating their knowledge of context, structure, vocabulary, punctuation and grammar. As they move from learning how to read to using reading to help them learn, they become Learners read a wide of increasingly complex texts with fluency and understanding. They understand why they prefer particular texts and are able to explain their preferences to others, illustrating these by specific references to the texts. Having consolidated their knowledge of structure, vocabulary, punctuation and grammar, they independently employ a range of strategies to
Enjoyment and choice I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the needs of my audience. LIT 1-20a / LIT 2-20a I seek feedback on my writing. I can use criteria for effective writing to set own writing targets with help. I see myself as a writer. I take risks with writing. I can share my ideas with others. I can develop criteria for effective writing in different genres with help. I can incorporate suggestions from others about own writing with help. I see myself as a writer. I take risks with writing. I can my ideas with others. I can set targets and identify strategies to improve writing in different genres. I see myself as a writer. I take risks with writing. I can share my ideas with others.
Experiences and Outcomes Steps to Success- Writing Organising and using Information I can use notes and other types of writing to generate and develop ideas, retain and recall information, explore problems, make decisions, generate and develop ideas or create original text.I recognise when it is appropriate to quote from sources and when I should put points into my own words. I can acknowledge my sources appropriately. LIT 3-25a I can use notes and other types of writing to generate and develop ideas, retain and recall information, explore problems, make decisions, or create original text. I can make appropriate and responsible use of sources and acknowledge these appropriately. LIT 4-25a I can use notes and other types of writing to generate and develop ideas retain and recall information explore problems make decisions generate and develop ideas or create original texts. I can recognise when it is appropriate to quote from sources and when I should put points into my own words. I can acknowledge my sources appropriately. I can use more complex notes and other types of writing to generate and develop retain and recall information explore problems, make decisions create original texts. I can make appropriate and responsible use of sources. I can acknowledge my sources appropriately.
reactions to the changing circumstances with some attempt at reflection. ENG 3-30a Having explored the elements which writers use, I can create texts in different genres by: • integrating the conventions of my chosen genre successfully and/or • using convincing and appropriate structures and/or • creating interesting and convincing characters and/or • building convincing settings which come to life. ENG 3-31a impression of my personal experience and reflect on my response to the changing circumstances to engage my reader. ENG 4-30a Having explored and experimented with the narrative structures which writers use to create texts in different genres, I can: • use the conventions of my chosen genre successfully and/or • create an appropriate mood or atmosphere and/or • create convincing relationships, actions and dialogue for my characters. ENG 4-31a for writing As appropriate to my purpose and type of text, I can punctuate and structure different types of sentences with sufficient accuracy, and arrange to make meaning clear, showing straightforward relationships between paragraphs. LIT 3-22a / LIT 4-22a As appropriate to my purpose and type of text, I can punctuate and structure different types of sentences with sufficient accuracy, and arrange these to make meaning
clear, showing straightforward relationships between paragraphs. I can use a range of strategies and resources and spell most of the words I need to use, including specialist vocabulary, and ensure that my spelling is accurate. Throughout the writing process, I can review and edit my writing to ensure that it meets its purpose and communicates meaning at first reading. I can consider the impact that layout and presentation will have on my reader, selecting and using a variety of features appropriate to purpose and audience. to make meaning clear, showing straightforward relationships between paragraphs. I can use a range of strategies and resources independently and ensure that my spelling, including specialist vocabulary, is accurate. Throughout the writing process, at a more complex level: I can review and edit my writing independently to ensure that it meets its purpose and communicates meaning clearly at first reading. I can justify my choice and use of layout and presentation in terms of the intended impact on my reader. I can use a range of strategies and resources and most of the words I need to use, including specialist vocabulary, and ensure that my spelling is accurate. LIT 3-21a Throughout the writing process, I can review and edit my writing to ensure that it meets its purpose and communicates meaning at reading. LIT 3-23a I can consider the impact that layout and presentation will have on my reader, selecting and using a variety of features appropriate to purpose and audience. LIT 3-24a I can use a range of strategies and resources independently and ensure that my spelling, including specialist vocabulary, is accurate. LIT 4-21a Throughout the writing process, I can review and edit my writing independently to ensure that it meets its purpose and communicates meaning clearly at first reading. LIT 4-23a I can justify my choice and use of layout and presentation in of the intended impact on my reader. LIT 4-24a Enjoyment and choice I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I am developing my own style. I can regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the needs of my audience. LIT 3-20a / LIT 4-20a I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I am developing my own style. I can regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the of my audience.