1. Full Stops
S1 Literacy

2. Learning Intentions
I can identify where and when to use a full stop.

3. ? ! Full Stops What are the other two?
A full stop is one of THREE punctuation marks that has the power to end a sentence.
What are the other two? ? !

4. But first let me tell you a story...
Derek’s full. Stop.
A Story

5. Derek woke up, went downstairs and ate his cat

6. Derek woke up, went downstairs and ate
Derek woke up, went downstairs and ate. His cat was playing in his cereal bowl

7. His cat was playing. In his cereal bowl Derek had his favourite nan

8. In his cereal bowl Derek had his favourite. Nan had bought it him.

9. On the radio Derek could hear his favourite pop singer - his mum

10. On the radio Derek could hear his favourite pop singer
On the radio Derek could hear his favourite pop singer. His mum was hoovering up his dad

11. His mum was hoovering up. His dad was smoking the front door

12. His dad was smoking. The front door bell went outside

13. The front door bell went. Outside Derek could hear talking
The front door bell went. Outside Derek could hear talking. It was his sister's coat

14. It was his sisters. "Coat please Mum," said Tina
It was his sisters. "Coat please Mum," said Tina. Mum said, "Put the cups away out in the garden."

15. Mum said, "Put the cups away.“
Out in the garden it was raining people.

16. Out in the garden it was raining.
People stood out in the street waiting for the arrival of the bus stop.

17. People stood out in the street waiting for the arrival of the bus
People stood out in the street waiting for the arrival of the bus. "Stop dawdling Derek," said Mum, "or you'll be late yesterday."

18. "Stop dawdling Derek," said Mum, "or you'll be late
"Stop dawdling Derek," said Mum, "or you'll be late." Yesterday Derek had been off school with a cold dad.

19. Yesterday Derek had been off school. Dad said his teacher cried.

20. Dad said his teacher cried out to him at the school gate that Derek had missed an important lesson on writing.

21. Derek’s full. Stop.
The End

22. ...and that’s why we use full stops!
Always remember...
PUNCTUATION MAKES MEANING!

23. Find the full stops against the clock
Game Time
Find the full stops against the clock
or shoot the sentences!
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game-sentence-shooter

24. Plug the punctuation gaps!
HOMEWORK
Plug the punctuation gaps!
Read the opening few paragraphs of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The full stops are missing - where should they go?
You can submit this task on Show My Homework - this means you can copy and paste the passage to save you re-writing it!