Y3 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Recognising Direct Speech Lesson
This Year 3 Recognising Direct Speech lesson covers the prior learning of Action and Linking verbs before moving onto the main skill of recognising direct speech.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
National Curriculum Objectives
English Year 3: (3G5.7) Introduction to inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of action and linking verbs before moving onto the main skill of Recognising Direct Speech. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.
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Modelling PowerPoint
This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.
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Free Year 3 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 3 – Speech
This is a free scheme of work for Year 3 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the second block in the teaching sequence and includes 3 small steps with guidance for teaching.
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Video Tutorial
Laura demonstrates turning a speech bubble into direct speech and adding in correct punctuation in this Direct Speech Video Tutorial.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This prior learning activity recaps the prior learning of action and linking verbs before moving onto the main skill of recognising direct speech.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 2 GPS Word Classes 2 checks pupils’ understanding of action and linking verbs, adding the suffix -ly to create adverbs and using adverbs in sentences.
2 Varied Fluency
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Varied Fluency
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 3 Speech Punctuation Game activity comprises 12 sentences, some with correct speech punctuation and some with incorrect speech punctuation.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 3 GPS Recognising Direct Speech activity checks pupils’ understanding of inverted commas to punctuate direct speech.
2 Application
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Application
This application task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the recognising direct speech lesson.
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and application questions for pupils to practise the main skill of recognising direct speech.
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Application and Reasoning
This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
2 Homework
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
