A bookmark to remind about the rules of punctuating speech.

This is an 'other words' for said bookmark, with ideas for creative writing.

These give pupils a structured support for talking and writing about characters from their reading.

This is a PowerPoint explaining how to make complex sentences with -ing verbs. It also explains what dangling modifier errors are with an example. There is also an activity making sentences with subordinate clauses starting with -ing verbs and swapping and punctuating the clauses.

A few sentence cards for children to practice moving the subordinate clause in a complex sentence.

A complex sentences PowerPoint

I hope this makes report writing easier for someone. Please review. This is a Report Writing Comments Bank for general contribution, effort and attitude comments, for example, 'He has the ability and commitment to excel in many subjects.' 'He consistently and actively contributes knowledge, opinions, and skills to a group.' 'He is a charming and helpful member of the class who can always be relied upon to carry out any task conscientiously.' 'He is an open-minded and flexible thinker.' 'He needs encouragement to take a more active part in class discussion.' The statements start with general report starter comments and attributes that could be commented on in general reports. Next, statements about attitude and contribution are grouped from very positive and positive to less positive comments.

A compound sentences PowerPoint that shows co-ordinating conjunctions, including 'for' and 'yet'. It also introduces the use of semi colons for compound sentences.

A Powerpoint showing how to move a subordinate clause in a sentence.