Writing

Enjoyment and choice

– within a motivating and challenging environment, developing an awareness of the relevance of texts in my life.

Early	First	Second	Third	Fourth
I enjoy exploring and playing with the patterns and sounds of language, and can use what I learn. *Responsibility of all LIT 0-01a/LIT 0-11a/LIT 0-20a	I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the needs of my audience. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-20a	I enjoy creating texts of my choice and I regularly select subject, purpose, format and resources to suit the needs of my audience. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-20a	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 needs of my audience. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-20a	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 needs of my audience. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-20a

Tools for writing

– using knowledge of technical aspects to help my writing communicate effectively within and beyond my place of learning

Early	First	Second	Third	Fourth
I explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together, and I can use what I learn to help me as I read or write. *Responsibility of all GAI 0-12a/LIT 0-13a/LIT 0-21a	I can spell the most commonly-used words, using my knowledge of letter patterns and spelling rules and use resources to help me spell tricky or unfamiliar words. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-21a	I can spell most of the words I need to communicate, using spelling rules, specialist vocabulary, self-correction techniques and a range of resources. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-21a	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. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-21a	I can use a range of strategies and resources independently and ensure that my spelling, including specialist vocabulary, is accurate. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-21a
As I play and learn, I enjoy exploring interesting materials for writing and different ways of recording my experiences and feelings, ideas and information. *Responsibility of all LIT 0-21b
	I can write independently, use appropriate punctuation and order and link my sentences in a way that makes sense. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-22a	In both short and extended texts, I can use appropriate punctuation, vary my sentence structures and divide my work into paragraphs in a way that makes sense to my reader. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-22a	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. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-22a	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. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-22a
	Throughout the writing process, I can check that my writing makes sense. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-23a	Throughout the writing process, I can check that my writing makes sense and meets its purpose. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-23a	Throughout the writing process, I can review and edit my writing to ensure that it meets its purpose and communicates meaning at first reading. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-23a	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. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-23a
	I can present my writing in a way that will make it legible and attractive for my reader, combining words, images and other features. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-24a	I consider the impact that layout and presentation will have and can combine lettering, graphics and other features to engage my reader. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-24a	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. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-24a	I can justify my choice and use of layout and presentation in terms of the intended impact on my reader. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-24a

Organising and using information

– considering texts to help create short and extended texts for different purposes

I am learning to use my notes and other types of writing to help me understand information and ideas, explore problems, generate and develop ideas or create new text.

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LIT 1-25a

I can use my notes and other types of writing to help me understand information and ideas, explore problems, make decisions, generate and develop ideas or create new text.

I recognise the need to acknowledge my sources and can do this appropriately.

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LIT 2-25a

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 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.

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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.

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LIT 4-25a

Within real and imaginary situations, I share experiences and feelings, ideas and information in a way that communicates my message.

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LIT 0-26a

By considering the type of text I am creating, I can select ideas and relevant information, organise these in a logical sequence and use words which will be interesting and/or useful for others.

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LIT 1-26a

By considering the type of text I am creating, I can select ideas and relevant information, organise these in an appropriate way for my purpose and use suitable vocabulary for my audience.

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LIT 2-26a

By considering the type of text I am creating, I can independently select ideas and relevant information for different purposes, and organise essential information or ideas and any supporting detail in a logical order. I can use suitable vocabulary to communicate effectively with my audience.

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LIT 3-26a

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LIT 4-26a

Creating texts

– applying the elements which writers use to create different types of short and extended texts with increasingly complex ideas, structures and vocabulary

Early	First	Second	Third	Fourth
		I am learning to use language and style in a way which engages and/or influences my reader. GAI 2-27a	I can engage and/or influence readers through my use of language, style and tone as appropriate to genre. GAI 3-27a	I can engage and/or influence readers through my use of language, style and tone as appropriate to genre. GAI 4-27a
	I can convey information, describe events or processes, share my opinions or persuade my reader in different ways. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-28a/LIT 1-29a	I can convey information, describe events, explain processes or combine ideas in different ways. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-28a	I can convey information, describe events, explain processes or concepts, and combine ideas in different ways. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-28a	I can convey information and describe events, explain processes or concepts, providing substantiating evidence, and synthesise ideas or opinions in different ways. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-28a
		I can persuade, argue, explore issues or express an opinion using relevant supporting detail and/or evidence. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-29a	I can persuade, argue, evaluate, explore issues or express an opinion using a clear line of thought, relevant supporting detail and/or evidence. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-29a	I can persuade, argue, evaluate, explore issues or express and justify opinions within a convincing line of thought, using relevant supporting detail and/or evidence. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-29a
	I can describe and share my experiences and how they made me feel. GAI 1-30a	As I write for different purposes and readers, I can describe and share my experiences, expressing what they made me think about and how they made me feel. GAI 2-30a	I can recreate a convincing impression of a personal experience for my reader, sharing my feelings and reactions to the changing circumstances with some attempt at reflection. GAI 3-30a	I can create a convincing impression of my personal experience and reflect on my response to the changing circumstances to engage my reader. GAI 4-30a
I enjoy exploring events and characters in stories and other texts and I use what I learn to invent my own, sharing these with others in imaginative ways. *Responsibility of all LIT 0-09b/LIT 0-31a	Having explored the elements writers use in different genres, I can use what I learn to create my own stories, poems and plays with interesting structures, characters and/or settings. GAI 1-31a	Having explored the elements writers use in different genres, I can use what I learn to create stories, poems and plays with an interesting and appropriate structure, interesting characters and/or settings which come to life. GAI 2-31a	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. GAI 3-31a	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. GAI 4-31a

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