Simply display a slide on the white board and ask students to rewrite the sentence in their neatest handwriting, with correct punctuation and grammar (capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas and quotation marks). Students can then reference the answer slides to correct their work.
Investigate how quoted (direct) and reported (indirect) speech are used
Understand that punctuation signals dialogue through quotation marks and that dialogue follows conventions for the use of capital letters, commas and boundary punctuation
Use commas to indicate prepositional phrases, and apostrophes where there is multiple possession
Understand how to use the comma for lists, to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause, and in dialogue
Recognise how quotation marks are used in texts to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speech
Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nouns
Understand the uses of commas to separate clauses
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
Investigate how quoted (direct) and reported (indirect) speech work in different types of text
Recognise how quotation marks are used in texts to signal dialogue, titles and quoted (direct) speech
Understand how the grammatical category of possessives is signalled through apostrophes and how to use apostrophes with common and proper nouns
Understand the uses of commas to separate clauses