SPaG Revision of Essential Elements

The NEW comprehensive 67 slides in this **Powerpoint or Smart Notebook **revise all aspects of Key Stage 2 grammar and punctuation previously covered in six lessons with ADDITIONAL questions and tasks (search author for other resources).

There is also a quiz at the end where children have to identify the correct grammatical term for each of the 50 definitions (answers provided).

• Word classes with nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns and determiners;
• Sentence types, clauses and conjunctions;
• Modality with modal verbs and adverbs, the differences between the active and passive voice, and simple, perfect and progressive verb forms.
• Standard (formal) and non-standard (informal) English as well as the subjunctive verb form.
• Punctuation marks with inverted commas, reported and direct speech, commas, dashes, colons and semicolons (for lists and linking clauses), parentheses and apostrophes for contraction and omission;
• Vocabulary such as root words, word families, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms and antonyms, homophones and homonyms.

Examples of each are contained within non-contextualized sentences, similar to those that appear in the end of Key Stage 2 statutory assessments. Also included are ‘distractors’ and as such, the content of slides will require varying degrees of critical thinking and can be used to generate discussions with a partner and within the class.

Correct answers can also be revealed in many of the slides along with additional teaching points.

Although aimed directly for those teaching Years 5/6, it is also relevant for any KS2 or Y7 teacher and may also be used for professional development and staff training purposes.

The lesson is intended to take place over several sessions in the run-up to any tests.