English
P6 · Northern Ireland Curriculum
P6 Language and Literacy asks pupils to read challenging texts and comment on how a writer achieves an effect (word choice, structure, viewpoint) rather than only what the text says. Comparison across texts becomes routine.
Writing covers a full range of genres with attention to audience and purpose. Pupils learn relative clauses, modal verbs, brackets, dashes and commas for parenthesis, and control cohesion across a longer piece.
Comprehension technique matters particularly in P6 for pupils preparing for transfer tests, where reading accurately under time pressure is as important as the reading itself.
Curriculum Breakdown
Important Topics
- Reading: AnalysisCommenting on word choice, structure and viewpoint and their effect.
- Reading Under TimeReading accurately and answering comprehension questions at pace.
- Writing: Genre & AudienceNarrative, persuasive, discursive and report writing shaped for a reader.
- Grammar & PunctuationRelative clauses, modal verbs, and brackets, dashes and commas for parenthesis.
- CohesionLinking paragraphs and holding a consistent tense and viewpoint.
- Drafting & EvaluationPlanning, drafting and improving writing against clear success criteria.
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