Starter quiz
- Information in the activism section be ...
- general.
- specific. ✓
- vague.
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- Select facts that are appropriate to use in the activism section.
- Harriet Tubman had eight siblings.
- Harriet Tubman was born on a cotton plantation.
- Harriet Tubman escaped the plantation in 1849. ✓
- Harriet Tubman worked as a spy, scout and nurse for Lincoln's Army. ✓
- Civil war broke out due to tensions between Northern and Southern States. ✓
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- Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'A __________ clause is a group of words containing a verb that makes sense on its own.'
- main ✓
- complex
- subordinate
- simple
- compound
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- Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'A __________ clause is a group of words containing a verb that does not make sense on its own.'
- main
- complex
- subordinate ✓
- simple
- compound
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- Match the cohesive devices to their definitions.
- subject-specific vocabulary⇔words and phrases associated with a topic ✓
- fronted adverbial⇔a sentence starter followed by a comma ✓
- relative complex sentence⇔a sentence with a main clause and relative subordinate clause ✓
- Match the cohesive devices to their examples.
- subject-specific vocabulary⇔Underground Railroad ✓
- fronted adverbial⇔Years later, ✓
- relative complex sentence⇔Tubman, who worked as a conductor, helped many flee enslavement. ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the keywords to their definitions.
- cohesive devices⇔linguistic structures that can enhance text flow ✓
- adverbial complex sentence⇔includes a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause ✓
- non-finite complex sentence⇔includes a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause ✓
- parenthesis⇔extra information that can be added or removed from a sentence ✓
- brackets⇔punctuation marks used to add additional information to a sentence ✓
- Match the cohesive devices to their definitions.
- parenthesis⇔extra information that can be added to or removed from a sentence ✓
- relative complex sentence⇔includes a main clause and a relative subordinate clause ✓
- subject-specific vocabulary⇔words and phrases associated with a topic ✓
- fronted adverbial⇔a sentence starter followed by a comma ✓
- Match the cohesive devices to their examples.
- parenthesis⇔(a state that prohibited enslavement) ✓
- adverbial complex sentence⇔After escaping enslavement, Tubman worked at the Underground Railroad. ✓
- non-finite complex sentence⇔Working as a conductor, she led many fugitive slaves to freedom. ✓
- fronted adverbial⇔Furthermore, ✓
- subject-specific vocabulary⇔civil war ✓
- relative complex sentence⇔Pennsylvania, which was 90 miles north, was a 'free' state. ✓
- Select the subordinating conjunctions we can use in adverbial complex sentences.
- who
- although ✓
- which
- before ✓
- because ✓
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- Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'A non-finite subordinate clause can begin with a verb in the __________ tense.'
- present
- progressive ✓
- past
- perfect
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- Fill in the gap in the following sentence: 'A relative clause starts with a __________.'
- subordinating conjunction
- relative pronoun ✓
- progressive verb
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The main body of a biography is split into paragraphs, which are organised by theme.
- Using a range of cohesive devices can enhance text flow and achieve text purpose.
- A complex sentence includes a main clause and any type of subordinate clause.
- Adverbial complex, relative complex and non-finite complex sentences can all be used in biographies.
- In biographies, extra, factual information can be added to clauses using brackets.
Common misconception
Pupils may use a lot of subject-specific vocabulary without clearly explaining its meaning to the reader.
Pupils should be taught how to use parenthesis demarcated using brackets to add additional information to sentences. Brackets are a great tool with which to explain meaning of tricky vocabulary to the reader.
Keywords
Cohesive devices - linguistic structures that can enhance text flow
Adverbial complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause
Non-finite complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause
Parenthesis - extra information that can be added or removed from a sentence and it still makes sense
Brackets - punctuation marks that can be used to add additional information to a sentence
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