Literacy

The materials on this page are designed to help you become more literate and feel more confident in your ability to use English.

LT1 - Write in full sentences; begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

"Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three." -Confucius

LT4 - Extend your answers by giving clear examples of using evidence from texts.

LT2 - Use a range of punctuation in your writing.

LT3 - Extend your writing by using connectives.

“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance." Confucius

LT5 - Make your work more interesting by varying the way in which you start sentences. Open your sentences with words which end in "ed" or "ing" or ly".

LT6 - Always use full sentences when answering questions.

LT7 - Spell words correctly. Use posters around the room and a dictionary to help.

LT8 - Spell homophones correctly; commonly confused words in English.

LT9 - Make sure you use paragraphs; parts of a paragraph / topic sentences.

LT10 - Focus on your handwriting - it is difficult to read.

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Literacy