Lesson Planning

Day 1 Teaching
Recap The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane. Show the Grammar Presentation, exploring and revising conjunctions. Look at the Conjunctions poster and explain that children will identify, choose and use conjunctions today.
Activity
Children use the Conjunctions: Identify, Choose, Use sheet to explore and use conjunctions.

Day 2 Teaching
Revise conjunctions using the Grammar Presentation. Children then work in pairs to verbally explore how to extend sentences using conjunctions. More confident children explore the position of the conjunction and the order of the clauses.
Activity
Children use the Add a Clause: sentences sheet and the Conjunctions Cards to select a sentence and conjunction. They extend the sentence using the card selected and record on whiteboards.

Day 3 Teaching
Revise conjunctions using the Grammar Presentation and recap The Ink Garden…. Agree that Brother Theophane has trouble following the rules. Practise today’s activity, asking questions and answering in role (using conjunctions to explain).
Activity
In pairs, children read the questions on I have a question, Brother Theophane sheet and each have a go at answering the questions verbally using sentences extended by conjunctions before recording them.