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Year 5 english
In Year 5, students build complex sentences by combining main and subordinate clauses, giving their writing more precision and variety. They analyse how authors use figurative language such as similes, metaphors and personification, and they read critically, separating facts from opinions. Students also refine spelling of homophones, use apostrophes for possession and consider how the narrator's point of view shapes a story.
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Language
- Complex sentencesFull lesson · 40 minCombining a main clause with a subordinate clause using conjunctions such as 'because', 'although', 'when' and 'if'.
- Possessive apostrophesTopic outlineUsing apostrophes to show ownership for singular and plural nouns, such as 'the dog's bowl' and 'the dogs' bowls'.
Literature
- Figurative languageFull lesson · 40 minRecognising and using similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia, and explaining the effect on the reader.
- Narrative point of viewTopic outlineComparing stories told in first person and third person, and considering how the narrator shapes what readers know.
Literacy
- Fact and opinionFull lesson · 35 minDistinguishing statements that can be checked from statements of personal belief, and noticing the language that signals an opinion.
- Persuasive devicesTopic outlineUsing and recognising emotive language, rhetorical questions, repetition and high-modality words in persuasive texts.
- HomophonesTopic outlineChoosing the correct spelling of words that sound the same but have different meanings, such as 'their', 'there' and 'they're'.