About / Supporting the curriculum / Year 4 literacy skills
Strand |
Objective |
|---|---|
| 1 Speaking | Tell stories effectively and convey detailed information coherently for listeners |
| 1 Speaking | Use and reflect on some ground rules for sustaining talk and interactions |
| 3 Group discussion and interaction | Take different roles in groups and use the language appropriate to them, including the roles of leader, reporter, scribe and mentor |
| 4 Drama | Develop scripts based on improvisation |
| 4 Drama | Comment constructively on plays and performances, discussing effects and how they are achieved |
| 9 Creating and shaping texts | Develop and refine ideas in writing using planning and problem solving strategies |
| 9 Creating and shaping texts | Use settings and characterisation to engage readers’ interest |
| 9 Creating and shaping texts | Show imagination through the language used to create emphasis, humour, atmosphere or suspense |
| 9 Creating and shaping texts | Choose and combine words, images and other features for particular effects |
| 10 Text structure and organisation | Organise text into paragraphs to distinguish between different events |
| 10 Text structure and organisation | Use adverbs and conjunctions to establish cohesion within paragraphs |
| 11 Sentence structure and punctuation | Clarify meaning and point of view by using varied sentence structure (phrases, clauses and adverbials) |
Links to the Department for Education and skills' Primary Framework for Literacy website: