Year 4 English Bundles

All bundles have 12 months access from date of purchase and details of 'Common Tricky Word' and 'homophone' spellings.

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Unless there is only one tutorial, each bundle (excluding genre writing) will have an ‘end-of-topic’ assessment. You may like to complete this at the start and end of the bundle to see how much your child has grown in confidence and ability.

Tutorials are all taken from our main Curriculum Steps Programme so the PDF week numbers and spellings relate to this programme.

  • How to identify different sentence types, punctuate direct speech and use apostrophes

    Identifying the four types of sentences and associated punctuation

    Adding commas in a list

    Punctuating direct speech

    Using apostrophes for contracted words

    Using apostrophes for singular and plural possession

  • Identifying word terms

    Learning the five main types of nouns

    Recapping verbs, adverbs, adjectives and conjunctions

    Understanding what are determiners

    Understanding what are pronouns, and the different types

    Understanding what are prepositions

  • Vocabulary choices and figurative language

    Finding synonyms and antonyms

    Using a thesaurus and dictionary

    Recognising the impact of vocabulary choices

    Using similes and metaphors

  • How to spell plurals and use prefixes

    Understanding the meaning of different prefixes

    Spelling using prefixes to create antonyms

    Spelling plurals and recapping on the rules

  • How to create more complex sentences

    Creating noun phrases and using commas in a list

    Identifying the main clause

    Using coordinating conjunctions

    Using subordinate clauses and subordinating conjunctions

    Recognising, and using, adverbial phrases (time, place, frequency and manner)

    Starting sentences with ‘fronted adverbials’

    Identifying different tenses and the verb ‘to be’

    Using alliteration and onomatopoeia

    Using metaphors, personification and similes

  • How to spell using suffixes (part 1)

    Spelling using suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er, -less, -ness, -ful , -ment

    Spelling using the suffix -ation

    Recognising how suffixes can change the word term/class

  • Paragraphs

    Using paragraphs correctly

    Creating cohesion between paragraphs by using pronouns and adverbial phrases

  • How to spell using suffixes (part 2)

    Spelling using suffixes -sion, -tion, -ion, -ian, -ssion, -sion, -cian,

    Spelling using suffixes -sure, -ture

    Spelling using suffixes -ious, -ous, -eous

    Spelling using suffixes -ly, -ally, -ily

  • How to write in different genre

    Planning a story

    Writing at story using story writing techniques

    Editing and improving a story

    Using techniques for atmosphere (e.g. speech, short sentences, ellipses)

    Creating pace and flow

    Writing persuasive text

    Writing newspaper headlines and articles

    Writing instructions

    Writing non-fiction writing (including planning, grouping information, use of sub-headings, diagrams, contents, glossary and index)

    Reading and writing different styles of poems including non-rhyming and rhyming, riddles, limericks, shape and acrostic