Using Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity Year 6 Hyphens Resource Pack

Step 2: Using Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity Year 6 Resource Pack

Using Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity Year 6 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and application and reasoning resources. This pack is designed to work alongside our GPS Scheme of Work for Spring Block 5.

What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

• Using Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity Year 6 Teaching PowerPoint.
• Using Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity Year 6 Varied Fluency with answers.
• Using Hyphens to Avoid Ambiguity Year 6 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 6: (6G5.13) Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity

English Year 6: (6G5.13) How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity [for example, man eating shark versus man-eating shark, or recover versus re-cover]

Terminology for pupils:

• (6G5.13) hyphen

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Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support using hyphens within two words and understanding how this changes their meaning (for example, man eating shark and man-eating shark).
Expected Questions to support using hyphens within two words and within single words, and understanding how this changes the meaning (for example, re-cover and recover).
Greater Depth Questions to support using hyphens, and comparing the use of hyphens and dashes to mark boundaries.

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Application)
Developing Identify when a hyphen is needed to avoid ambiguity. Includes hyphens between two words.
Expected Identify when a hyphen is needed to avoid ambiguity. Includes hyphens between two words and within single words.
Greater Depth Identify when a hyphen is needed to avoid ambiguity in a sentence that includes dashes to indicate parentheses. Includes hyphens between two words and within single words.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Reasoning)
Developing Identify and explain the purpose of a hyphen in a sentence. Includes hyphens between two words.
Expected Identify and explain the purpose of a hyphen in a sentence. Includes hyphens between two words and within single words.
Greater Depth Identify and explain the purpose of a hyphen in a sentence that includes dashes to indicate parentheses. Includes hyphens between two words and within single words

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Add a hyphen to a sentence and explain how it changes the meaning of the sentence. Includes hyphens between two words.
Expected Replace a comma with a hyphen and explain how it changes the meaning of the sentence. Includes hyphens between two words and within single words.
Greater Depth Identify and replace an appropriate comma with a hyphen and explain how it changes the meaning of the sentence. Includes hyphens between two words and within single words.

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