Instructional Video25:37
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Writing the middle of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the middle of the story. Key learning points: - Sequencing language can be used at the start of a sentence, such as 'Suddenly,' - The middle of a story introduces the main plot and problem, such as the porridge...
Instructional Video25:33
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Writing the beginning of a story, introducing character and setting: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the beginning of a traditional tale, introducing the characters and setting. Key learning points: - Traditional tales are mostly told in the past tense - The beginning of a story introduces the main characters,...
Instructional Video18:11
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Identify and describe right angles

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify a square corner as a right angle and can find and identify right angles in the environment. Key learning points: - A right angle is a square corner. - A right angle is a quarter turn. - There are right...
Instructional Video25:38
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Colons: first function

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the colon to introduce a list or a question. Key learning points: - A colon is a piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. - A colon is always placed after a main clause. - A colon can introduce a list or...
Instructional Video25:41
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Writing a section about Florence Nightingale in a non chronological report

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write a section about Florence Nightingale in a non-chronological report. Key learning points: - A viewpoint is how you see or feel about something. - Viewpoint fronted adverbials are sentence starters that share the...
Instructional Video26:01
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Writing the build-up of ‘The BFG’ (part two)

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the second part of a narrative build-up based on ‘The BFG’. Key learning points: - The purpose of the build-up is to build tension and suspense. - Saying sentences aloud before they are written helps to check...
Instructional Video25:54
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Peer editing a persuasive letter

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can edit my own and my peer's persuasive letters. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing. - Editing can be done by oneself, with a peer or with a teacher. - When editing...
Instructional Video26:15
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Editing paragraphs of a narrative in 'Whale Rider'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can edit the opening and build-up of a narrative in 'Whale Rider'. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing. - To edit punctuation, missing or incorrectly used capital...
Instructional Video25:57
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Practising handwriting by writing dialogue

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write correctly punctuated dialogue in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Direct speech is signalled to the reader in text by inverted commas. - Direct speech can be written in a speech first...
Instructional Video26:10
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Writing the beginning of the story: 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the beginning of the story. Key learning points: - Every sentence must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop - The beginning of a story introduces the main characters, setting and plot - Word...
Instructional Video26:54
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Writing the middle and end of a school trip recount

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write a recount. Key learning points: - Writing about what happened on a trip can come at the middle and end of a recount - Using time adverbials helps the reader to understand the sequence of events - Expressing an...
Instructional Video27:32
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Past tense

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can say and write a simple sentence in the simple past tense. Key learning points: - The tense of a simple sentence changes the time frame of the action. - Fronted adverbials of time tell the reader the time frame of the...
Instructional Video27:05
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Questions and commands

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can recognise the difference between a question and a command. Key learning points: - There are four types of simple sentence. - Each type of simple sentence has a different purpose for the reader. - Any simple sentence...
Instructional Video26:43
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Formation of I, E, F, and L

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can form the capital letters I, E, F and L. Key learning points: - The capital letters I, E, F, and L all start at the top tramline. - The capital letters I, E, F, and L all go straight down. - The formation of capital...
Instructional Video27:17
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Writing the middle, building suspense: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the middle of a traditional tale. Key learning points: - Nouns can be written in a list using commas and 'and' used before the final noun, such as 'the coins, a hen and a harp.' - Some adverbs describing how...
Instructional Video26:30
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Nouns: common and proper

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can define and identify a noun. Key learning points: - Nouns are words that name people, places or things. - Common nouns do not need capital letters. - Proper nouns need capital letters.
Instructional Video27:00
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Practice of capital letters and days of the week

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can correctly form capital letters and write the days of the week. Key learning points: - Capital letters are used for proper nouns - Days of the week start with a capital letter as they are proper nouns - Capital...
Instructional Video26:52
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Applying the spellings 'ee', 'ea' and 'e-e' in familiar words

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can spell words containing the three most common representations of the 'ee' phoneme: 'ee', 'ea' and 'e-e'. Key learning points: - 'ee' and 'ea' are common spellings of the 'ee' phoneme. - e-e' is a representation of the...
Instructional Video27:01
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Nouns: singular and plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify the difference between singular and plural common nouns. Key learning points: - Common nouns can be singular or plural. - The spelling of a common noun changes if it is plural. - A plural common noun is not...
Instructional Video27:54
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Two types of clause, including subordinate clauses

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can identify different types of clause. Key learning points: - Any clause is a group of words that contains a verb. - A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense. - A subordinate...
Instructional Video28:00
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Bullet points

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use bullet points to lay out key information clearly in a non-fiction text. Key learning points: - Bullet points are useful to lay out key information clearly in a non-fiction text. - Bullet points space information...
Instructional Video28:02
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Writing a section on Portia spiders' appearance for a non-chronological report

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use my plan to write a detailed section about the appearance of the Portia spider. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's...
Instructional Video28:34
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Writing the opening of 'The Happy Prince'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can write the opening of 'The Happy Prince'. Key learning points: - The purpose of the opening is to engage the reader and introduce the setting and characters. - Using a range of sentence types (simple, compound and...
Instructional Video27:46
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Writing the first section of an explanation text about mummification

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use my plan to write the section about how the body was prepared in the process of mummification. Key learning points: - The steps in the mummification process are written in chronological order. - Ordering fronted...