Download EGPS (English, Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling)

EGPS
(ENGLISH, GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING)
Town Farm Primary School
AIMS OF THE SESSION…
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To talk about the new EGPS curriculum and
expectations and provide information on the
topic.
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To look at the expectations for each year group
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To explore how EGPS is taught at town farm
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To answer any questions
EGPS CURRICULUM
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The grammar of our first language is learnt naturally and
implicitly through interactions with other speakers and
from reading. Explicit knowledge of grammar is, however,
very important, as it gives us more conscious control and
choice in our language. Building this knowledge is best
achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching
of reading, writing and speaking. Once pupils are familiar
with a grammatical concept [for example ‘modal verb’],
they should be encouraged to apply and explore this
concept in the grammar of their own speech and writing
and to note where it is used by others. Young pupils, in
particular, use more complex language in speech than in
writing, and teachers should build on this, aiming for a
smooth transition to sophisticated writing.
NEW CURRICULUM (YEAR 1-6)
Year 1
Autumn 1
Spring 1
Introducing punctuation
Words, sentences and spaces
Singular and Plural
Adding s or es
Introducing sentences
Composing sentences orally before writing them
Adding endings
Add suffixes ‘–ing’, ‘ed’, and ‘–er’ to words
Sentence structure
(See above applying capital letters and full stops)
(Review Autumn 1 concepts)
Introducing exclamation marks
Summer 1
Sentence punctuation
Sequence sentences to form short
narratives
Rehearse sentences orally, creating a
narrative, and using sentence punctuation
The purpose of punctuation
Review and revise the concept of
punctuation (capital letter, full stop,
question mark, exclamation mark)
Introducing question marks
Autumn 2
Spring 2
Proper nouns and personal pronouns
Use a capital letter for names of people, places, the
days of the week, and the personal pronoun ‘I’
Adding the prefix un
Explain how the prefix ‘un’ changes the meanings of
verbs and adjectives (negation or undoing)
Sequencing sentences using ‘and’
Write sentences; Join words and sentences using 'and'
(Review Autumn 1 concepts)
Introducing sentences
(see above)
Summer 2
The purpose of punctuation
Review and revise the concept of
punctuation (capital letter, full stop,
question mark, exclamation mark)
(Review any concepts as appropriate)
Year 2
Autumn 1
Punctuation
Revise full stops, question marks and exclamation
marks to demarcate sentences
Sentences
Subordination - using ‘when’, ‘if’, ‘because’.
Introducing nouns
Introducing verbs
Spring 1
Summer 1
Adjectives
Link adjectives to nouns
Apostrophes for Contractions
Use apostrophes to mark contracted forms
Irregular Past Tenses
Understand and use grammatical terminology: verb, tense
Using Suffixes (-ly)
Turn adjectives into adverbs
Using Commas in a List
Use commas to separate items in a list
Using Suffixes 3 (-er and -est)
Form comparisons of adjectives
Understand the importance of punctuation for clarity and
expression
Autumn 2
Spring 2
Summer 2
Adjectives
Link adjectives to nouns
Compound Nouns
Form new nouns by compounding
Using Commas in a List
Use commas to separate items in a list
Coordinating sentences
Using and, so, but, or
Noun Phrases
Use expanded noun phrases for description and
specification; using ‘that’ in subordination
Understand the importance of punctuation
for clarity and expression
Grammatical patterns in a sentence
Statements, questions, exclamations and
commands
The Progressive Form of Verbs
Use progressive form of verbs in the present and past
tense to mark actions in progress
Introducing nouns and verbs
Revising capital letters
Use of capital letters for proper nouns
Adverbs of Manner
Introduce the concept of adverbs answering the question
‘how’
Using Suffixes 1 (-ful and -less)
Form adjectives, using suffixes such as ‘–ful’, ‘–less’
Using Suffixes 2 (-ness)
Form nouns using suffixes such as ‘–ness’ and ‘er’
Year 3
Autumn 1
Spring 1
Introducing perfect form
Familiarise children with the perfect form of verbs.
Revise apostrophes to mark contracted forms.
Revise basic sentence punctuation
Explain ‘a/an’ spelling rule (revise vowel and
consonant)
Revising nouns
Revise the concepts of nouns, including common and proper nouns
Adverbs of time
Adverbs can answer the question ‘When?’ Adverbs
can move around in a sentence. Include
prepositions (before, during, in, because of)
Revising nouns
Singular and plural
Revising tense
Past and present tenses, and the function of verbs in a sentence
Autumn 2
Revising verbs
Encourage the children to generate verbs
Introducing direct speech
Introduce the basic conventions of direct speech
Revising adjectives
Adding prefixes to nouns
Use prefixes to change the meaning of a word
Articles
Explain ‘a/an’ spelling rule (revise vowel and consonant)
Summer 1
Conjunctions
‘linking words’ - Encourage the
children to use subordinating
conjunctions for variety in written
language. Include time
conjunctions
Adverbs and conjunctions
expressing cause
Paragraphs (not on wordsmith)
Introduce as a way to group related material
Spring 2
Propositions
Recognise that prepositions often start with
adverbials of time and place
Word families
Revise prefixes and suffixes
(review Autumn 1 concepts)
Summer 2
Clauses
Reinforce the terms clause, main
clause and subordinate clause
Different sorts of sentences
Recognise different forms of
sentences, categorising them as
statements, questions,
exclamations and commands
Subordinate clauses
Introduce the concept of main
clause and subordinate clause
Year 4
Autumn 1
Adverbials of Place and Revising Fronted
Adverbials
Adverbs and adverbials for identifying place
Adverbials of Time - Fronted Adverbials
Adverbs and adverbials for sequencing events
Spring 1
Summer 1
Comparative and Superlative
Revise adjectives and adverbs
Apostrophes to show Possession 2
Possessive apostrophe with singular and plural nouns
Multi-clause Sentences
Practise linking clauses with conjunctions in
multi-clause sentences
Nouns and Pronouns
Revise nouns and pronouns
Singular and Plural Agreement
Change a text from singular to plural
Introducing Determiners
Introducing Possessive Pronouns
Noun Phrases
Revisit noun phrases
Introducing Pronouns
Learn what 1st, 2nd and 3rd person pronouns are
Punctuating Direct Speech
Revise direct speech punctuation, including
conventions for inserting the reporting clause in midspeech, and adding narrative detail
Revising Capital Letters
Determiners
Revising Nouns
Consolidate singular and plural
Introduce agreement between nouns and verbs
Autumn 2
Spring 2
Introducing Direct speech
Introduce the basic conventions of direct speech:
 new line for new speaker
 speech marks
final punctuation mark before reporting clause
Using Commas with Fronted Adverbials
Using full stops and commas to aid reading with
expression and make meaning clear
Standard and Non-Standard Verbs
Learn what Standard and non-Standard English is
Apostrophes to Show Possession
Use the possessive apostrophe with singular
nouns
Noun Phrases
Introduce ‘expanded noun phrases’, including
adjectives and the use of ‘a/an’
Fronted adverbials
Plural and Possessive '-s'
Understand the difference between plural and
possessive ‘–s’
Summer 2
Standard and Non-Standard Verbs
Learn what Standard and non-Standard English is.
Year 5
Autumn 1
Revision of key grammatical vocabulary
- nouns and pronouns
- adjectives
- noun phrases
- determiners
- adverbs or modal verbs
- preposition
- adverbials
- past/present
- conjunctions
- subordination
Spring 1
Modal verbs and adverbs
Indicate degrees of possibility using modal verbs
(might, should, will, must)
Summer 1
Apostrophes for Contraction and Possession
Revise both major uses of the apostrophe: omission
and possession
Using Prefixes (dis-, de-, mis-, over-)
Revise the terms verb and prefix
Punctuation
Revision of the use of the comma (including paired
commas for parenthesis)
Introduction of dash and brackets for parenthesis
Standard and non-Standard English
differences between Standard and non-Standard
English
Text Cohesion
Explore adverbials of time providing cohesion within a
text
Word Classes
Autumn 2
Spring 2
Relative clauses
Beginning with who, which, where, when, whose,
that or an omitted relative pronoun
Commas for clarity
Revise full stops, commas and the importance of
punctuation
Relative pronouns
Recognise relative pronouns and relative clauses
Use commas to avoid ambiguity
Punctuation
Recognise the uses of commas, dashes and
brackets for parenthesis
Summer 2
Relative Clauses
Spoken and Written Language
Understand that spoken language differs from written
text
Introduce cohesion in written text
Year 6
Autumn 1
Spring 1
Chunks of meaning: Subject, verb, object
Use and understand grammatical vocabulary:
subject and object. Introduce the idea of subject,
verb and object as ‘chunks of meaning’ in a clause
Abstract nouns
Use vocabulary typical of formal writing
(abstract nouns). Understand the concept of
abstraction
Chunks of meaning: subject, verb, object,
adverbial
Use and understand grammatical vocabulary:
subject, object, adverbial, complement. Explore
different functions of the verb ‘to be’
Synonyms and antonyms
Know what synonyms and antonyms are
Revision
Revise key grammatical concepts and terminology:
adverbials, model verbs, relative pronouns and
text cohesion
Chunks of meaning the verb to be and subject verb
complement
Use and understand grammatical vocabulary:
subject, verb, object, adverbial
Colons, list, bullet points
Autumn 2
Building sentences
Use and understand the terms ‘subject’, ‘verb’
and ‘object’
Formal and informal language
Establish key differences between formal and
informal texts
Spring 2
The subjective
Recognise extremely formal language, including
the subjunctive
Colons, semi colons lists and bullet points
Active and passive
Introduce the active and passive voices
Hypens and dashes
Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity. Use hyphens to
indicate compound words; to show a word has
been divided between two lines
Revision as appropriate (not on wordsmith)
Ellipsis
Introduce the concept of ellipsis
So…used as a subordinating and coordinating
conjunction
Discuss how grammatical choices affect meaning
Active and passive
Understand how to transform the active to the passive
and vice versa
Revision as appropriate (not on wordsmith)
Informal speech and writing
Revise the characteristics of spoken language.
Use adverbial links instead of co-ordinating
conjunctions to open sentences. Use adverbial
links added to ‘and’ between main clauses.
Boundaries between main clauses
Use semi-colons, colons or dashes to mark
boundaries between main clauses
Coordination and subordination
Look at the way clauses can be joined together to
make multi-clause sentences
Summer 1
Formal connections: conjunction and adverbials
Link ideas (cohesion) using adverbials
Revision as appropriate (not on wordsmith)
Summer 2
Uing prefixes (mis, dis, de, over)
Revise the terms verb and prefix
Revision as appropriate (not on wordsmith)
AT TOWN FARM SCHOOL WE USE A SCHEME
CALLED RISING STARS
Skills Builders offers a fun and active way of
teaching, learning, practising and revising all of
the technical English requirements of the new
curriculum.
 Covers grammar, punctuation, spelling and
vocabulary in a memorable age appropriate way.
 Half termly assessments allow us to keep track of
the children's progress and monitor their
learning and identify where the gaps are.
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EGPS TESTING
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Year 2
 Grammar and punctuation test
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Range of questions looking at different areas of
grammar and punctuation. Some multiple choice
answers others adding in certain key
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Spelling test – 20 words
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Sample papers on www.gov.uk
EGPS TESTING
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Year 6
The grammar, punctuation and spelling test will
consist of two parts: a grammar and punctuation
paper requiring short answers, lasting 45 minutes,
and a spelling test of 20 words, lasting around 15
minutes.
The grammar and punctuation test will include two
sub-types of questions:
Selected response, e.g. ‘Identify the adjectives in the
sentence below’
Constructed response, e.g. ‘Correct/complete/rewrite
the sentence below,’ or, ‘The sentence below has an
apostrophe missing. Explain why it needs an
apostrophe.’
WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD AT HOME
Be familiar with the expectations for your child.
 Speaking with them and expanding their ideas
 Playing word games/alphabet games
 When writing encourage them to chunk their
ideas and make sure they read their work back to
ensure it makes sense.
 Talk about punctuation when reading and how it
changes the meaning or expression of what is
being read.
 Collect a variety of words that children can use in
their own writing.
 Make it fun!
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QUESTION TIME
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