Our Power of Reading book is Floodland
Floodland takes place in the near future, where most of the United Kingdom is submerged underwater. Norwich has become an island, with food and water increasingly scarce. The story follows the journey of Zoe, a young girl who accidently gets left behind by her parents during a boat evacuation from the island.
Writing
Throughout Year Six we practise writing in a range of genres:
- Story writing with descriptive settings
- Persuasive writing
- Recounts
- Chronological and non-chronological reports
- Formal and informal letters
- Instructions
- Explanations
- Biographies
- Diaries
Sometimes it can be difficult to remember all the necessary features of the different genres, so here is a writing genre checklist to help!
Reading
We encourage the children to read a wide variety of genres too. We complete reading journal tasks for every book we read that help us further understand the text and meaning.
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
We have been working hard to learn lots of aspects of grammar, such as parts of speech, verb tenses and the functions of a range of punctuation in preparation for the SATs test we will cover in this area in May.
Click on the following links for general revision and games:
Click here for spelling, punctuation and grammar games.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/ (general literacy revision)
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/literacy/index.htm (general literacy revision)
Year 6: SAT Revision; SPAG links for Year 6 pupils
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/grammar-test-1/
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/category/grammar/
http://www.british-study.com/quizzes/grammar-test.php
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_advancedreview.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html
http://www.majortests.com/sat/grammar.php
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu16.htm
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei013/esl-test.php
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/
http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_grammar.html
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_55.htm
http://www.allaboutcommunication.com/PunctuationTest.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9380154/Back-to-basics-the-questions-that-all-11-year-olds-will-face-next-year.html
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/spelling.htm
http://smad.jmu.edu/AdmissionPunctuationExam.pdf
http://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Punctuation.htm
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/punctuation_mastery.asp