Y6 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
This lesson covers the prior learning of using colons to mark boundaries before moving onto the main skill of using dashes to mark boundaries.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. 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 6: (6G5.12) Using dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses
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This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of using colons to mark boundaries before moving onto the main skill of using dashes to mark boundaries. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.
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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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This is a free scheme of work for Year 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the second block in the teaching sequence and includes 5 small steps with guidance for teaching.
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This Using Dashes to Mark Boundaries Video Tutorial checks pupils’ understanding of using dashes to mark boundaries.
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This prior learning activity recaps the prior learning of using colons to mark boundaries before moving onto the main skill of using dashes to mark boundaries.
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This Year 6 Colons to Mark Boundaries Activity is designed to help pupils practise identifying and using colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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This Year 6 Dashes to Mark Boundaries Activity is designed to help pupils practise identifying and using colons to mark boundaries between independent clauses.
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This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and application questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using dashes to mark boundaries.
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This application task can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the using dashes to mark boundaries lesson.
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This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.