Starter quiz
- When writing, I should try and write my letters ...
- above the line
- on the line ✓
- through the line
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- True or false? We should try to join our handwriting.
- True ✓
- False
- When writing, it is important to ...
- sit up straight with your chair tucked in to the table ✓
- slouch in your chair
- sit far away from the table
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- A simple sentence will have which of these things?
- a capital letter at the start ✓
- a full stop at the end ✓
- a joining word
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- True or false? It is important to read your writing back to check for mistakes.
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these can you use to help you with your spelling?
- a ruler
- your phonic knowledge ✓
- a pencil
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Exit quiz
- True or false? Instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task.
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these things would likely come with instructions?
- board games ✓
- a jumper
- a book
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- True or false? It is not important that instructions are written carefully and are clear.
- True
- False ✓
- What is the name for a set of instructions that helps somebody to make food?
- a recipe ✓
- cooking
- baking
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- What are numbers used for in instructions?
- helping with the reader's maths
- helping order the instructions ✓
- making the instructions look interesting
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- True or false? Another way to add order to your instructions is with ordering fronted adverbials.
- True ✓
- False
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task.
- Instructions contain numbers or ordering fronted adverbials.
- Instructions contain imperative verbs.
- Instructions contain adverbs.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that instructions are always recipes as this is what they are looking at in this lesson.
Provide pupils with a varied range of different instructions for them to look at and pull out the different features discussed in the lesson.
Keywords
Instructions - instructions are a set of steps or guidelines for someone to follow to complete a specific task
Features - distinctive qualities or characteristics of something
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