Year 3 English · AC9E3LY06

Plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts

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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Students learn to plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words. They identify the relevant language or text feature, point to evidence and explain how it contributes to meaning or purpose. Key concepts include audience, purpose, vocabulary, text structure, paragraph, sentence.

Learning target: plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words

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2. Subject-Specific Content & Key Examples

Opinion plus reason

Move from “I liked the story” to “I found the ending effective because the repeated warning built suspense.” The second response gives a judgement and evidence.

Strength of judgement

Compare “might help”, “should help” and “will help”. The modal choice changes how certain or forceful the claim sounds.

Subjective and objective wording

“The brilliant new playground is exciting” evaluates; “the playground opened on Monday” reports a checkable fact. Discuss why a writer may choose either.

Transfer

Students underline one evaluative word in a fresh sentence, replace it with a weaker or stronger choice and explain the changed effect.

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AC9E3LY06 - Plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words
Example 1

Opinion plus reason Move from “I liked the story” to “I found the ending effective because the repeated warning built suspense.” The second response gives a judgement and evidence.

Example 2

Strength of judgement Compare “might help”, “should help” and “will help”. The modal choice changes how certain or forceful the claim sounds.

Example 3

Subjective and objective wording “The brilliant new playground is exciting” evaluates; “the playground opened on Monday” reports a checkable fact. Discuss why a writer may choose either.

Example 4

Transfer Students underline one evaluative word in a fresh sentence, replace it with a weaker or stronger choice and explain the changed effect.

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Curriculum Coverage & Elaborations

The content description is the required target. The elaborations below are taught as examples and contexts, not as disconnected checklist wording.

  • E1: gathering information and ideas about a topic in preparation for writing, which may include online and digital sources
  • E2: selecting appropriate text structure for a writing purpose, and sequencing content for clarity and to have an impact on an audience
  • E3: using appropriate simple and compound sentences to express and combine ideas
  • E4: using vocabulary, including topic-specific vocabulary, relevant to the type of text and purpose
  • E5: using digital tools to plan, sequence, compose and edit texts
  • E6: using print and online dictionaries, and spellcheck to edit spelling, realising that spellcheck accuracy depends on understanding the word function; for example, “there” or “their” and “rain” or “reign”
  • E7: checking for correct use of apostrophes for contractions and to indicate possession
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Practice Thought & Formative Assessment

Use a fresh example that has not been modelled. Ask the student to show the exact clue, feature or language choice and explain or use it independently.

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3. Common Student Misconceptions

  • Sound-only guessing: Use both the spoken sound structure and the relevant grapheme/morpheme knowledge.
  • Counting letters as sounds: Segment phonemes orally before mapping them to one or more letters.
  • One rule fits every word: Use the taught pattern, morpheme or word origin and check exceptions in context.
  • No verification: Read the word back in the sentence and check that spelling and meaning both fit.

Practice Thought & Formative Assessment

Use a fresh example that has not been modelled. Ask the student to show the exact clue, feature or language choice and explain or use it independently.

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1. Outcome Overview & Core Concepts

Students learn to plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words. They identify the relevant language or text feature, point to evidence and explain how it contributes to meaning or purpose. Key concepts include audience, purpose, vocabulary, text structure, paragraph, sentence.

Learning target: plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words

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