1. LO: Use a dictionary to check unfamiliar words
Sunday 20th November 2016
LO: Use a dictionary to check unfamiliar words
I know how to use a dictionary
I can find words in a text that I do not understand
I can find the meanings of new words

2. Work with you partner to find the meanings;
Can you write two sentences using these words?

3. Find words you do not understand in the text and find the meanings
Find the word in the text
Underline it
Find the meaning
Write the word and meaning in your copy book

5. Monday 21st November 2016 LO: I can use the correct punctuation
I know what punctuation is
I can find mistakes in punctuation
I can correct punctuation mistakes

6. Commas Look at this sentence: -
At the farm Peter saw geese and cows and an old cart.
The sentence does not sound right; there are too many ands.
It should be more like this: -
At the farm Peter saw geese, cows and an old cart.

7. Task
In your books, write out these sentences correctly. Take out the extra ands and put in the commas;
1. The packet contained red and blue and green and yellow felt tips.
2. At the top of the league were Liverpool and Manchester United and Crewe Alexandra and Carlisle United.
3. Violins and recorders and drums and guitars were all set out in the music room.
4. The tube was full of purple and green and yellow and red Smarties.
5. Tony had sandwiches and crisps and chocolate and cakes in his packed lunch box.
6. Helen had invited Chris and Terry and Fred and Bill and Charlie and Gary to her birthday party.
7. The children loved it at the zoo. They saw monkeys and hippos and tigers and lions and a big polar bear.

8. Can anyone see anything wrong with this passage?
it was a hot day mum made some sandwiches and dad made some tea he put it in a flask abdullah got some tins of coke tom put the cakes in a big tin lee put the apples in a bag
Can you and your partner correct the work on your whiteboards?

9. Task Can you rewrite the passage in your book.
Make sure you include capital letters and full stops.

10. Tuesday 22nd November 2016 LO: I can use words in the correct tense
I know what past tense means
I know what future tense means
I know what present tense means

11. What different tenses can we use?

12. Tenses only relates to verbs! You cannot change the tense of a noun!

13. Present Tense
He is skipping.
He is doing it now.

14. I’ve done it. It’s gone or past.
Past Tense
I was jumping. Or
I jumped.
I’ve done it. It’s gone or past.

15. Future Tense
I will jump. Or
I am going to jump.
I have not done it yet. I am going to do it in the future.

16. Can you spot the mistakes?
Yesterday I go Dubai
Next weekend I go Yas Waterworld

17. What is the past tense of these verbs?
I go
I am
I have
We are
He is
They are
I am swimming
I am running
I am sleeping

18. Task
Can you read the passage and underline any words that you think are in the wrong tense.
Rewrite the passage using the correct tense

19. Wednesday 22nd November 2016 LO: I can rewrite a story
I can understand a story
I can re write the story, in my own words
I can use a variety of literacy tools in my writing

20. Task We are going to watch a short film.
You need to write the story again in your own words using all the literacy tools we have used this week.
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21. Remember! Use punctuation Use tenses
Use sentences – Capital Letters and Full Stops
Use Paragraphs