Write descriptive narrative entries and the narrative journey of the paper boat to accompany the wordless picture book, embedding dialogue.

• Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes, including for expressing feelings.
• Speak audibly and fluently with an increasing command of Standard English.
• Draft and write by composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence.
• Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition.
• In narratives, create settings, characters and plot.
• Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause.
• Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although.
• Plan their writing by discussing and recording ideas.
• Use and punctuate direct speech.
• Evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements.