Writing By the end of Year 7 By the end of Year 8 By the end of Year 9
students must be able to: students must be able to: students must be able to:
How will I put my Participate in writing Participate in writing Participate in writing
written text process: process: process:
together?
closely closely Compare and
read/deconstruct read/deconstruct evaluate example
good examples of good examples of texts, considering
text to be created text to be created different
constructions,
use graphic use graphic features
organisers to plan organisers to plan
use graphic
experiment with create a draft, organisers to plan
different elements selecting structure
of the text and aspects of create a draft
subject matter and selecting structure
create a draft, language features to and aspects of
selecting structure convey information subject matter and
and aspects of and ideas language features
subject matter and to convey
language features experiment with text information and
to convey structures and ideas
information and language features to
ideas refine and clarify experiment with
ideas text structures,
edit for meaning by punctuation,
removing repetition, experiment with language features,
refining ideas, vocabulary choices style, form,
reordering viewpoint to refine
sentences and use print and
digital/online ideas and integrate
adding or design features
substituting words thesauruses and
for impact dictionaries of Work with peers to
synonyms, antonyms review and edit
Check spelling and and homonyms and own and others’
grammar subject-specific texts to improve
dictionaries to clarity and control
Publish using enhance word choice
software or a over content,
personal Use a range of organisation,
handwriting style software, including paragraphing,
that is legible, fluent word processing sentence structure,
and automatic programs, to create, vocabulary and
edit and publish texts audio/visual
imaginatively features
Test with intended
audience where
possible
Publish accurately
and imaginatively