Engaging readers and inspiring writers Assessing pupils and ensuring progress at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Maddy Barnes Literacy consultant

GaPS & Picture books

Year 2 terminology Noun, noun phrase statement, question, exclamation, command compound, suffix adjective, adverb, verb tense (past, present) apostrophe, comma

Introduction to nouns and adjectives Mole loved labelling things. All sorts of things. Anything really. Naming things was what Mole liked best.

Commas in a list “That does it!” yelled Mole. “You’re a slurpy, burpy, lumpy, bumpy, greedy, naughty… THING!”

Year 1 terminology Letter, capital letter word, singular, plural sentence punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation

Simple sentences It soared high above the Queen. It wooshed high above the Queen’s men.

Capital letters Trafalgar Square London Zoo London Underground London Eye Big Ben Tower Bridge Kensington Palace

Year 3 terminology preposition, conjunction word family, prefix clause, subordinate clause direct speech consonant, consonant letter vowel, vowel letter inverted commas (or ‘speech marks’)

Use of the apostrophe Can’t Don’t Driver’s He’d It’s Hasn’t Wouldn’t Basket’s They’re What’s I’ve Haven’t

Conjunctions And When If Then But So

Year 4 terminology Determiner pronoun, possessive pronoun adverbial Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes [for example, –ate; –ise; –ify] Verb prefixes [for example, dis–, de–, mis–, over– and re–]

Verbs shuffling and juggling squirming and twitching wriggling and fiddling playing stop painting said cried tried walked excite stroking forget mess poking skipped kicked snapped walloped squawked were

Inverted commas “STOP!” shouted Izzy at the top of her voice. “Stop squealing, squawking, splashing and flapping. Enough running, roaming, ramming and bumping. No more jiggling, wriggling, shuffling and squirming!”

Year 5 terminology Modal verb, relative pronoun relative clause parenthesis, bracket, dash cohesion, ambiguity

Punctuation for effect NO, PLEASE. Look at me. Would I LIE to you? It was the old woman who started it. I did nothing wrong. Would I? We hit it off from the beginning. Not everyone likes a wolf, do they? Look at you. You’re not certain. Would you like to come and sit a bit closer while I tell you about the kid? I don’t bite. No? Sure? Okay. Up to you.

Vocabulary Altered Versatile Vegetarian cuisine Speciality ‘pass the time of day with her’ Scooted Frock I was this close to being a fur wrap! I won’t make a meal of it!

Year 6 terminology Subject, object active, passive synonym, antonym ellipsis, hyphen, colon, semi-colon, bullet points

Expanded noun phrases Every last boring, crunchy flake The cereal people Grizzly bear Grumpy mum Absolutely no free lion Cranky old crocodile Bathroom-hogging crocodile Whacking great gorilla

Adjectives Challenging chair Cheerful chair Treasure map Hairy string Diamond ring Troubled father

Prepositions In Back From Of

Correcting non-standard English I go see Gramma with cakes No touch my cakes I not scared Not lello flowers. RED! Cuppatea