Working Towards Expected

• I can describe a setting
• I can describe a character
• I can use capital letters and full stops correctly
• I can mostly use paragraphs correctly
• I can mostly use heading / sub-headings
• I can use some coordinating conjunctions
• I can use some subordinating conjunctions
• I can use commas after fronted adverbials mostly correctly
• I can use inverted commas mostly correctly
• I can use a possessive apostrophe mostly correctly
• Spelling most Year 3 & 4 words correctly
• Start spelling some Year 5 & 6 words correctly

Working At Expected

• I can use paragraphs to organise my ideas
• I can use specific language to describe a setting, character and plot
• I can use dialogue to describe a setting, character and plot
• I can mostly use the correct tense in my writing
• I can use coordinating conjunctions
• I can use subordinating conjunctions
• I can use question marks correctly
• I can use exclamation marks correctly
• I can use inverted commas mostly correctly
• I can use apostrophes for contraction mostly correctly
• I can use commas in a list mostly correctly
• I can use inverted comas mostly correctly
• Spelling Year 3 & 4 words correctly
• Spelling some Year 5 & 6 words correctly

Working At Greater Depth

• I can create atmosphere in my writing
• I can integrate dialogue to develop characters
• I can mostly use vocabulary and grammatical structures in formal writing
• I can use themes across my writing to link paragraphs together and create a flow of text
• I can vary the position of clauses in sentences
• I can use inverted commas mostly correctly
• I can use commas for clarity mostly correctly
• I can use punctuation for parenthesis (dashes,brackets, commas) mostly correctly
• I can show some correct use of semi-colons
• I can show some correct use of dashes
• I can show some correct use of colons
• I can show some correct use of hyphens
• Spelling most Year 5 & 6 words correctly