English curriculum Grade 5

Objectives

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  Writing

  • Use of effective vocabulary and strong imagination to enhance students’ fiction and nonfiction writing skills.
  • Effective use of a dictionary and thesaurus
  • Understanding and practicing the formats of different styles of writing.
  • Focus on penmanship, neatness and presentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Story writing
  • Letter Writing
  • Autobiography
  • Descriptive writing
  • Reports
  • Dialogue
  • Fantasy/Fables
  • Science Fiction
  • Biography
  • Chronology
  • Script
  • Interview
  • Poetry
  • Advertisements
  • Posters
  • Speech Bubbles

 

Grammar and

Punctuation

  • Reinforcement of grammar, sentence structure and punctuation
  • Parts of speech
  • Capital letters
  • Punctuation marks
  • Apostrophe
  • Direct and indirect speech
  • Subject verb agreement
  • Proverbs and idioms
  • Editing
  • Comparatives and superlatives
  • Sentence structure
  • Clauses/phrases
  • Paragraphing
  • Compound words
  • Synonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Singular/plural
  • Homophones
  • Contractions
  • Conjunctions
  • Alphabetical order

Comprehension

  • Practice skimming and scanning the text to retrieve information effectively, within the given time slot and infer.
  • Recognition and appreciation of figurative language.

 

 

 

Unseen

Spelling Test

  • Vocabulary build up and practice of spelling tests on KS2 format

 

Unseen

Reading

Independently for pleasure

 

Matilda

Targetted and supervised understanding of the plot, characters and literary terms

Charlotte’s web

 

Recognition of the rhythm and mood of a given poem, the play on figurative language (including similes and metaphors) personification and critical analysis and comprehension.

 

Glow-worms 

 

Speaking and listening

  • Extend focal span.
  • Develop reading and recitation with play on clarity and expression.
  • Engage in a polite conversation or arguement/discussion with an extended vocabulary and clarity of thought- a beginning middle and end.
  • Poetry recitation
  • Describing events and experiences
  • Dialogue delivery
  • Role play and class discussions
  • Listening to peers and answering questions
  • Listening to instructions and explanations
  • Listening to accounts of different events and experiences and class discussions