sequences sentences to form short narratives.

leaves spaces between words

joins words and joins clauses using and

begins to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark

uses a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week and the personal pronoun ‘I’

writes narratives (real and fictional), writes about real events, writes poetry and writes for different purposes

writes sentences with different forms: statements, questions, exclamations and commands

uses expanded noun phrases (adjectives)

uses adverbs in own writing.

uses the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form

uses subordinating (when, if, that, because) and co-ordinating conjunctions (or, and, but).

uses a varied and rich vocabulary

organises paragraphs around a theme

creates settings, characters and plot

extends the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions and subordinate clauses

uses adjectives, adverbs, prepositions (including phrases) and conjunctions

uses the present perfect form of verbs

chooses nouns or pronouns appropriately

uses conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause

uses full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive singular and plural

uses and punctuates direct speech

uses a varied and rich vocabulary

organises paragraphs around a theme

creates settings, characters and plot

extends the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions and subordinate clauses

uses adjectives, adverbs, prepositions (including phrases) and conjunctions

uses the present perfect form of verbs

chooses nouns or pronouns appropriately

uses conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause

uses full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive singular and plural.

uses and punctuates direct speech

selects appropriate grammar and vocabulary

describes settings, characters and atmospheres and integrates dialogues to convey characters and advance the action in narratives

uses a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs; e.g. adverbials, pronouns, prepositional phrases

extends the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions and relative clauses

uses the present perfect form of verbs

chooses nouns or pronouns appropriately

uses conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause

uses fronted adverbials

uses modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility

uses full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive singular and plural

uses and punctuates direct speech

uses commas after fronted adverbials

uses commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing

uses brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis

describe settings, characters and atmosphere

integrate dialogue in narratives to convey character and advance the action 

select vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect what the writing requires, doing this mostly appropriately (e.g. using contracted forms in dialogues in narrative; using passive verbs to affect how information is presented; using modal verbs to suggest degrees of possibility)

use a range of devices to build cohesion (e.g. conjunctions, adverbials of time and place, pronouns, synonyms) within and across paragraphs 

use verb tenses consistently and correctly throughout their writing