Criteria for Fiction and Non-Fiction Genres - Year 6

Criteria for fiction and non-fiction genres - Year 6

This is an overview for each genre, giving a list of grammar and punctuation which should be taught. It is not a definitive list. For each genre you will work on vocabulary such as prefixes, suffixes, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, etc.

Different sentence structures should be taught. This will be developed through the year and throughout the Key Stage.

Narrative genres Narrative text 1. Adventure, suspense and mystery stories – past tense First or third person 2. Myths and legends – past tense Inverted commas 3. Fiction from our literary heritage – past tense Personification 4. Stories set in imaginary worlds – past or future tense Similes 5. Stories with issues and dilemmas – past tense Metaphors 6. Flashback – past and present tense Onomatopoeia 7. Traditional fairy story – past tense Noun phrases 8. Ghost story – past tense Different sentence openers (prepositions, adverbs, conjunctions, “-ing” words, adverbs, “-ed” words, similes) Synonyms Antonyms Specific nouns (proper) Semicolons to separate two sentences Colons to separate two sentences of equal weighting Informal and formal language Lists of three – adjectives and actions Indefinite pronouns Paragraphs Emotive language

Non-fiction genres Explanation text Recount text Persuasive text Report text Play scripts Poetry text Discussion text Present tense (This includes genres such as Present tense Formal language Exclamation sentences with Personification Present tense Modal verbs newspaper/journalistic Past tense First/third person exclamation marks Similes Statements Time and cause conjunctions writing, biography, Future tense Past/present tense Colons Metaphors Rhetorical questions and adverbs autobiography and diary) Modal verbs Time and cause conjunctions Stage directions – present Abstract nouns Causal conjunctions Fronted adverbials Past tense Imperative verbs and adverbs tense Sentence openers Coordinating conjunctions Causal conjunctions Time and cause conjunctions Causal conjunctions Addition-of-ideas Informal speech (prepositional, adverbs, Subordinating conjunctions Formal language and adverbs Rhetorical questions conjunctions Brackets conjunctions,”-ing” words, Conditionals Technical vocabulary Fronted adverbials Comparative and superlative Exemplification conjunctions Hyphens “-ed” words, similes) Imperative verbs Third person Formal language adjectives Comparing-and-contrasting Realistic, character-based Adjectives Third person Rhetorical questions Third/first person (pronouns) Subjunctive conjunctions dialogue Repetition Paragraphs Proper nouns Colons Exaggerated language Future tense (when offering Antonyms Formal language Past tense Proper nouns Repetition suggestions) Synonyms Active and passive Formal language Groups of three – triadic Similes Alliteration Relative clauses Adverbial phrases structure Metaphors Onomatopoeia Colons Prepositional phrases First/second/third person Technical language Prepositions Semicolons Similes Indefinite pronouns Paragraphs Powerful verbs Paragraphs Paragraphs Generalisation/quantifiers Parenthesis using dashes, Specific nouns Parenthesis using dashes, Present perfect tense Emotive language commas and brackets Collective nouns commas and brackets Giving statistics Expanded noun phrases Present perfect tense Making opinion appear as fact Formal language Paragraphs Statements Conditionals Non-chronological report Newspaper Biography Diary Letters Instructions Autobiography Third person Newspaper headlines Third person Informal language (What is featured in this Time and cause conjunctions First person Formal language Subheadings Past tense Chronological order genre depends on the genre and adverbs Past tense Passive and active sentences Reported speech Proper nouns First person being taught. For example, if Imperative verbs Proper nouns Proper nouns Dashes/hyphens Abstract nouns Time and cause conjunctions it is to persuade then you Present tense Abstract nouns Specific nouns Present tense Informal language and adverbs would follow the success Second person Informal language Move from general to specific Past tense Different types of sentence Past tense criteria for a persuasion text) Technical language Different types of sentence Commas in a list Quotation using inverted openers Present tense First person Adverbs to start sentences openers Colons commas and colons Time and cause conjunctions Emotive language Formal language Colons Time and cause conjunctions Bullet points First/third person and adverbs Proper nouns Informal language Bullet points and adverbs Hyphens Technical language Fronted adverbial phrases Specific nouns Layout Formal language Fronted adverbial phrases Present tense/Past tense Proper nouns Relative clauses Fronted adverbial phrases Present perfect tense Simple sentences Relative clauses Semicolons Specific nouns Personification Relative clauses Commas to separate lists Personification Paragraphs Formal language Metaphors Personification Modal verbs Metaphors Relative clauses Paragraphs Alliteration Metaphors Proper nouns Alliteration Starting a sentence with the Time and cause conjunctions Similes Alliteration Parenthesis using dashes, Similes continuous/progressive tense and adverbs Paragraphs Similes commas and brackets Paragraphs (“-ing”) Emotive language Abstract nouns INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD NOT Emotive language Rhetorical questions Quotation Informal language BE A FULL UNIT OF WORK – Parenthesis using hyphens, Different types of sentence THESE SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN Present perfect tense commas and brackets openers A TOPIC/SCIENCE CAPACITY Paragraphs

Present perfect tense AS ALL SKILLS SHOULD BY NOW BE EMBEDDED