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Instructions & rules ('Philosopher's Stone' chapters 8-10)
SPAG Revision
Study sentence forms and relevant punctuation, teach children apostrophes, contractions and possession singular and plural. Then revise the features and grammar of oral arguments.
5-minute SPAG Revision
Revise recognising and punctuating different sentence forms. Then revise both uses of apostrophes, including singular and plural possession.
Story openers & letters ('Philosopher's Stone' chapters 1-4)
SPAG Revision
Word classes, sentence types and their punctuation and syntax of a sentence (subject, verb, object, parts of a clause) are all covered in this introductory presentation. It also encompasses features of letters.
5-minute SPAG Revision
Revise word classes, using seven different slides. Then revise sentence syntax and punctuation, and finally, revise features of letters.
Descriptive & predictive writing ('Philosopher's Stone' chapters 5-7)
SPAG Revision
Children look at expanded noun phrases, including identifying adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. They then study modal verbs of certainty, ability and obligation. Finally they revise relative clauses and pronouns.
5-minute SPAG Revision
Revise noun phrases, including identifying head nouns, then revise modal verbs and relative clauses.
Information & explanation texts ('Philosopher's Stone' chapters 11-14)
SPAG Revision
Look at the difference between phrases and clauses, then move on to study adverbials, including fronted adverbials. Finally, revise parenthesis.
5-minute SPAG Revision
Revise adverbials, including phrases and clauses. Ensure that children understand parenthesis. Finally, revise word classes.
Narrative texts ('Philosopher's Stone' chapters 15-17)
SPAG Revision
Children look cohesive devices, including pronouns, determiners, adverbs and subordinating conjunctions. Move on to revise adding information about time, place cause and manner using conjunctions, prepositions and adverbs.
5-minute SPAG Revision
Revise pronouns, determiners, conjunctions, adverbs and word classes.
Recounts ('Prisoner of Azkaban' & 'Order of the Phoenix')
SPAG Revision
Revise the vocabulary and punctuation of questions. Look at cohesion between paragraphs using adverbials and topic sentences. Revise verbs and tense, including simple and progressive past and present and the perfect form. Finally, look at formal and informal language, the concept of register and the use of subjunctive mood.
5-minute SPAG Revision
Revise adverbials and word classes, then verbs and tense: simple past/present, progressive past/present and perfect form. Also revise informal and formal language, including subjunctive form.