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Step into the unknown: fiction reading and creative writing

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Writing complete sentences and correcting sentence fragments

I can identify complete sentences and correct sentence fragments.

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Responding to an unseen extract from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

I can read and understand an unseen extract from Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and analyse evidence to support my understanding.

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Using adjectives and semantic fields to plan and write descriptive paragraphs

I can create a specific atmosphere by linking vocabulary choices and creating a semantic field.

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Using simple, compound and complex sentences in descriptive writing

I can vary sentence structures accurately in my descriptive writing.

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Using dashes, colons, and commas for effect in descriptive writing

I can use punctuation accurately and explain its effect.

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Using adverbs, subordinate clauses and compound sentences in descriptive writing

I can vary my sentences for effect in my descriptive writing.

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Using vocabulary choices, similes, and metaphors to plan descriptive writing

I can create a plan for a piece of effective descriptive writing based on an image using vocabulary choices, similes and metaphors for effect.

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Drafting a piece of descriptive writing on 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

I can draft a piece of descriptive writing and then go back over it and revise it.

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Responding to an unseen extract from Burnett's 'The Secret Garden'

I can confidently understand an unseen extract from Burnett’s ‘The Secret Garden’ and make a range of inferences.

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Using precise evidence from Burnett's 'The Secret Garden' to support an idea

I can precisely use quotations from an extract from Burnett’s ‘The Secret Garden’ as evidence to support a topic sentence.

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Explaining how Burnett presents the garden setting in 'The Secret Garden'

I can explain how Burnett uses language devices such as personification and similes to present the garden setting in ‘The Secret Garden’.

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Using sensory language and figurative language to create an atmospheric setting

I can craft my own atmospheric setting using precise imagery.

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Considering strategies for refining and editing your descriptive writing

I can understand how to refine my work in clear and identifiable ways.

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Practising planning and writing a detailed description based on an image

I can plan and describe an image using purposeful linguistic devices and sentence structures.

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Identifying and emulating Baum's use of pathetic fallacy in 'The Wizard of Oz'

I can confidently understand and use pathetic fallacy.

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Contrasting the everyday and the unknown settings in Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz'

I can understand and analyse the way different settings are presented.

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Analysing and emulating Baum's use of unknown characters in 'The Wizard of Oz'

I can analyse how Baum introduces the reader to unknown characters in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and emulate those ideas to create my own unknown character.

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Analysing Dorothy's return from the unknown in Baum's 'The Wizard of Oz'

I can understand and analyse how Baum presents Dorothy’s return from the unknown in ‘The Wizard of Oz’.

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Developing your explanation of quotations from 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'

I can develop my analysis of quotations from Baum’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ by zooming in on specific words and exploring their connotations.

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Analysing character in an unseen extract from Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'

I can make precise inferences about characters and explain quotations in detail.

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