Awesome Apostrophes and Incredible Inverted Commas!

This engaging and detailed resource pack has been designed to make the understanding and use of apostrophes and inverted commas (heaviy emphasised in the new curriculum) easily accessible, engaging and interesting for all children. These resources enable students to develop their skill in using two of the more difficult to master punctuation marks: apostrophes and inverted commas. Students learn through clarifying what the punctuation marks represent, understanding how they add meaning to sentences, and evaluating their use in the writing of others.

The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards differentiated learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to:
- Define what apostrophes and inverted commas are;
- Learn rules for when they should be used, and how to use them in more complex grammatical situations;
- Identify apostrophes and inverted commas being used correctly and incorrectly in writing;
- Analyse and evaluate what it is that makes the use of apostrophes and inverted commas more logical and effective in some situations than others;
- Write an advice leaflet for other students about how to use these punctuation forms, modelling correct use themselves;
-Peer/self-assess learning attempts.

This resource pack includes:
- A visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation;
- One clear and interesting worksheet about apostrophes, with answer-sheet;
- One clear and interesting worksheet about inverted commas, with answer-sheet;
- A template for students to use for the main leaflet task;
- A detailed lesson plan, complete with what the teacher and students should aim to achieve at each stage of the lesson.

All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint.