Key Curriculum Areas
- Reading: Read and discuss a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books; Make inferences, predictions, and evaluations; Identify themes, language features, and structural elements; Participate in discussions with detailed justifications.
- Writing: Write for a wide range of purposes including narratives, explanations, instructions, and arguments; Use appropriate form, vocabulary, and grammar; Plan, draft, edit, and proof-read work; Perform compositions with clear intonation and meaning.
- Grammar and Vocabulary: Use passive verbs, perfect verb forms, expanded noun phrases, modal verbs, relative clauses; Punctuate correctly including commas, hyphens, brackets, dashes, semi-colons, and colons; Understand and apply grammatical terminology.
- Spelling: Use prefixes, suffixes, and silent letters; Distinguish homophones; Use morphology, etymology, dictionaries, and thesauruses to support spelling.