| Speaking &
Listening
Objectives
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The Department seeks to enable pupils: |
- to speak fluently and appropriately in different contexts, adapting their talk for a range of purposes and audiences
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to listen, understand and respond critically to others
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to participate effectively as members of different groups
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to participate in a range of drama activities and to evaluate their own and others’ contribution
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to use the vocabulary, structures and grammar of spoken standard English fluently and accurately in formal and informal situations
- to understand how language varies
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| Reading
Objectives
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The Department seeks to enable pupils: |
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to develop understanding and appreciation of texts
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to recognise how and why texts have been influential and significant
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to explore texts from different cultures and traditions
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to develop their reading of print and ICT based information texts
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to explore and evaluate media and moving image texts
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to draw on their knowledge of grammar and language variation to develop their understanding of texts and how language works
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| Writing
Objectives
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Pupils should be taught to write: |
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to imagine, explore and entertain
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to inform, explain and describe
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to persuade, argue and advise
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to analyse, review and comment
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To improve their writing, pupils will be taught to:
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plan, draft, redraft and proof read
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punctuate
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spell
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write legibly and be aware of presentation
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use Standard English
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