Commas Year 6 Ready to Write Resource Pack

Commas Year 6 Resources

Step 6: Commas Year 6 Resources

Commas Year 6 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and application and reasoning resources. This pack is designed to work alongside our GPS Scheme of Work for  Autumn Block 1.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Commas Year 6 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • Commas Year 6 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • Commas Year 6 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

Year 5 English (5G5.6a) Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing

Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support using commas correctly in sentences for a variety of purposes, including (one per sentence) to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials and clarifying ambiguity in a sentence.
Expected Questions to support using commas correctly in sentences to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials, parenthesis, speech and clarifying ambiguity in a sentence. Commas only used for one purpose per question.
Greater Depth Questions to support using commas correctly in sentences to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials, parenthesis, speech and clarifying ambiguity in a sentence. Commas used for more than one purpose per question.

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Reasoning)
Developing Decide whether a comma has been inserted correctly into a sentence and explain why when using commas in sentences for a variety of purposes, including (one per sentence) to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence.
Expected Decide whether a comma has been inserted correctly into a sentence and explain why when using commas in sentences to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials, parenthesis, speech or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence. Commas only used for one purpose per question.
Greater Depth Decide whether a comma has been inserted correctly into a sentence and explain why when using commas in sentences to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials, parenthesis, speech or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence. Commas used for more than one purpose per question.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Application)
Developing Rewrite a paragraph, adding in all missing punctuation and stating its purpose when using commas in sentences for a variety of purposes, including (one per sentence) to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence.
Expected Rewrite a paragraph, adding in all missing punctuation and stating its purpose when using commas in sentences to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials, parenthesis, speech or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence. Commas only used for one purpose per question.
Greater Depth Rewrite a paragraph, adding in all missing punctuation and stating its purpose when using commas in sentences to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials, parenthesis, speech or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence. Commas used for more than one purpose per question.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain how adding a comma clarifies the meaning of a sentence when using commas in sentences for a variety of purposes, including (one per sentence) to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence.
Expected Explain how a comma changes the meaning of a sentence when using commas in sentences to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials, parenthesis, speech or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence. Commas only used for one purpose per question.
Greater Depth Explain how a comma changes the meaning of a sentence using commas in sentences to separate items in a list, for fronted adverbials, parenthesis, speech or clarifying ambiguity in a sentence. Commas used for more than one purpose per question.

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