Students learn how to punctuate direct speech using quotation marks, commas, capitals and end punctuation.
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Year 4 · Writing
Writing and editing
Create narratives, information texts and persuasive texts; edit, design and practise joined handwriting.
8 questions and practical tasks · 1 practice sets · filtered to VC2E4LA11
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Curriculum links
These activities map to the following Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 Level 4 content descriptions.
Students learn the difference between exact spoken words and speech that is retold in the writer's own words.
Students create their own literary texts using story elements and language choices they have noticed in reading.
Students create clear written and spoken texts with linked ideas for different audiences and purposes.
Students edit writing by improving meaning, content and structure, not just fixing spelling.
Students develop handwriting that is legible, joined where appropriate and easier to produce fluently.
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