English
Literacy in Year 6 at West Wycombe still focus on the three areas of:
Reading
Writing
Speaking and listening
This year, the children will be working on stories, poetry and non-fiction and concentrating on one or more of the following areas:
Significant authors
Short stories with flashbacks
Poetic imagery
Reading in Year 6 will be a continuation of the high standards set in Year 5
- Continuing to read an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction texts
- Reading fiction texts both modern and old and from other cultures and traditions
- Preparing poems and plays to read aloud and to perform showing understanding through intonation and volume
- Inferring characters' feelings from their actions and justifying inferences with evidence
- Discussing how authors use figurative language
- Distinguishing between fact and opinion
Children will be allowed to choose a book at school to take home with them to read and will still be reading with their teacher in groups once a week (this is called guided reading).