Year 5 IXL English Skills Matched to the UK National Curriculum

Year 5 English (UK curriculum) – IXL Lessons

1. Use key details to determine the main idea
2. Determine the main idea of a passage
3. Combine main ideas from two texts
4. Determine the themes of myths, fables and folktales
5. Identify the purpose of a text
6. Determine the order of events in informational texts
7. Compare and contrast in informational texts
8. Match causes and effects in informational texts
9. Match problems with their solutions
10. Sort sensory details
11. Identify similes and metaphors
12. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
13. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
14. Distinguish points of view
15. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
16. Compare and contrast characters
17. Draw inferences from a text
18. Make predictions about a story
19. Identify story elements
20. Compare mythological illustrations
21. Read fantasy with illustrations
22. Read realistic fiction with illustrations
23. Read science fiction with illustrations
24. Read realistic fiction
25. Read historical fiction
26. Read poetry
27. Read drama
28. Read about animals
29. Read about art, music and traditions
30. Read about famous places
31. Read about sports and hobbies
32. Read about famous people
33. Read about business and technology
34. Read about science and nature
35. Read about history
36. Put the sentences in order
37. Choose the best topic sentence
38. Choose the best concluding sentence
39. Identify time-order words
40. Use coordinating conjunctions

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