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How to learn in Year 6 English

Watch this short guide, then choose a lesson below.

Learn through explanations, worked examples and practice.

Your earlier submitted work and progress are retained in your learning history. These replacement lessons have their own progress.

Word knowledge

  1. Use word parts, then check the sentence
  2. A synonym must fit the context
  3. Choose similar and opposite meanings carefully

Reading evidence

  1. Retrieve the detail the question asks for
  2. An inference needs a reason
  3. Keep the important change
  4. Two accounts can emphasise different things
  5. Check what kind of statement you have

Reading language

  1. Explain what the words make you notice

Reading and performance

  1. Let the meaning guide your voice
  2. Stage directions are not spoken dialogue

Spelling

  1. Some written letters are not pronounced
  2. Meaning chooses the spelling
  3. Check what changes when a suffix joins
  4. Check ei after c and its exceptions
  5. The same ough letters can sound different
  6. Use a hyphen to keep a word clear

Spelling and handwriting

  1. Legible writing helps checking

Grammar

  1. Choose what the sentence foregrounds
  2. Match language to the audience
  3. Make the time relationships clear
  4. Help the reader follow the links
  5. Use a short question at the end
  6. Leave out repeated words when the meaning stays clear

Punctuation

  1. Choose a boundary that expresses the link
  2. Punctuation can prevent the wrong meaning
  3. Keep the parts of a long list clear

Writing

  1. Let dialogue change the scene
  2. A counterargument deserves a fair answer
  3. Revise ideas before polishing errors
  4. Help a reader find information quickly

Spelling word studies

  1. Word study: interfere to muscle
  2. Word study: necessary to persuade
  3. Word study: physical to recognise
  4. Word study: recommend to shoulder
  5. Word study: signature to symbol
  6. Word study: system to yacht

Check your learning

  1. Year 6 English — course check