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Speech Marks | Story Writing
Objectives
To indicate grammatical and other features by using and punctuating direct speech.
To use speech marks to punctuate direct speech.
Resources
Nelson Grammar Pupil Book 3 |
Today's Lesson
Handwriting and Spelling
Look at the words below and do a pre–test. This means that you are checking how well your student can spell these words before you teach them. You do not need to focus on the words your student spelled correctly the first time.
Rule: More prefixes (3 of 3) –re
- redo
- refresh
- return
- reappear
- redecorate
Dictation
- I needed to redo my spelling.
- The computer needed to refresh.
- I have to return my library books.
- The missing shoe will reappear.
- I am helping to redecorate my bedroom.
Introduction
Ask your student if they know what punctuation means and if they can think of any examples that they have seen or used in writing. Do they know why a full stop is used? How about a question mark or exclamation mark?
Main Activity
Access the Punctuation PowerPoint and read through the information together.
📊 READ - Punctuation PowerPoint
Talk about different forms of punctuation and why we need them. Ask your student why we use things like full stops, question marks and commas. If they don’t tell you on their own, explain that written words on their own cannot give clues to meaning like spoken words can. When we speak, we alter the tone, volume and speed of our voice and this lets the person we are speaking to know how we are feeling. When we start a new sentence, we take a break and a breath. The first word we say is usually louder and slightly more forceful than the rest of the sentence. When we write, we cannot convey any of these things, so we must use commas, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and so on.
Keep the PowerPoint resource to refer to over the coming weeks and months.
Ask your student to complete the Alien punctuation task.
📄 COMPLETE - Alien punctuation
Now watch the following video which will explain how we use speech punctuation.
Ask your student if they know what form of punctuation tells the reader who is speaking. Either agree with or tell them that we use speech marks. These are extremely important as they let the reader know who is speaking. Ask your student to draw them for you or point them out in a book.
**Next, turn to page 24 in Nelson Grammar Pupil Book 3.**Read through and allow them to complete pages 24 and 25.
Extra Challenge
For those who want more practice or feel as if they would like more work, open the Speech Marks PowerPoint presentation, go through each slide and do the activities when prompted.