ST BERNADETTES PRIMARY SCHOOL SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CHART FOR GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION

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TEXT COHESION Concepts about print. Concepts about print Identify patterns of Understand the use Understand that Understand linking Understand sentence Notice how a general
Explore: Letters. vocabulary: of language features: paragraphs are key devices including beginnings: how they word is often used for a
individual sounds Words. Phonics. Word association. organisational features pronoun reference: are used to signal to more specific word
(initial and final) Spaces between words. Syllabification. Synonyms. of a written text. pronouns link to the reader how the already mentioned eg
letter - sound Sentences. Rhyme. Antonyms. Begin with a topic something previously text is developing. Look at those apples.
relationships. Layout on Page. Sequencing events. sentence. mentioned eg this, Can I have one?
that, those.
Listen for and clap Consistent spelling. Discuss different types of Explore the Understand linking Recognise how
syllables in simple Segmenting. texts. development of devices including cohesion can be
words. Blending. themes: text connectives: developed through:
Connecting-similar create links between Repeating key words.
Contrasting- sentences eg however, Synonyms.
dissimilar. therefore,nevertheless. Antonyms.
Identify characteristic Word associations: Identify how Observe how
features and elements e.g. words that refer participants are tracked relationships between
e.g. Language patterns to main character. through a text using concepts can be
and repetition. pronouns. represented visually
through similarity,
Describe how text
contrast, juxtaposition,
connectives provide
repetition, class-
sequences through
subclass diagrams,
time eg firstly, then.
part-whole diagrams,
cause and effect, visual
continuities and
discontinuities.
PUNCTUATION Concepts about print: Concepts about print: The purpose of: Recognise the Know that contractions Identify the use of Learn that possessive Understand the use of
Explore letters: Capital letters. Full stops. purpose of: are a features of quotation marks. apostrophes are added commas to separate
Upper and Lower case Full stops. Question marks. capital letters for informal language. to the end of regular clauses.
(in students names). Exclamation marks. proper nouns. plural nouns ending in
s eg my parents car.
Build an understanding Directionality: Responding Recognise the Know that apostrophes Experiment with using Learn that for proper
of text features. Left to right. appropriately to purpose of: of contractions are quotation marks in nouns the regular
Top to bottom. punctuation when commas for lists. used to signal missing writing. possessive form is may
reading texts. letters. not apply eg Jamess or
James car.
Front and back covers. Front and back covers. Identify different
Title, Author and Title, Author and sentence-level
Illustrator. Illustrator. punctuation.

Describe how the Layout of digital texts. Write different types of

illustrations connect to Functions of keyboard. sentences e.g.
the text. statements, questions
and discuss appropriate
punctuation.
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SENTENCES AND Use images, marks and Learn that word order Identify the parts of Learn how to express Understand that Understand that Understand the Investigate how the
CLAUSE LEVEL approximation of in sentences are simple sentences. ideas using clauses contain a meaning of sentences difference between choice of conjunctions
GRAMMAR letters and words to important for meaning. compound subject and verb in can be enriched with: main and subordinate enables the
convey meaning. sentences. agreement. noun and verb clauses. construction of
groups/phrases and Know that complex complex sentences to
prepositional phrases. sentences make extend, elaborate and
connections between explain ideas eg the
ideas. town flooded when the
Explore using letters to Create own written Know that a basic clause Learn how to join Know that a clause is a Create richer, specific Understand that river broke its banks
record ideas. texts and are able to represents: a verb, noun simple sentences group of words that descriptions using complex sentences and the town flooded
read aloud to the and adverb with conjunctions to contain a verb. noun groups/phrases typically consists of a because the river broke
teacher and others. group/phrase. construct compound eg their very old main clause and a its banks.
sentences. subordinate clause.
Understand that simple Revise clauses. Know that a clause Investigate examples of
sentences express a represents: what is quoted and reported
single idea represented happening, what state speech and compare
by a single independent is being described; who similarities and
clause. or what is involved; the differences.
surrounding
circumstances.
WORD LEVEL Use simple sentences Recognise that texts Explore nouns Explore texts Understand that verbs Investigate how adverb Learn to expand a Know that verbs often
GRAMMAR when speaking. are made up of words (effective words that identifying: represent different groups / phrases and description by represent actions and
Join in with chorus and groups of words describe a place). Common nouns. processes e.g. doing, prepositional phrases combining a related set that the choice of more
from narratives and that make meaning. Pronouns. Proper nouns thinking, saying. provide details of of nouns and expressive verbs makes
rhymes. Pronouns circumstances. adjectives. an action more vivid.
Know that spoken and Explore spoken, written Explore verbs, adjectives, Explore and compare Identify and explore Know that adverb
written language can and multimodel texts adverbs illustrations and noun different types of groups/phrases and
be broken into smaller and identify elements (learn how a sentence groups/phrases in verbs: prepositional phrases
parts. eg words and images. can be made more vivid picture books. doing, saying, can provide important
with interesting and sensing, and relating. details about a
unusual words). happening.
Initiate interactions in Explore different ways of Explore the Understand that these Know the difference
conversations, in a expressing feelings and expansion of noun processes are anchored between simple
range of contexts, and emotions by extending groups/phrases using in time through tense present tense and the
describe both verbally vocabulary. articles and as time is represented simple past tense.
and non-verbally what adjectives. through the tense of a
they see, hear, touch, verb.
feel and taste.
Recognise some letter Explore: Names = Know that the simple
names and letters in Capital Letters. present tense is
own name. typically used to talk
about either present
states or actions that
happen regularly.
Know that there are
various ways in English
to refer to future time.