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Year 5 · Your subject space

English

Explore reading, writing and spoken language.

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How to learn in Year 5 English

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Word knowledge

  1. Look inside an unfamiliar word Free preview
  2. Similar words are not always interchangeable Free preview

Reading closely

  1. Collect the relevant details Full course
  2. Link an action to a possible motive Full course
  3. Keep the thread across paragraphs Full course
  4. Check what could be verified Full course
  5. Literal meaning is not the whole effect Full course

Literature

  1. The same event can feel different Full course
  2. Read beyond the surface events Full course
  3. Let interpretation guide the voice Full course

Discussion

  1. Give reasons and answer the point Full course

Spelling

  1. Connect the ending to the root Full course
  2. Use a pattern without ignoring exceptions Full course
  3. Listen, look and use related words Full course
  4. Check what remains before the ending Full course
  5. Build nouns ending ancy and ency Full course
  6. Turn able and ible adjectives into adverbs Full course

Spelling and handwriting

  1. Accuracy supports the message Full course

Grammar

  1. Add information about a noun Full course
  2. Show how certain a claim is Full course
  3. Help the reader follow the links Full course
  4. Make a verb with a suffix Full course
  5. Change a verb with a prefix Full course
  6. When can a relative pronoun be left out? Full course

Punctuation

  1. Set apart extra information Full course
  2. A small mark can change the meaning Full course

Writing

  1. Plan for what your reader needs Full course
  2. Use action and dialogue together Full course
  3. Revision is more than correcting spellings Full course

Spelling word studies

  1. Word study: accommodate to apparent Full course
  2. Word study: appreciate to category Full course
  3. Word study: cemetery to controversy Full course
  4. Word study: convenience to develop Full course
  5. Word study: dictionary to especially Full course
  6. Word study: exaggerate to frequently Full course
  7. Word study: government to individual Full course

Check your learning

  1. Year 5 English — course check Full course