Greenmount -
a Pathway to Success
Instructional Texts
 | Features | Grammar | Punctuation |
| Year One | A title statement explaining what is to be achieved A list of equipment or materials Sequence, chronological steps Diagrams or illustrations Present tense Imperative verbs (commands) Detailed information - prepositions, determiners and precise vocabulary | Co-ordinating conjunctions - and Expanded noun phrases - add detail to nouns using prepositions such as of, under, around, next to and above Positional language | Question marks |
| Year Two | A title statement explaining what is to be achieved A list of equipment or materials Sequence, chronological steps Diagrams or illustrations Present tense Imperative verbs (commands) Detailed information - prepositions, determiners and precise vocabulary | Co-ordinating conjunctions - link ideas with and, or, but Subordinating conjunctions - expand upon independent clauses using if, when Expanded noun phrases - add detail to nouns using prepositions such as of, under Direct address to the reader using the second person pronoun "you" Adverbials of place | Question marks Commas in lists Apostrophes for possession Apostrophes for omission |
| Year Three | A title statement explaining what is to be achieved A list of equipment or materials Sequence, chronological steps Diagrams or illustrations Present tense Imperative verbs (commands) Detailed information - prepositions, quantifiers and precise vocabulary | Coordinating conjunctions - link ideas with and, but, or Subordinating conjunctions - expand upon independent clauses using after, if, when, until, so that Expanded noun phrases - add detail to nouns using prepositions such as of, from, under, around, surrounding, next to, above Commands, using the imperative Statements using the pronoun you Adverbs / adverbials of manner Adverbs / adverbials of time | Commas in a list Apostrophes for possession Apostrophes for omission |
| Year Four | A title statement A list of equipment or materials Sequenced, chronological steps Diagrams or illustrations Present tense Imperative verbs (commands) Detailed information - prepositions, quantifiers and precise vocabulary | Co-ordinating conjunctions - and, or, but Subordinating conjunctions - after, if, when, so that Expanded noun phrases - add detail to nouns using prepositions such as of, from Commands, using the imperative Statements using the pronoun you Adverbs / adverbials of manner Adverbs / adverbials of time | Commas in a list Commas for fronted adverbials Apostrophes for possession Apostrophes for omission |
| Year Five | A title statement explaining what is to be achieved A list of equipment of materials Sequenced, chronological steps Diagrams or illustrations Present tense Imperative verbs (commands) Detailed information - prepositions, quantifiers and precise vocabulary | Co-ordinating conjunctions - and, but, or Subordinating conjunctions - expand upon independent clauses using after, if, when, so that Expanded noun phrases - add detail to nouns using prepositions such as of, from, under, around, surrounding, next to, above Commands, using the imperative Adverbs of manner Adverbs of time | Commas in a list Parentheses Apostrophes for possession Commas for fronted adverbials Colons |
| Year Six | A title statement A list of equipment or materials Sequenced, chronological steps Diagrams or illustrations Present tense Imperative verbs (commands) Detailed information - prepositions, quantifiers and previse vocabulary | Co-ordinating conjunctions - and, but, or Subordinating conjunctions - expand upon independent clauses using after, if, when, so that Expanded noun phrases - add detail to nouns using prepositions such as of, from, under, around, surrounding, next to, above Commands, using the imperative Adverbs of manner Adverbs of time | Commas in a list Parentheses Apostrophes for possession Apostrophes for omission Commas for fronted adverbials Colons |