This Vivid Verb display provides students with numerous synonyms for 15 common verbs that can transform their writing to be powerfully descriptive.
Extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts
Expand vocabulary by exploring a range of synonyms and antonyms, and using words encountered in a range of sources
Understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs
Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research
Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs
Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources, including vocabulary encountered in research, into own texts
Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts