Recognising Commas to Avoid Ambiguity Year 5 Commas Resource Pack

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This pack includes:

• Recognising Commas to Avoid Ambiguity Year 5 Teaching PowerPoint.
• Recognising Commas to Avoid Ambiguity Year 5 Varied Fluency with answers.
• Recognising Commas to Avoid Ambiguity Year 5 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 5: (5G5.6a) Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing

Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support recognising commas to avoid ambiguity within single clause sentences with commas used for the same purpose within a sentence (e.g. commas in a list).
Expected Questions to support recognising commas to avoid ambiguity within single and multi-clause sentences with more than one comma.
Greater Depth Questions to support recognising commas to avoid ambiguity within multi-clause sentences which include additional parenthesis.

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain how adding a comma to avoid ambiguity changes the meaning of a simple, single clause sentence.
Expected Explain how adding a comma to avoid ambiguity changes the meaning of a single clause sentence with adverbials.
Greater Depth Explain how adding a comma to avoid ambiguity changes the meaning of a multi-clause sentence that also contains other forms of punctuation for parenthesis.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Reasoning)
Developing Identify and explain whether a comma is needed to avoid ambiguity in a simple sentence. 2 boxes given.
Expected Identify and explain whether commas are needed for ambiguity, or otherwise, in a multi-clause sentence. 3 boxes given.
Greater Depth Identify and explain whether commas are needed for ambiguity, or otherwise, in a multi-clause sentence. 3 boxes given.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Application)
Developing Select the true statement about a sentence which uses commas to avoid ambiguity. Rewrite the sentence with an alternative meaning. Simple sentence used.
Expected Select the true statement about a sentence which uses commas to avoid ambiguity. Rewrite the sentence with an alternative meaning. Sentence including various adverbials.
Greater Depth Select the true statement about a sentence which uses commas to avoid ambiguity. Rewrite the sentence with an alternative meaning. Multi-clause sentence that also contains other forms of punctuation for parenthesis.

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