Y5 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Using Dashes to Indicate Parenthesis Lesson
This Using Dashes to Indicate Parenthesis lesson covers the prior learning of using brackets to indicate parenthesis before moving onto the main skill of using dashes to indicate parenthesis.
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 Objective
English Year 5: (5G5.9) Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of using brackets to indicate parenthesis before moving onto the main skill of using dashes to indicate parenthesis. 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 5 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 1 – Parenthesis
This is a free scheme of work for Year 5 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the first block in the teaching sequence and includes 4 small steps with guidance for teaching.
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Video Tutorial
In this Using Brackets and Dashes for Parenthesis Video Tutorial, Jade demonstrates how to correctly add parenthesis to a single-clause sentence and explains how to check if the parenthesis has been added correctly.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This Using Dashes to Indicate Parenthesis Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of using brackets to indicate parenthesis before moving onto the main skill of using dashes to indicate parenthesis.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 5 Recognising Parenthesis GPS activity includes 5 questions designed to support recognition of parenthesis within 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
Year 5 Using Dashes to Indicate Parenthesis Game is designed to check pupils' ability to use dashes to indicate parenthesis.
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 Using Dashes to Indicate Parenthesis lesson.
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of Using Dashes to Indicate Parenthesis.
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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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Homework
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
