I regularly select and read, listen to or watch texts which I enjoy and find interesting, and I can explain why I prefer certain texts and authors.

Through developing my knowledge of context clues, punctuation, grammar and layout, I can read unfamiliar texts with increasing fluency, understanding and expression.

I can select and use a range of strategies and resources before I read, and as I read, to make meaning clear and give reasons for my selection.

Using what I know about the features of different types of texts, I can find, select and sort information from a variety of sources and use this for different purposes.

I can make notes, organise them under suitable headings and use them to understand information, develop my thinking, explore problems and create new texts, using my own words as appropriate.

To show my understanding across different areas of learning, I can identify and consider the purpose and main ideas of a text and use supporting detail.

To show my understanding, I can respond to literal, inferential and evaluative questions and other close reading tasks and can create different kinds of questions of my own.

To help me develop an informed view, I can identify and explain the difference between fact and opinion, recognise when I am being influenced, and have assessed how useful and believable my sources are.

I can:
• discuss structure, characterisation and/or setting
• recognise the relevance of the writer’s theme and how this relates to my own and others’ experiences
• discuss the writer’s style and other features appropriate to genre.