Punctuating Direct Speech Year 4 Speech Resource Pack

What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

• Punctuating Direct Speech Year 4 Teaching PowerPoint.
• Punctuating Direct Speech Year 4 Varied Fluency with answers.
• Punctuating Direct Speech Year 4 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 4: (4G5.7) Using and punctuating direct speech

English Year 4: (4G5.7) Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech [for example, a comma after the reporting clause; end punctuation within inverted commas: The conductor shouted, “Sit down!”]

Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support punctuating direct speech with missing punctuation including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence (full stop or question mark only).
Expected Questions to support punctuating direct speech with missing punctuation including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence. Some punctuation may be incorrect in the reporting clause and the wrong kind of punctuation for the manner or content of speech may be used.
Greater Depth Questions to support punctuating direct speech with missing punctuation including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence. Some punctuation may be incorrect in the reporting clause and the wrong kind of punctuation for the manner or content of speech may be used. Multiple pieces of direct speech can be featured in a question.

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Application)
Developing Change words in a speech bubble into a sentence with direct speech containing: speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence (full stop or question mark only).
Expected Change words in a speech bubble into a sentence with direct speech containing: speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence.
Greater Depth Change words in 2 speech bubbles into sentences with direct speech containing: speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentences.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Application)
Developing Complete sentences with direct speech including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence (full stop or question mark only).
Expected Complete sentences with direct speech including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence.
Greater Depth Complete sentences with direct speech including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence. Multiple pieces of direct speech within a question.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Decide whether a sentence with direct speech has been punctuated correctly. Punctuation including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence (full stop or question mark only).
Expected Decide whether a sentence containing direct speech has been punctuated correctly. Punctuation including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence.
Greater Depth Decide whether sentences containing direct speech have been punctuated correctly. Punctuation including; speech marks, capital letter to start speech, comma before speech and punctuation to close the sentence. Multiple pieces of direct speech within a question.

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