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The Boy at the Back of the Class themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of apostrophe activities, focusing on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the popular refugee novel.
The apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of the punctuation mark and improve their skills in using apostrophes in their writing.
Different types of apostrophes are covered by the worksheets:
• Apostrophes for omission (contractions)
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
The worksheets focus on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Onjali Q. Raúf’s book, The Boy at the Back of the Class .
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet. Every resource comes in PDF and editable Word format.
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Other The Boy at the Back of the Class themed resources:
✦ Example Text Bundle
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Text Pack
✦ Dialogue Writing Text Pack
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features
✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet
✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Glossary for the Whole Novel (Chapters 1-5)
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The Boy Who Grew Dragons themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of apostrophe activities, focusing on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the fun fantasy book.
The apostrophe worksheets are differentiated three ways. They contain a variety of apostrophe activities to develop pupils’ knowledge of the punctuation mark and improve their skills in using apostrophes in their writing.
Different types of apostrophes are covered by the worksheets:
• Apostrophes for omission (contractions)
• Apostrophes for singular possession
• Apostrophes for plural possession
The worksheets focus on chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Andy Shepherd’s book, The Boy Who Grew Dragons .
Each worksheet comes with an answer sheet.
Every resource comes as an easily editable Word document and in PDF format.
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Other The Boy Who Grew Dragons themed resources:
✦ Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Letter Example Text Pack
Other popular resources:
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ The Iron Man Example Diary Text with Features
✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet
✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About The Iron Man, Plus Feature Identification Sheet with Answers
✦ The Iron Man - Example Interview with Hogarth plus Feature Identification and Planning Sheet
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Glossary for the Whole Novel (Chapters 1-5)
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An example character profile text about Stanley Yelnats from the book Holes plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading chapters 1-5 of Louis Sachar’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character description and then plan and write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story.
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More Holes themed resources:
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Holes: Description Example Text Pack
✦ Holes: Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
✦ Holes: Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack
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✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Stormbreaker: Example Text & Literary Device BUNDLE
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land BUNDLE
✦ The Nowhere Emporium Example Text & Character BUNDLE
✦ The Boy at the Back of the Class: Example Text BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
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An example character profile text about the character Lila from The Firework-Maker’s Daughter plus differentiated planning and writing templates, and word bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 1 of Philip Pullman’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character description and then plan and write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
The resource could be used on World Book Day as an example character profile before children create their own about their chosen character from any other story.
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Other Firework-Maker’s Daughter resources:
✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Persuasive Letter Example Text Pack
✦ Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦Example Character Profiles BUNDLE with Feature Sheets, Answers & Templates
✦The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE
✦The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template
✦How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Plus Feature Sheet and Templates
✦Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples and Differentiated Templates
✦Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Differentiated Templates
✦Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template
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Three example text packs and a timeline activity based on the story The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.
The example text packs contain Feature Find worksheets, answers, templates and additional resources.
The following resources are included in this bundle:
• Diary entry model text pack
• Character profile model text pack
• Dialogue model text pack
• Timeline activity
Each pack comes with a WAGOLL for pupils to examine and then base their own writing on.
All resources come as editable Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3
✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
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An example character profile text for The Butterfly Lion about Millie, the old lady, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers, and differentiated writing templates. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Chapter 2, Strange Meeting, of Michael Morpurgo’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
The character profile text contains the following layout, language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Key informations
• Picture of character
• Subheadings
• Metaphors
• Alliteration
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Conjunctions
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Apostrophes for possession
• Apostrophes for omission
• Commas in lists
• Colons
• Hyphens
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model character profile text, identify the features, and then write their own character profile using the differentiated templates.
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Other Butterfly Lion resources:
✦ Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Timeline Activity Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Pack
✦ Character Sort Activity
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ The Iron Man Character Profile BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ Stig of the Dump Character Profile Example Pack
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Character Profile Example Pack
✦ Stone Age Boy Character Profile Examples Pack
✦ Christophe’s Story Character Profile Example Pack
✦ Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example Pack
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An example diary entry text for The Hodgeheg written from the point of view Max, plus writing feature identification worksheet and answers. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL whilst studying Dick King-Smith’s book.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary text
• Feature find worksheet
• Feature find answer sheet
• Planning templates
• Text extract
The diary recount text contains the following language, grammar and punctuation features:
• Rule of three
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Emotions
• Rhetorical questions
• Variety of sentence openers, including fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Variety of nouns to avoid repetition
• Expanded noun phrases
• Conjunctions
• Commas in a list
• Exclamation marks
• Question marks
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for plural possession
• Hyphens
• Brackets
• Semi-colons
• Colons
The diary text tells the events of Chapter 1 from Max’s point of view.
Pupils can read the extract and the model diary text, identify the features and then write their own diary entry from the point of view of Max, Peony, Pansy, Petunia, Ma, Pa, Uncle Bo or any other character from the story.
All resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
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Other Hodgeheg themed resources:
✦ Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack
✦ Character Profile Example Text Pack
✦ Action Sequence Example Text Pack
Other popular resources:
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Moon Landing Diary Unit of Work BUNDLE
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker
✦ Dialogue Example Pack: The Boy Who Grew Dragons
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Four example text packs based on the story The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd with Feature Find worksheets, answers, templates and additional resources.
The following text packs are included in this bundle:
• Diary entry model text
• Character profile model text
• Letter model text
• Dialogue model text
Each pack comes with a WAGOLL for pupils to examine and then base their own writing on.
All resources come as editable Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work
✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3
✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
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An example letter from the point of view of Ted from the children’s novel The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd.
This exemplar informal letter is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying Chapter 19-21 of the text. The letter is written from Ted to a friend about seeing Tomas’s dragon Flicker for the first time.
The model informal letter comes with a feature identification worksheet for children to fill in, plus answer sheet. The worksheets can be easily adjusted to match the ability of your class and provide differentiation.
After identifying the features in the model text, pupils can write their own informal letter based on the example text.
The following documents are included in this resource pack:
• Informal letter model text
• Feature identification sheet
• Answers to feature identification sheet
• Differentiated planning sheets x3
• Differentiated writing templates x3
• Apostrophe word bank
The language, grammar and punctuation features to be identified in the text include:
• Repetition for effect
• Alliteration
• Similes
• Second person
• Questions
• Fronted adverbials followed by a comma
• Co-ordinating conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Expanded noun phrases
• Synonyms to avoid repetition
• Commas in a list
• Apostrophes for contraction
• Apostrophes for possession
• Hyphens
• Colons
• Brackets
All resources come as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
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Other The Boy Who Grew Dragons themed resources:
✦ Example Text BUNDLE
✦ Character Profile Example Pack
✦ Dialogue Example Text Pack
✦ Diary Example Text Pack
✦ Apostrophe Differentiated Worksheets
Other popular resources:
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ The Iron Man - Example Interview with Hogarth plus Feature Identification and Planning Sheet
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE
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Four WAGOLL example text packs based on the fantasy adventure novel Varjak Paw by S.F. Said.
The bundle consists of 4 resource packs which each contain a WAGOLL related to the book.
Diary Entry Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar diary entry WAGOLL text
• Planning templates differentiated 3 ways
• Contractions word bank
• Feelings word bank
• Task sheet
Character Profile Example Text & Character Match Pack
Resources provided:
• Exemplar character profile WAGOLL text
• Planning template differentiated 2 ways
• Writing template differentiated 3 ways
• Personality traits word bank
• Character trait matching activity differentiated 3 ways
• Character trait matching activity answers
Playscript Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Playscript example WAGOLL text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
Resources provided:
• Example newspaper report WAGOLL text
• Newspaper report planning template
• Newspaper report writing templates differentiated 2 ways
All resources come as Word documents and PDFs.
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus All Chapter Glossary BUNDLE
✦ Iron Man Example Texts BUNDLE: Diary, Dialogue & Non-Chronological Report with Features Sheet & Answers
✦ The Iron Man Literary Devices Differentiated Activities
✦ Oranges in No Man’s Land Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Letter to an Ogre Example Persuasive Text, Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Stone Age Boy Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ The Twits Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Example Diary Text with Feature Identification & Templates
✦ Unicorn Persuasive Letter Example, Feature Identification & Answers
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A playscript example text based on the events of Chapter 3 from the children’s fantasy adventure book Varjak Paw by S.F. Said.
The two pages of script provided in this resource are the beginning of a scene where Varjak’s grandfather, Elder Paw, calls a Family Council.
The WAGOLL playscript comes with a Feature Find worksheet and answers so that pupils can look for features of this text type before continuing the scene or writing their own version.
The following files are included:
• Example Playscript (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find worksheet (Word and PDF)
• Feature Find answers (Word and PDF)
The following features can be found in the playscript model text:
• Play title
• Scene number
• Scene title
• List of character names
• Stage directions to describe the setting
• Character names followed by colons
• Words spoken by actors
• Character direction within speech inside brackets
• Contractions within speech
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Other Varjak Paw resources:
✦ Varjak Paw WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Varjak Paw Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Newspaper Report Example Text Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Diary Entry Example Text Pack
✦ Varjak Paw Character Profile Example Text & Character Matching Pack
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ The Iron Man Dialogue Writing - Example Text with Feature Identification Sheet
✦ The Iron Man - Example Apology Letter from Hogarth with Feature Identification
✦ Example Non-Chronological Report About Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon from The Iron Man, Plus Feature Sheet
✦ Iron Man 6 Example Texts Plus Glossary BUNDLE
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A ten-slide presentation explaining how to use possessive apostrophes, including lots of examples and do’s and don’ts.
This presentation comes as an easily editable Powerpoint presentation as well as in PDF format.
The following usages of possessive apostrophes are illustrated:
• To show possession by a singular noun;
• To show possession by a regular plural noun;
• To show possession by an irregular plural noun;
• To show possession by a proper noun;
• To show possession by a proper noun ending in ‘s’.
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✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3
✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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A bundle of presentation, activities, worksheets and quiz aimed at learning about singular and plural possession.
Different formats of possessive nouns are given as examples, including:
• Singular possession with one item being possessed
• Singular possession with more than one item being possessed
• Regular plural possession with one item being possessed
• Regular plural possession with more than one item being possessed
• Irregular plural possession with one item being possessed
• Irregular plural possession with more than one item being possessed
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
These activities are suitable for years 4, 5 or 6.
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You may also be interested in:
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3
✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
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Six worksheets aimed at learning how to use semi-colons in writing.
The worksheets cover a range of difficulty levels.
They demonstrate semi-colons being used in two ways:
✽ to separate items in a complex list
✽ to separate two related main clauses
The worksheets can be completed independently or in pairs.
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents are provided as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
These activities are particularly suitable for years 5 and 6 (UKS2).
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More punctuation resources:
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
Other popular resources:
✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3
✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief Model Writing Pack BUNDLE
✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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A bundle of activities, worksheets, quiz and presentation aimed at learning how to use semi-colons.
Resources include:
• Powerpoint/PDF presentation describing three main ways to use semi-colons
• A variety of semi-colon worksheets
• A semi-colon sorting activity
• A quiz
The following usages of semi-colons are covered in these resources:
• To separate items in complex lists;
• Between two main clauses that are related;
• Before a conjunctive adverb.
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
These activities are suitable for years 5 or 6.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email helen-teach@outlook.com with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free.
You may also be interested in:
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities
✦ How To Train Your Dragon Possessive Apostrophes Differentiated Worksheets Chapters 1, 2 & 3
✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Daily Grammar & Writing Nuggets with Answers - Term BUNDLE
✦ Ogre 4 Example Fiction and Non-Fiction Texts BUNDLE with Feature Identification & Answers
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Two activities involving identifying correct and incorrect use of semi-colons. Pupils must look carefully at the sentences to check if the semi-colons have been put in the correct place for a variety of sentences.
There are two activities provided:
✽ Semi-Colon Cards/Quiz: pupils sort the cards into correct and incorrect piles. Great for paired or small group work. Large and small cards are provided, plus a presentation to use to go through the answers or to use as a whole class quiz.
✽ Semi-Colon Worksheet: pupils identify whether the semi-colons are correctly punctuating the sentences, and then make any necessary corrections; identify different types of semi-colon usage; add missing semi-colons to sentences and write sentences using semi-colons. Great as an independent task. This worksheet uses different examples to the cards/quiz.
Different ways of using semi-colons are demonstrated, including:
• Using a semi-colon to separate items in a complex list
• Using a semi-colon to separate related main clauses
• Using a semi-colon with a conjunctive adverb
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents available as easily editable Word or Powerpoint documents and as PDFs.
These activities are particularly suitable for years 5 or 6.
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More punctuation resources:
✦ Semi-Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular and Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities & Quiz
✦ Direct Speech Punctuation Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Daily Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Activities with Answers - WholeTerm BUNDLE
✦ Colon Activities, Quiz & Presentation BUNDLE
✦ Singular & Plural Possessive Apostrophes Activities, Quiz & Worksheets BUNDLE
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✦ The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Stig of the Dump Complete Unit of Work | Six Weeks | Year 3/4
✦ Explanation Text: How Do Bees Make Honey?
✦ Holes: Example Text Pack BUNDLE
✦ Street Child WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE
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An eight-slide presentation explaining how to use semi-colons, including lots of examples and do’s and don’ts.
This presentation comes as an easily editable Powerpoint presentation as well as in PDF format.
The following usages of semi-colons are included:
• To separate items in complex lists;
• Between two main clauses that are related;
• Before a conjunctive adverb.
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More punctuation resources:
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Example text demonstrating dialogue writing with direct speech based on the fantasy novel The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie.
The model text contains a conversation between Daniel, the protagonist, and the other children in the home about Spud and his gang.
The model text can be used as a WAGOLL to examine using the Feature Find worksheet (answers included) before children attempt their own dialogue writing based on the book.
The following resources are provided:
• Dialogue writing example text
• Feature Find worksheet
• Feature Find answers
• Text extract from the novel
All documents are provided in PDF and easily editable Word format.
The following features of dialogue and speech can be found in the example dialogues:
• Actual words spoken, with inverted commas on either side
• Reporting clause after speech, and separated from words spoken with a comma, question mark or exclamation mark
• Reporting clause before speech, and separated from words spoken with a comma
• Variety of speech verbs used
• Adverbs to show how the words were spoken
• Actions of the characters while speaking
• New paragraph every time the speaker/character changes.
• Two or more sentences spoken at once with reporting clause at the beginning/end
• Two sentences spoken at once with the reporting clause in the middle
• One sentence spoken but split in half by the reporting clause
• Contractions used in speech
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Six worksheets aimed at learning about the correct punctuation of singular and plural possessive nouns. The worksheets cover a variety of difficulty levels and are all accompanied by answer sheets.
The sheets cover the following:
✽ Identifying whether sentences should or shouldn’t have apostrophes
✽ Identifying singular possession, plural possession and contractions
✽ Adding the missing apostrophes to each sentence with a mixture of singular and plural possession
✽ Writing the possessive form of singular and regular plural nouns
✽ Writing the possessive form of singular and irregular plural nouns
✽ Identifying if the apostrophe has been place accurately and making corrections where necessary
The worksheets can be completed independently or in pairs.
Different formats of possessive nouns are given as examples, including:
• Singular possession with one item being possessed
• Singular possession with more than one item being possessed
• Regular plural possession with one item being possessed
• Regular plural possession with more than one item being possessed
• Irregular plural possession with one item being possessed
• Irregular plural possession with more than one item being possessed
Contractions which are often confused with possession are also covered.
Answers to all tasks are included.
All documents available as easily editable Word documents and as PDFs.
These activities are suitable for years 4, 5 or 6.
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An example biography text about Lucien Silver from the book The Nowhere Emporium plus differentiated planning templates, and biography sentence starter bank. This exemplar text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL after reading Ross MacKenzie’s novel.
Resources provided:
• Exemplar biography text
• Planning template differentiated 3 ways
• Sentence starter bank
The resources are available as PDFs and editable Word documents.
Pupils read the model biographical recount text and then plan and write their own biography about Lucien Silver, Daniel Holmes, Ellie Silver or any other character using the differentiated templates.
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