Year 6 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 different types of sentences and appropriate punctuation

    Punctuating direct speech

    Using apostrophes (contracted and possession for singular and plural)

  • How to create more complex sentences using different techniques

    Using adverbial phrases/fronted adverbials (time, place, frequency, manner, possibility, cause/contrast) and use of commas

    Adding relative clauses and parenthesis

    Adding expanded noun phrases

    Extending sentences using coordinating conjunctions

    Adding subordinate clauses using subordinating conjunctions

    Using prepositional phrases

    Recognising different ways to start sentences and using commas correctly

    Recognising and using modal verbs to show possibility

  • Techniques to improve atmosphere and suspense in writing

    Using a dictionary and thesaurus to improve word choice

    Using ambitious vocabulary

    Practising different techniques for creating atmosphere, interest and suspense

    Using of short sentences, questions and speech

    Writing about emotions and feelings

    Creating depth in writing

  • Variety of grammar techniques including tenses, sentence voice, figurative language, paragraphs and subjunctive mood

    Using paragraphs

    Linking paragraph techniques

    Identifying the subject and object of a sentence

    Identifying active and passive sentences and converting between the two

    Understanding different tenses (simple, progressive and perfect for present and past tense)

    Converting direct and reported speech

    Writing in 1st and 3rd person

    Avoiding common grammatical errors

    Identifying the subjunctive mood

    Recognising and using alliteration, personification and onomatopoeia

    Recognising and using metaphors and similes

  • Punctuation (colon, semi-colon, ellipsis and hyphen)

    Using a colon and punctuating a list

    Using an ellipses

    Using a semi-colon

    Using a hyphen

  • Identifying word terms

    Identifying different types of nouns

    Identifying determiners, adjectives, and different types of pronouns

    Identifying prepositions and adverbs

    Recognising the difference between subordinating and coordinating conjunctions

  • How to write in different genre

    Writing a description

    Using alternative ways to start a sentence

    Using different techniques to build atmosphere in a story such as speech, questions and short sentences

    Planning and writing non-fiction text

    Planning and writing persuasive text and a balanced argument

    Planning and writing newspaper headline and text

    Summarising information

    Planning and writing instructions

    Creating a book review supported by evidence/argument

    Reading different types of poetry

    Writing poetry

    Editing and improving writing

    Performing to an audience and public speaking

    Debating topics