Year 6 English

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Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

B. Theme

1
Determine the themes of short stories

C. Author's purpose and tone

D. Text structure

E. Sensory details

1
Sort sensory details

F. Literary devices

G. Point of view

1
Compare and contrast points of view

H. Inference

I. Story elements

1
Identify story elements

J. Visual elements

1
Compare mythological illustrations

K. Literary texts: level 1

L. Literary texts: level 2

M. Informational texts: level 1

N. Informational texts: level 2

Writing strategies

O. Organising writing

P. Introductions and conclusions

Q. Developing and supporting arguments

R. Descriptive details

S. Editing and revising

T. Research skills

1
Identify and correct plagiarism

Vocabulary

U. Prefixes and suffixes

1
Words with pre-
2
Words with re-
3
Words with sub-
4
Words with mis-
5
Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
6
Words with -ful
7
Words with -less
8
Words with -able and -ible

V. Greek and Latin roots

W. Categories

X. Synonyms and antonyms

Y. Analogies

1
Analogies

Z. Homophones

1
Use the correct homophone

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

B. Theme

C. Author's purpose and tone

D. Text structure

E. Sensory details

F. Literary devices

G. Point of view

H. Inference

I. Story elements

J. Visual elements

K. Literary texts: level 1

L. Literary texts: level 2

M. Informational texts: level 1

N. Informational texts: level 2

Writing strategies

O. Organising writing

P. Introductions and conclusions

Q. Developing and supporting arguments

R. Descriptive details

S. Editing and revising

T. Research skills

Vocabulary

U. Prefixes and suffixes

V. Greek and Latin roots

W. Categories

X. Synonyms and antonyms

Y. Analogies

Z. Homophones

AA. Multiple-meaning words

BB. Shades of meaning

CC. Context clues

DD. Reference skills

Grammar and mechanics

EE. Sentences, fragments and run-ons

FF. Nouns

GG. Pronouns

HH. Verb types

II. Subject-verb agreement

JJ. Verb tense

KK. Adjectives and adverbs

LL. Prepositions

MM. Conjunctions

NN. Contractions

OO. Commas

PP. Capitalisation

QQ. Formatting