Writes with increasing relevance and detail with a wider range of sentences and the ability to organise whole texts in straightforward ways.
Pupils who are becoming competent writers have relevant ideas, some of which are developed with some detail. They can usually establish a viewpoint and maintain it most of the time. They are usually clear about the purpose of their writing and can sometimes sustain consistently the form and style that matches it. They are beginning to organise their writing by clustering ideas or by using a time sequence. These writers often produce work that starts with promise.
Sentences are beginning to vary in length and structure. There is increasing use of complex sentences with connectives such as if, when, because. Most sentences are correctly demarcated with capital letters and full stops. They are starting to develop the use of commas.
The range of their vocabulary is growing and words are occasionally chosen for effect.