AC9E3LY11
Official content description
use phoneme–grapheme (sound–letter) relationships and less common letter patterns to spell words
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What Year 3 English students should achieve
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- They write texts using letters that are accurately formed and consistent in size.
- They group, logically sequence and link ideas.
- They use text structures including paragraphs, and language features including compound sentences, topic-specific vocabulary and literary devices, and/or visual features.
- By the end of Year 3, students interact with others, and listen to and create spoken and/or multimodal texts including stories.
- They create written and/or multimodal texts including stories to inform, narrate, explain or argue for audiences, relating ideas including relevant details from learnt topics, topics of interest or texts.
- They use language features including topic-specific vocabulary, and/or visual features and features of voice.
The Literacy progression either side of AC9E3LY11
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Taught before · Year 2
- AC9E2LY01identify how similar topics and information are presented in different types of texts
- AC9E2LY02use interaction skills when engaging with topics, actively listening to others, receiving instructions and extending own ideas, speaking appropriately, expressing and responding to opinions, making statements, and giving instructions
- AC9E2LY03identify the purpose and audience of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts
Builds towards · Year 4
- AC9E4LY01compare texts from different times with similar purposes and audiences to identify similarities and differences in their depictions of events
- AC9E4LY02listen for key points and information to carry out tasks and contribute to discussions, acknowledging another opinion, linking a response to the topic, and sharing and extending ideas and information
- AC9E4LY03identify the characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Other Year 3 Literacy codes
- AC9E3LY01recognise how texts can be created for similar purposes but different audiences
- AC9E3LY02use interaction skills to contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas
- AC9E3LY03identify the audience and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts through their use of language features and/or images
- AC9E3LY04read a range of texts using phonic, semantic and grammatical knowledge to read accurately and fluently, re-reading and self-correcting when required
- AC9E3LY05use comprehension strategies when listening and viewing to build literal and inferred meaning, and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
- AC9E3LY06plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words
- AC9E3LY07plan, create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations to inform, express opinions or tell stories, using a clear structure, details to elaborate ideas, topic-specific and precise vocabulary, visual features, and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume
- AC9E3LY08write words using joined letters that are clearly formed and consistent in size
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