Starter quiz
- Complete the following sentence: Nouns ...
- only come at the end of a sentence.
- only come at the start of a sentence.
- name people, places and things. ✓
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- Match each word class to its example.
- verb⇔sleep ✓
- noun⇔bed ✓
- adjective⇔sunny ✓
- adverb⇔lazily ✓
- Match the following key elements to their examples.
- adjective⇔small ✓
- phrase⇔small cat ✓
- sentence⇔The small cat looked up. ✓
- Select the sentence that is correctly punctuated.
- Lulu was excited to visit the cat shelter
- lulu was excited to visit the cat shelter.
- Lulu was excited to visit the cat shelter. ✓
- lulu was excited to visit the cat shelter
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- Identify the sentence that contains a question mark.
- Pick up your coat.
- What a beautiful day!
- There are three cats to choose from.
- Do you like cats? ✓
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- Identify the sentence that uses the comma correctly.
- The small grey cat looked, up.
- The small, grey cat looked up. ✓
- The small grey, cat looked up.
- The, small grey cat looked up.
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Exit quiz
- Match these keywords to their definitions.
- fact⇔something that is known to be true or proved ✓
- question⇔a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer ✓
- information⇔facts learned about something or someone ✓
- Identify the fact.
- The oak tree is taller than me. ✓
- Shall we sit under that tree?
- tree
- tall tree
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- Identify the question that is punctuated correctly.
- Did you know that cats like hunting.
- Did you know? that cats like hunting.
- Did you know that cats like hunting? ✓
- Did you know that cats like hunting
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- Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- Cats like to hunt for birds, mice and voles. ✓
- Cats like to hunt for birds mice, and voles.
- Cats like to hunt for birds, mice and, voles.
- Cats like to hunt for birds mice and voles.
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- Which of these can help us remember facts and information?
- reading facts out loud in a very loud voice
- jumping up and down whilst we read information
- re-reading facts and information ✓
- pointing to facts or information on a page ✓
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- Put these statements that help you write a fact in the correct order.
- 1⇔Say the fact out loud.
- 2⇔Write the fact down.
- 3⇔Read and check.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Re-reading key information can help to learn and remember it.
- Facts can be recalled from information in books.
- A fact is a statement that is true, such as 'cats enjoy playing with toys'.
- Facts can be written in simple sentences.
- When listing what a cat needs, a comma must be placed between each noun.
Common misconception
Pupils may want to write the exact same sentence from the non-fiction text.
In the first learning cycle, when repeating what they have learnt, re-phrase it into simple sentences that they could write in the next learning cycle. You could provide pictures linked to the facts to guide them towards specific ideas.
Keywords
Fact - something that is known to be true or proved
Information - facts learned about something or someone
Statement - a type of simple sentence that expresses a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop
Question - a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer and ends with a question mark
Question mark - a punctuation mark used at the end of a question
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