Criteria for Fiction and Non-Fiction Genres - Year 5

Criteria for fiction and non-fiction genres - Year 5

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 with issues and dilemmas – past tense Similes 5. Ghost story – past tense Metaphors Onomatopoeia Noun phrases Different sentence openers (prepositions, adverbs, conjunctions, “-ing” words, adverbs, “-ed” words, similes) Synonyms Antonyms Specific nouns (proper) Colons to introduce a list Informal and formal language Lists of three – adjectives and actions Indefinite pronouns Emotive language Paragraphs

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 Causal conjunctions Stage directions Abstract nouns Time and cause conjunctions Fronted adverbials Past tense Imperative verbs Time and cause conjunctions Informal speech Sentence openers and adverbs Causal conjunctions Time and cause conjunctions Causal conjunctions and adverbs Brackets (prepositional, adverbs, Coordinating conjunctions Formal language and adverbs Rhetorical questions Addition-of-ideas Hyphens conjunctions,”-ing” words, Subordinating conjunctions Technical vocabulary Fronted adverbials Subjunctive conjunctions Realistic, character-based “-ed” words, similes) Conditionals Third person Formal language Exaggerated language Future tense (when offering dialogue Adjectives Imperative verbs Rhetorical questions Third/first person (pronouns) Repetition suggestions) Repetition Third person Proper nouns Proper nouns Groups of three – triadic Similes Antonyms Paragraphs Past tense Formal language structure Metaphors Synonyms Formal language Relative clauses Adverbial phrases First/second/third person Technical language Alliteration Parenthesis using hyphens, Prepositional phrases Emotive language Parenthesis using hyphens, Onomatopoeia commas and brackets Similes Giving statistics commas and brackets Prepositions Paragraphs Present perfect tense Making opinion appear as fact Present perfect tense Powerful verbs Paragraphs Formal language Paragraphs Specific nouns Statements Collective nouns Conditionals Expanded noun phrases Paragraphs 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 Specific nouns Layout Formal language Fronted adverbial phrases Present tense Proper nouns Fronted adverbial phrases Fronted adverbial phrases Present perfect tense Simple sentences Relative clauses Past tense Specific nouns Relative clauses Relative clauses Paragraphs Commas to separate lists Personification Semicolons Formal language Personification Personification Modal verbs Metaphors Relative clauses Time and cause conjunctions Metaphors Metaphors Proper nouns Alliteration Rhetorical questions and adverbs Alliteration Alliteration Parenthesis using hyphens, Emotive language Time and cause conjunctions Present perfect tense Similes Similes commas and brackets Similes and adverbs Paragraphs Emotive language Abstract nouns Present perfect tense Parenthesis using hyphens, Quotation Informal language commas and brackets Paragraphs Different types of sentence INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD NOT Paragraphs openers BE A FULL UNIT OF WORK – Paragraphs Present perfect tense THESE SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN Paragraphs A TOPIC/SCIENCE CAPACITY AS ALL SKILLS SHOULD BY NOW BE EMBEDDED