WRITING

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English Newsletter - Autumn 2020

RESOURCES

West Acton subscribes to several high quality online resources for which a login is needed.  Logins will be provided by your class teacher.

Below are details of how each online resource specifically applies to writing.

Writing Prompts

Spelling Lists

Year 1

Year 2

Years 3 & 4

Years 5 & 6

Non-negotiable Writing Criteria 

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Vocabulary

We introduce children to new words in order to develop their writing further. In the teaching of both Reading and Writing, children are encouraged and supported to identify unknown words, to use their spelling strategies (e.g. about root words) and their inference skills along with a dictionary to help them define the words. Research shows that the best writers are familiar with a huge number of words, many descriptive but others such as nouns, verbs and academic words such as ‘evaluate’ or ‘apply’. We develop children’s acquisition of language in all subjects by a focus on vocabulary development across the curriculum.

Other elements of the English Curriculum