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What are the essential indicators of “good” … WRITING What are the essential indicators of “good” … P5 Benchmarks By the end of P5 … P6 Benchmarks By the end of P6 … P7 Benchmarks By the end of P7 … Enjoyment and choice Learners should be able to … make choices for planning and publishing including digital media be aware of their audience seek feedback identify and discuss the impact of choices for planning and publishing select techniques and resources appropriate to the audience improve writing based on feedback consistently act on feedback Tools for Writing Learners should be able to … challenge themselves to spell less familiar words use alliteration and simple similes use a dictionary and thesaurus effectively use commas for pauses vary sentence structures recognise key features and layout of a paragraph write in paragraphs use second person proof read for editing join all letters accurately use direct and indirect speech use onomatopoeia, complex similes and simple metaphors paragraph whole text use connectives to compare contrast and sequence check and edit work for meaning punctuation and spelling understand the convention of adding prefixes experiment with apostrophe, colons, and quotation marks use direct speech understand the convention of adding suffixes use paragraphs of different lengths in extended pieces of writing accurately use punctuation for direct speech use first, second and third person appropriately use idioms Organising and using information Learners should be able to … make notes and summarise the most relevant information use captions, subtitles, headlined and slogans in a text create opening / introduction, ending / conclusion to texts use headings, sub-headings and key words to organise notes gather notes from more than one source acknowledge sources by recording title and author of texts used include reasons and examples in a text organise different kinds of notes including mind maps use notes to create a range of texts reference sources appropriately Creating texts Learners should be able to … offer a personal response to a range of texts use different sentence structures to create effects explain personal response to text develop characters through actions and dialogue create atmosphere using a variety of sentence structures express thoughts and opinions using supporting detail and evidence to persuade the reader use turning points and cliff hangers effectively use opening paragraph / introduction to make purpose clear use formal and informal language appropriately
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