Starter quiz
- Which sentences are written in the past tense?
- The man was strolling through the quiet city. ✓
- The man is strolling through the quiet city.
- The man strolled through the quiet city. ✓
- The man will be strolling through the quiet city.
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- You can copy out the notes from your plan exactly as they are.
- 'false' ✓
- What is the name of the punctuation mark used in direct speech to indicate when the words being spoken start and finish?
- exclamation mark
- inverted commas ✓
- commas
- question mark
- apostrophe
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- Order the four key moments of the resolution chronologically.
- 1⇔An important man notices the prince is looking unhappy and shabby.
- 2⇔He orders the statue to be removed immediately.
- 3⇔The prince and the bird are thrown into a furnace.
- 4⇔God asks Bird and Prince to look after the city’s people together.
- 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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- Which of the following are relative pronouns?
- which ✓
- he
- who ✓
- they
- when
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Exit quiz
- Which of the following is an adverbial complex sentence?
- The prince’s heart turned to ash and the bird’s body turned to dust.
- The prince’s heart turned to ash as the bird’s body turned to dust. ✓
- The prince’s heart turned to ash.
- The prince’s heart turned to ash, but the bird’s body turned to dust.
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- Match the word class to its example.
- verb⇔inspected ✓
- adverb⇔joyfully ✓
- adjective⇔dishevelled ✓
- noun⇔statue ✓
- Fill in the missing word: 'You can start a new __________ to signal the start of a new idea or key moment.
- 'paragraph' ✓
- Which of these relative complex sentences is punctuated correctly?
- The statue which had a lifeless bird on it had lost its jewels.
- The statue, which had a lifeless bird on it had lost its jewels.
- The statue, which had a lifeless bird on it, had lost its jewels. ✓
- The statue, which, had a lifeless bird on it had lost its jewels.
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- Which direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated?
- take the statue down immediately!'' ordered the man.
- ''Take the statue down immediately'' ordered the man.
- ''Take the statue down immediately! ordered the man.
- ''Take the statue down immediately!'' ordered the man. ✓
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- True or false? This direct speech sentence is correctly punctuated: the shocked man exclaimed ''the Happy Prince doesn’t look happy at all!''
- True
- False ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Notes from our 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 can be interrupted by a relative clause.
- Direct speech is punctuated using inverted commas. Dialogue moves the action forward.
- Paragraphs are used to indicate the start of a new idea or key moment.
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
Paragraph - a distinct section of a piece of writing, indicated by a new line and an indentation
Direct speech - shows that a character is speaking out loud in a text
Complex sentence - a sentence formed of a main clause and a subordinate clause
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