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Year 4 English Roadmap

The journey through Year 4 English, in the order it is taught. Print it, put it on the fridge, and practise any unit free on WAJD.

Year 4 English

Key Stage 2: 6 units across the year

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Autumn 1
1. Reading longer texts
  • Inference
  • Summarising
  • Author's choices
  • Book talk
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Autumn 2
2. Adventure and myth writing
  • Planning a narrative
  • Dialogue
  • Settings
  • Redrafting
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Spring 1
3. Classic and modern poetry
  • Figurative language
  • Structure
  • Comparing poems
  • Performance
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Spring 2
4. Persuasion and explanation
  • Persuasive devices
  • Explanation texts
  • Formal language
  • Audience
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Summer 1
5. Grammar and punctuation
  • Fronted adverbials
  • Apostrophes
  • Expanded noun phrases
  • Standard English
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Summer 2
6. Spelling and vocabulary
  • Year 4 word list
  • Word families
  • Dictionary skills
  • Editing
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