Starter quiz
- A writer can use which of these to guide them when writing?
- a pencil
- a plan ✓
- a ruler
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- A plan helps a writer to...
- arrange images.
- complete equations.
- organise their ideas. ✓
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- To plan effectively, a writer will need to prepare by...
- becoming familiar with their table space.
- becoming familiar with the key information they’ll be writing about. ✓
- becoming familiar with their times tables.
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- Put these sections of a non-chronological report in order.
- 1⇔Introduction
- 2⇔Section 1
- 3⇔Section 2
- Bats sleep during the...
- day. ✓
- night.
- summer.
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- Echolocation is used by bats to help them...
- understand their surroundings. ✓
- hold their food.
- communicate to their family.
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Exit quiz
- Match the punctuation to its definition.
- full stop⇔used to mark the end of a sentence like a fact ✓
- exclamation mark⇔used at the end of a sentence expressing strong emotion ✓
- question mark⇔used at the end of a sentence asking a question ✓
- An apostrophe has...
- one purpose.
- more than one purpose. ✓
- no purpose.
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- Which of these are ways to use an apostrophe?
- apostrophe for possession ✓
- apostrophe for contraction ✓
- apostrophe for punctuation
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- Which of these is an example of an apostrophe for possession?
- did not
- it's
- bat's wing ✓
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- Possessing something means...
- to own something. ✓
- to want something.
- to need something.
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- An apostrophe should be written...
- lower than the ascender.
- higher than the ascender.
- at the same height as the ascender ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The first section of the report will be all about bats.
- An apostrophe can show if a noun belongs to another singular noun.
- Apostrophes for singular possession are useful to make our writing clear.
- An apostrophe sits at the same height as the ascender of a letter.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that apostrophes for possession are only used for physical nouns.
Teach pupils that nouns such as skills or senses can also be possessed, or owned. E.g. a bat's eyesight.
Keywords
Apostrophe - a punctuation mark used to show if a noun belongs to another singular noun
Possession - something that is owned or possessed
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