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End of Year 2 Writing Expectations.

Working Towards the Expected Standard the pupil can, after discussion with the teacher:

• Write sentences that are sequenced to form a short story (real or fictional)
• Demarcate some sentences with capital letters and full stops
• Spell some common exception words
• Form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place
• Form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another in some of their writing
• Use spacing between words

Work samples of Working Towards the Expected Standard:

Working at the Expected Standard the pupil can, after discussion with the teacher:

• Write simple, coherent stories (real or fictional)
• Demarcate most sentences in their writing with capital letters and full stops, and use question marks correctly when required
• Use present and past tense mostly correctly and consistently
• Use “or / and / but / when / if / that / because” to join two short sentences
• Spell many common exception words
• Form capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters
• Use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters

Work samples of Working at the Expected Standard:

Working Above the Expected Standard/ Greater Depth the pupil can, after discussion with the teacher:

• Write effectively and coherently for different purposes (to inform, to persuade or to entertain)
• Draw on their reading to inform the vocabulary and grammar of their writing
• Make simple additions, revisions and proof-reading corrections to their own writing
• Spell most common exception words
• Add suffixes to spell most words correctly in their writing Eg. –ment, –ness, –ful, –less, –ly
• Use the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join some letters

Work samples of Working Above the Expected Standard/ Greater Depth: