Coordinating Conjunctions - Complete Lesson & Activities (No Printing Required!)

This is a full lesson teaching how to use coordinating conjunctions.

Coordinating conjunctions are used to link two main clauses, or two equal parts of a sentence together. We can use the acronym FANBOYS to help us remember the seven coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet & so.

This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes the activities you need to teach children how to use coordinating conjunctions. In addition to teaching how to use coordinating conjunctions, the lesson also explains the difference between coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions and briefly introduces subordinating conjunctions at the end, in preparation for the next lesson.

The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity - get children in the mood to write!
√ Teaching input - what are conjunctions, there are two main kinds (coordinating and subordinating conjunctions) and the key differences between these.
√ Review activities and mini plenaries throughout
√ Differentiated questioning (3 levels)
√ Guided/ whole class activities
√ Differentiated independent activities (3 levels)
√ All answer slides
√ Plenary - Extend the learning

PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.