The Present, short film

This is a KS2 sentence intervention for the whole class based on the brilliant short film ‘The Present’! It is made up of 12 carefully planned and fully resourced sessions, complete with PowerPoint slides. Everything is editable and it’s all ready to use with no additional preparation.
For one reason or another, many children arrive in Year 4, 5 or 6 with significant gaps in their understanding of basic sentence grammar. Often we are asking them to repeatedly take part in extended writing tasks when they can’t tell us what a sentence is or write accurately.
Use these 12 lively sessions with your class and you will quickly see an impact on sentence accuracy. Soon, children will be engaging with grammar and you’ll here: “Is this a run-on?” or “Does this sentence make sense?” Music to any teacher’s ears!
Allow about an hour for each workshop and adapt it to suit your own needs.
Let’s give children the knowledge and skills to start talking about sentences.
If you purchase this unit, please use the zip. Each lesson is resourced in its own sub-folder for ease of use. All planning (Word) and slides (PowerPoint) are included too. The images are just to enable previewing of the unit.

Overview of the unit
Workshop 1 (slides 1-3)
Sentence assessment task
Workshop 2 (slides 4-14)
I can tell the difference between a sentence, a fragment and run-on
I can change fragments and run-ons into sentences
Workshop 3 (slides 15-19)
I can tell the difference between a sentence, a fragment and run-on
I can change fragments and run-ons into sentences
Workshop 4 (slides 20-28)
I can start a sentence with How? When? or Where?
Workshop 5 (slides 29 – 39)
I can use these conjunctions: ‘because’, ‘but’, ‘so’
Workshop 6 (slides 40-45)
I can tell the difference between statements, questions and exclamations
I can write statements, questions and exclamations
Workshop 7 (slide 46 – 52)
I can identify a run-on
I can correct a run-on
Workshop 8
I can punctuate direct speech (slide 53-59)
Workshop 9 (slides 60-64)
I can start a sentence with How? When? or Where? (2)
Workshop 10 (slide 65-69)
I can peer assess writing and set a target
I can plan a story
Workshop 11 (slides 70 – 74)
I can use accurate sentences in my story writing
Workshop 12 (slide 75-84)
I can edit my work and improve it for my readers