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Year 5 SPaG Scheme – Grammar, Cohesion and Sentence Control

Support Upper Key Stage 2 writing development with our structured Year 5 SPaG scheme of work. Lessons are designed to help pupils manipulate sentence structure, improve cohesion and make more deliberate grammatical choices within their writing.

This Year 5 SPaG scheme includes differentiated grammar worksheets, SPaG activities, interactive teaching slides, spelling resources and clear lesson planning linked to National Curriculum English Appendix 2 objectives.

Pupils explore relative clauses, modal verbs, parenthesis, adverbials, cohesive devices and formal language choices through carefully sequenced lessons that encourage discussion, editing and deeper grammatical understanding.

Lessons are designed to fit flexibly into busy timetables and can be taught in short 15-30 minute sessions across the week. Read more about suggested SPaG timetabling and structure here.

Part of our KS2 SPaG scheme

These Year 5 SPaG resources form part of our complete KS2 SPaG scheme of work. Explore the full KS2 grammar, punctuation and spelling scheme for structured progression across Years 3 to 6.

Explore the full KS2 SPaG scheme

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Year 5 grammar, cohesion and writing development

Our Year 5 SPaG scheme of work supports pupils as they develop greater control over cohesion, sentence fluency and grammatical precision within their writing. Lessons encourage pupils to think more carefully about how grammar choices affect clarity, tone and organisation.

Pupils strengthen their understanding of relative clauses, modal verbs, adverbials, parenthesis and cohesive devices while learning how to link ideas effectively across paragraphs and sections of writing.

What’s included in the Year 5 SPaG scheme?

  • Differentiated Year 5 SPaG worksheets and grammar activities
  • Interactive teaching slides for whole-class SPaG teaching
  • Sentence-building and editing activities to improve cohesion
  • Lesson planning and progression support linked to National Curriculum objectives
  • SPaG assessments with mark schemes and assessment tracking resources
  • Spelling resources linked to Year 5 curriculum expectations

Developing authorial control in writing

Activities are designed to help pupils make more deliberate grammatical and punctuation choices within their writing. Structured editing opportunities encourage pupils to improve sentence fluency, cohesion and clarity across different writing genres.

Browse the KS2 SPaG scheme

These resources form part of our complete KS2 SPaG scheme of work, with structured grammar, punctuation and spelling progression across Years 3 to 6.