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Year 4 English Course

Tailored to complement the Year 4 English UK National Curriculum, this course has been produced in line with the programme of study for Year 4 objectives in reading, writing, spelling and grammar.

Course overview:

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10 Modules

15 Videos

Earn reward points

What Will You Learn?

Structured around fun and engaging topic areas, each module includes games, activities, quizzes and riddles to help reinforce learning and instil confidence. Children will develop a number of reading comprehension strategies as well as learning about authors, fiction and interesting elements of science, geography and history.

The spelling activities will boost confidence in spelling pattern rules, widen vocabulary use in writing, and help learners to spot mistakes and correct their spellings.

Topics covered in the course include Ancient Greeks, the Tudor monarchy, the Amazon, mythical beasts, Michael Morpurgo, the Vikings, science, music, and legends.

By studying this course, your child will:

Gain confidence in their English language skills
Improve their reading ability
Widen their vocabulary
Improve their spelling ability
Discover interesting topics within history, geography, science, and fiction

This course will be beneficial to children undertaking Year 4 English – improving their literacy skills and confidence. Completing the course will enable them to use a wider vocabulary, have a greater understanding of Year 4 Grammar concepts, understand how to improve their writing and be more fluent in reading. Additionally, they’ll gain knowledge about many other Year 4 topic areas.

Introduction
Part 1: The Ancient Greeks
Part 2: Pronouns
Part 3: What Does the Greek Alphabet Look Like?
Part 4: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 5: Why Did the Ancient Greeks Build the Parthenon?
Part 6: Irregular Past Tense Verbs
Part 7: Spelling Pattern: -ible
Part 8: Greek Pottery: An Ancient Photograph
Part 9: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 1 Assessment

Part 1: Unique Unicorn Species
Part 2: Possessive Pronouns
Part 3: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 4: Alicorns
Part 5: Identifying and Using Adverbial Phrases
Part 6: Spelling Pattern: Suffix -able
Part 7: Practise Using Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
Part 8: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 2 Assessment

Part 1: The Tudor Reign
Part 2: Using Commas for Fronted Adverbials
Part 3: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 4: Henry VIII’s Six Wives
Part 5: The Spelling Rule: Words Ending in -ive
Part 6: Tudor Explorers
Part 7: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 3 Assessment

Part 1: Where in the World is the Amazon?
Part 2: Subordinate Clauses
Part 3: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 4: Amazonian Creatures
Part 5: The Spelling Rule: Words Ending in -tion
Part 6: Fact File About Your Own Amazonian Creature
Part 7: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 4 Assessment

Part 1: Theseus and the Minotaur
Part 2: Apostrophes for Possession with Plural Nouns
Part 3: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 4: Correct Spellings
Part 5: What is a Centaur?
Part 6: Commas to Separate Clauses
Part 7: Spelling Pattern: -sion
Part 8: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 5 Assessment

Part 1: Michael Morpurgo’s Best of the Best Books
Part 2: Punctuating Speech
Part 3: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 4: Morpurgo’s Five Most Famous Characters
Part 5: Spelling Pattern: More Words Ending in -tion
Part 6: Book Review
Part 7: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 6 Assessment

Part 1: How Did the Vikings Arrive in Britain?
Part 2: Checking for Correct Tenses
Part 3: Viking Longships
Part 4: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 5: Spelling Pattern: Changing Nouns to Adjectives Ending in -ic
Part 6: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 7 Assessment

Part 1: The Orchestra
Part 2: Understanding the Difference Between Its and It’s
Part 3: Sound Waves and How We Hear Them
Part 4: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 5: Mozart’s Life
Part 6: Spelling Pattern: Adding the Suffix - ive
Part 7: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 8 Assessment

Part 1: The Legend of The Sword in the Stone
Part 2: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 3: The Legend of Robin Hood
Part 4: Using Question Marks and Exclamation Marks in Speech
Part 5: An Alternative Modern Version of a Legend
Part 6: Answers to Additional Tasks
Module 9 Assessment

Part 1: The Water Cycle
Part 2: Statutory Spelling Practise
Part 3: Different Types of Storms Around the World
Part 4: Spelling Pattern: Adding the Suffix – ist
Part 5: Answers to Additional Tasks
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

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