Starter quiz
- Which sentence is written in the past tense?
- The bird quickly soared through the city. ✓
- The bird quickly soars through the city.
- The bird will quickly soar through the city.
- The bird is quickly soaring through the city.
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- You can copy out the notes from your plan exactly as they are.
- 'false' ✓
- Which of the following is a simple sentence?
- The prince explained the seamstress' situation and the bird listened quietly.
- The prince explained the sad seamstress' situation to the bird. ✓
- As the prince explained the seamstress' situation, the bird listened quietly.
- The prince explained the seamstress' situation as the bird listened quietly.
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- Order the four key moments of the build-up chronologically.
- 1⇔The prince tells the bird about the poor seamstress and her unwell son.
- 2⇔The bird gives the red jewel to the mother and this helps the boy feel better.
- 3⇔The prince sacrifices his own well-being to help others in the city.
- 4⇔The bird is worried abut the prince and he refuses to leave him alone.
- What is the name of the punctuation mark used in direct speech to indicate when the words being spoken start and finish?
- exclamation mark
- comma
- inverted commas ✓
- question mark
- full stop
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- What is an adverbial complex sentence?
- a sentence formed of two main clauses
- a sentence formed of one main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause ✓
- a sentence formed of two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating conjunction
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Exit quiz
- Fill in the missing word: The __________ is the section of a story where the writer develops the main characters and builds up the excitement. It is often a very tense section.
- opening
- build-up ✓
- climax
- resolution
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- True or false? 'A complex sentence is a sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause.'
- True ✓
- False
- Which of these relative complex sentences is punctuated correctly?
- The seamstress who was very poor, was unable to help her son.
- The seamstress, who was very poor, was unable to help her son. ✓
- The seamstress who was very poor was unable to help her son.
- The seamstress, who was very poor was unable to help, her son.
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- Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?
- The prince demanded, Take out my eye!''
- The prince demanded, ''Take out my eye!'' ✓
- The prince demanded, ''take out my eye!''
- The prince demanded, ''Take out my eye!
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- True or false? This direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated: the selfless prince exclaimed ''Another girl needs our help!''
- True
- False ✓
- Which noun phrase uses an apostrophe for possession correctly?
- the sad seamstress's house
- the sad seamstress' house ✓
- the sad seamstres's house
- the sad seamstr'ess house
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Direct speech is punctuated using inverted commas. Dialogue moves the action forward.
- Notes from a plan are used to form full sentences.
- A range of sentence types (simple, compound and complex) improves text flow for the reader.
- A relative complex sentence is formed of a main clause that is interrupted by a relative clause.
- Singular possession is shown by use of an apostrophe.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle with how to apply the comma rule in a relative complex sentence.
Provide a visual scaffold of a relative complex sentence. Ask children to identify the relative pronoun that begins the relative clause and ensure that the visual highlights the comma rule.
Keywords
Text flow - how a text is written to keep the reader engaged
Apostrophe for possession - a punctuation mark used to show if a noun belongs to another noun
Relative clause - a type of subordinate clause that starts with a relative pronoun
Direct speech - shows that a character is speaking out loud in a text
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