Literacy Focus Fortnight

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Capitalization: I and Proper Nouns Do you know when to use them? Courage Lesson 1 By Mrs. Mennell.

Advertisements

Literacy Focus 3 Top connectives!. What are connectives? Connectives are words that are used to extend a sentence, or include more detail and information.

Mr SNIB and the capital letter rules. Hello ! My name is Mr SNIB!

Hello! We are Jenny and Jake. We are going on a holiday with mum and dad to London to visit our grandma Martha.

Do you know which noun is which?. The different types of nouns:

Grammar Skills Special Nouns. We are going on a trip to New York City. Where is the writer going? New York Do these words tell a bout any city or a certain.

A noun is a person, a place, a thing, an idea or a concept. For example: Person: the postman, a teacher, Tom, a neighbour. Place:

River the Thames From the station... … by red bus.

Great Britain London.

A TRIP TO GREAT BRITAIN L O N D O N.

Quotation Punctuation Place quotation marks before and after the words that are being said. Place quotation marks before and after the words that are.

Unit 2, Week 4 The Fun Kid’s Band.

What is London ? How old is it ? How many people live their ? What are the most famous places in London ?

Types of Nouns: Common & Proper Nouns. Common Nouns Common Nouns are any person, place, or thing. Common nouns are not capitalized. city policeman newspaper.

Unit 4 Week 3. Read the story What is this day like? It is warm and wet. The light rain makes a good sound. The kids play in their homes.

The Cutty Sark at Greenwich on the Thames is a famous tea clipper. Tea clippers were fast sailing ships that brought tea from the Far East to Britain.

Travelling to. Wales ? ? ? ? Great Britain What is the capital of … ? Scotland Northern Ireland Wales England Edinburgh Belfast Cardiff London.

Travelling to Wales ? ? ? ? Great Britain What is the capital of … ? Scotland Northern Ireland Wales England Edinburgh Belfast Cardiff London.

by ALICIA FRANCISCO PÉREZ

By Danielle Heron. London Bridge has 3 arches which makes it an arch bridge. It is built over the River Thames. The current bridge opened on the 17.

“Deadly Sins”. 1. Capitalize proper nouns If you are talking about a specific person or location, capitalize it! EX> I live in Fort Bragg, next to the.

Nouns Well every person you can know, And every place that you can go, And any thing that you can show, You know they're nouns.

Using Capital Letters.

NOUNS What you need to know!. A NOUN IS A NAMING WORD cat car house.

By : Takalynn Ellis. The London bridge was built by the Romans around A.D. 50. It was the first bride built on Thames river. The London bridge is a busy.

Spelling Words Theme 1 Week 2. n o t Read the sentence and then circle the spelling word. This is not my pencil.

2nd Grade Memory Book Emma. Mrs. Haynes Mrs. Haynes is a great teacher because, she is very nice to me. She always is nice to everyone else too. Mrs.

Academic Writing Week 9 Class 2.

What is a sentence? A sentence is made up of one or more words (Go! is a sentence, as is The cat sat on the mat.). Sentences begin with a capital letter.

VOCABULARY BUILDING ONE. WORDS ARE A GROUP OF LETTERS WHICH FORM A MEANING.

You and Your Community!!! Ms. Colleen Tapling 1 st Grade.

Contents: London The Sights Test yourself 1 Test yourself 2.

Our journey to the excel centre was by coach! In my opinion the ride was really long! I could not wait because I knew there were a lot of exciting things.

Nouns name people, places and things. Every noun is either a common or proper noun. A proper noun: - will name a specific (usually one-of-a-kind) item.

Sightseeing in London. Our objectives: to see the places of interest in London; to learn new words; to speak about the capital of Great Britain.

Sentences. What is a sentence? A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea. It begins with a capital letter. Many sentences end with a period.

Remember Your Square Numbers with Mnemonics. 4 x 4 Nice and Clean 16.

Man vs. Wild.  You must start a new paragraph with a new idea.  A paragraph should not be longer than ½ a page.

Kids Learning is Fun Writing an Interesting Sentence.

Click here for Final Jeopardy End Marks Kinds of Sentences Parts of Sentences Word Order Sentences.

Literacy Focus Aims: To understand the rules of how to use the literacy focus in your work. To become aware of the importance of using the literacy focus.

Part 2. If the subject is singular, then the verb must be in its singular form. This goes for being plural as well. My friend go to the movies often.

Now it’s time to read a poem. Do you live in London? Do you like it here? Do you eat fish and chips? Do you watch TV? Do you drive on the right side?

LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN 45 questions 24 players 6 groups 1 winner.

Unit 2 The Fun Kid's Band. Read the story Meg said, “I want to put on a show.” “Let’s put on a show,“ said Jim. Meg, Dan and Jim had to make up lines.

Homework: Please see homework packet in red folders for this week’s task. There is an added piece so please read the directions with your student carefully.

CONVENTIONS OF PRINT How to write a sentence properly.

Travelling to What is the capital of … ? Scotland Northern Ireland Wales England Edinburgh Belfast Cardiff London.

Unit 1 Pam and Sam.

Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England. Module 2 My home town and my country.

My Online Trip to London Our teacher had us learn a lesson about London yesterday. He took us to the computer room and made us take an online trip to London.

Hi, my name is Shir..And as my name, I really love to sing I love music and I can’t pass a day without hearing the songs I like. I have some songs that.

Review Grammar March – July.

Grammarsaurus English Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

Animal Needs Grammar.

“ London.”.

Adjectival phrases You already know how to add adverbial clauses.

Adjectival Phrases This presentation matches Objective S2.

Week 7 Lesson 1.

English Spelling, Punctuation

London is the capital city of England

Lukáš Povišer (student from grade three)

London is the Capital of the UK.

Tower Bridge ,.

Learn Parts of Speech Nouns and Adjectives.

Presentation transcript:

Literacy Focus Fortnight Capital letters

Starting Sentences At the start of every sentence you write, the first word must always start with a capital letter. For example: The cat sat on the mat. Everyone had fun at the zoo. People queued around the block.

Proper Nouns Proper nouns always have capitals Monday March England Barnsley Hoyland It doesn’t matter where the proper noun is in the sentence, it will always start with a capital letter. The Tower of London was built in 1078. There are lots of offices in Canary Wharf. The water in the River Thames is very dirty.

I or i? The word “I” is an unusual word, as you will always write it using a capital letter when talking about yourself or things that you do. For example: My friends and I went to the park. What I really like is ice-cream. My mum thinks I should do more cleaning.