This lesson is lesson 2 / 5 where children will explore what a compound sentence is. I used superhero cartoon to represent the main clause which you can input your own. I had children create the character I then inputed it into the slides. This pp defines what a compound sentence is, spotting them and which coordinating conjunction should be used when and when and where to use the comma. I had great results with these lessons and it really improved and helped students punctuation.

Here is a group of 5 lessons to help and show children how to use commas in complex sentences. I have used these for lessons in both year 5 (main grammar starters and year 6 (as revision starters). Each lesson comes with an LO and a small task, which can be done on white boards or in books. These lessons follow one after the other using recall to help cement knowledge. Brief LO for each PP: 1st lesson - explore simple sentences (main clauses) 2nd lesson - commas for compound sentences 3rd lesson - continue commas for compound sentences 4th lesson - explore complex sentences (subordinate clause) 5th lesson - complex sentences (write subordinate clauses) I had a super hero represent the main clause (Captain Main Clause). And another super hero side kick to represent the subordinate clause. I held a little art homework or extra activity for children to design and draw me a super hero for English. You could do this too or use one from online. Just replace the boxes representing the characters with your own.