Y6 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Writing in Notes Lesson
This lesson covers the prior learning of using nouns and verbs in sentences before moving onto the main skill of writing notes.
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: (6G5.10) Using a colon to introduce a list
English Year 6: (6G5.10) Use of the colon to introduce a list
English Year 6: (6G5.11) Use of semi-colons within lists
English Year 6: (6G5.14) Punctuating bullet points consistently
English Year 6: (6G5.14) Punctuation of bullet points to list information
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of using nouns and verbs in sentences before moving onto the main skill of writing in notes. 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.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This Writing in Notes Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of using nouns and verbs in sentences before moving onto the main skill of writing in notes.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 6 Identifying Nouns and Verbs Game is designed to check pupils' understanding of different types of nouns and verbs 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 6 Writing in Notes Game is designed to check pupils' ability to identify key information in texts to write notes.
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 writing in notes 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 writing in notes.
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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 colons and semi-colons lesson.
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.
