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English

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How to learn in Year 4 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 detective

  1. Use more than one clue
  2. Pick the meaning that fits

Reading evidence

  1. Answer the question actually asked
  2. Explain what the clues suggest
  3. Separate what happened from what might
  4. Why choose that word?
  5. Choose the right part of a text

Literature and performance

  1. Different plots can explore one idea
  2. Make a picture with words
  3. Use directions to shape a scene

Spelling

  1. Notice how prefixes change
  2. Look at related words
  3. A familiar sound can have a surprising spelling
  4. Check the ending, check the word
  5. Choose the spelling by meaning
  6. Show who something belongs to
  7. Check special ly spellings
  8. Listen to sure and ture endings
  9. Describe with ous words
  10. Two letters for an s sound

Handwriting and spelling

  1. Make the final copy readable

Grammar

  1. Choose details that identify
  2. Avoid repetition without losing meaning
  3. Put a useful detail first
  4. Choose forms for formal writing
  5. Keep speech and reporting separate

Writing workshop

  1. Plan for a reader, then revise
  2. Make details serve the story
  3. Make the links clear

Spelling word studies

  1. Word study: island to mention
  2. Word study: minute to opposite
  3. Word study: ordinary to possession
  4. Word study: possible to question
  5. Word study: recent to straight
  6. Word study: strange to thought
  7. Word study: through to women

Check your learning

  1. Year 4 English — course check