AC9E4LY09
Official content description
understand how to use and apply phonological and morphological knowledge to read and write multisyllabic words with more complex letter combinations, including a variety of vowel sounds and known prefixes and suffixes
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What Year 4 English students should achieve
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- They write texts using clearly formed letters with developing fluency.
- They read fluently and accurately, integrating phonic, morphemic, grammatical and punctuation knowledge.
- They use text structures to organise and link ideas.
- They create written and/or multimodal texts including stories for purposes and audiences, where they develop ideas using details from learnt topics, topics of interest or texts.
- They spell words including multisyllabic and multimorphemic words with irregular spelling patterns, using phonic, morphemic and grammatical knowledge.
- They describe how ideas are developed including through characters and events, and how texts reflect contexts.
The Literacy progression either side of AC9E4LY09
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Taught before · Year 3
- 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
Builds towards · Year 5
- AC9E5LY01describe the ways in which a text reflects the time and place in which it was created
- AC9E5LY02use appropriate interaction skills including paraphrasing and questioning to clarify meaning, make connections to own experience, and present and justify an opinion or idea
- AC9E5LY03explain characteristic features used in imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the purpose of the text
Other Year 4 Literacy codes
- 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
- AC9E4LY04read different types of texts, integrating phonic, semantic and grammatical knowledge to read accurately and fluently, re-reading and self-correcting when needed
- AC9E4LY05use comprehension strategies such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning to build literal and inferred meaning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and evaluate texts
- AC9E4LY06plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation
- AC9E4LY07plan, create, rehearse and deliver structured oral and/or multimodal presentations to report on a topic, tell a story, recount events or present an argument using subjective and objective language, complex sentences, visual features, tone, pace, pitch and volume
- AC9E4LY08write words using clearly formed joined letters, with developing fluency and automaticity
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