Y6 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Using Formal and Informal Styles Lesson
This lesson covers the prior learning of recognising formal and informal writing before moving onto the main skill of using formal and informal styles of writing.
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 6: (6G7.4) Recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms
English Year 6: (6G7.2) The difference between vocabulary typical of informal speech and vocabulary appropriate for formal speech and writing [for example, find out – discover; ask for – request; go in – enter]
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of recognising formal and informal writing before moving onto the main skill of using formal and informal styles of writing. 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 6 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 3 – Formal and Informal
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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Lesson Slides
These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
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Video Tutorial
In this Formal and Informal Structures Video Tutorial, Ivan shows children how to recognise the different structures of formal and informal writing.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This Using Formal and Informal Styles Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of recognising formal and informal writing before moving onto the main skill of using formal and informal styles of writing.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 6 Recognising Formal and Informal Writing activity checks pupils' understanding of formal and informal vocabulary and language.
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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Flashcards Activity
This Year 6 Formal and Informal Structures Flash Card Game is designed to check pupils' ability to recognise the difference between structures of informal and formal speech.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 6 Formal and Informal Structures Game is designed to check pupils' ability to recognise the difference between structures of informal and formal 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 Using Formal and Informal Styles 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 using formal and informal styles of writing.
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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.
