Collected Resources

1) Presentation: Sentence Punctuation
Revise what makes a complete sentence and how these are punctuated. Explore the syntax of a sentence (subject, verb, object) and how these work together to make meaning.

2) Presentation: Formal and Informal Language
Revise what is meant by formal and informal register and how it can be created through vocabulary choices, contractions, question tags, ellipsis and breaking grammar rules!

3) Presentation: Word Classes
Revise word classes (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, determiner, pronoun, conjunction), how they function in a sentence and practise identifying words by class.

Presentation: 5-Minute Revision, Unit 1
Deliver quick, focused revision (sentence punctuation, formal and informal register, word classes), which requires children only to have whiteboards. Questions are intentionally similar in content and style to the formal KS2 tests.

Presentation: Modal Verbs
Revise modal verbs, identify them in a sentence and explore how they modify meaning. Use modal verbs to write predictions and sentences about degrees of obligation.

2) Presentation: Expanded Noun Phrases
Revise how to construct, identify and use expanded noun phrases to convey detailed information concisely. ‘Test’ them by replacing with a pronoun.

3) Presentation: Relative Clauses
Revise how relative clauses can give extra information about a noun, a pronoun or a clause. Identify relative clauses in given sentences, explore punctuation of embedded clauses and try adding your own to expand sentences.

4) Presentation: Subjunctive form for hypotheticals and wishes
Revise how this very formal verb form can be used to express hypotheticals and wishes. Identify when sentences use the subjunctive form, rewrite given sentences to make them more formal and write hypothetically using sentence starters.

Presentation: 5-Minute Revision, Unit 2
Deliver quick, focused revision (modal verbs, expanded noun phrases, relative clauses, subjunctive form), which requires children only to have whiteboards. Questions are intentionally similar in content and style to the formal KS2 tests.

1) Presentation: Apostrophes for Contraction and Possession
Revise how apostrophes are used to indicated contracted forms. Explore the difference in using the possessive apostrophe for singular and plural nouns.

2) Presentation: Subjunctive form for Requests and Demands
Revise how this very formal verb form can be used to make requests and commands. Identify when sentences use the subjunctive form, rewrite given sentences to make them more formal and write rules for mythical visitors.

3) Presentation: Sentence Forms
Revise the four sentence forms (statement, question, command, exclamation), their different functions and how to identify and punctuate them. Practise rewriting a sentence to change its form.

Presentation: 5-Minute Revision, Unit 3
Deliver quick, focused revision (apostrophes for contraction and possession, sentence forms, subjunctive form), which requires children only to have whiteboards. Questions are intentionally similar in content and style to the formal KS2 tests.

1) Grammar Presentation: Parenthesis
Explore what parenthetical information is and how we can identify in a sentence or add it. Discuss the different uses of commas, brackets and dashes for punctuating parenthesis and the impact on clarity and register.

2) Grammar Presentation: Phrases and Clauses
Consolidate children’s understanding of phrases and clauses in this short pre-teaching PowerPoint, in order to prepare them for adverbials revision. Discuss what makes a phrase and a clause, linking to adverbials, noun phrases and subordination.

3) Grammar Presentation: Adverbials
Revise how adverbials can give extra information explaining when, where and how. Explore how to punctuate adverbials when they are fronted.

Grammar Presentation: 5-Minute Revision, Unit 4
Deliver quick, focused revision (parenthesis, adverbials, word classes), which requires children only to have whiteboards. Questions are intentionally similar in content and style to the formal KS2 tests.

Grammar Presentation: Bullet Points
Explore the conventions associated with using bullet points and how to use them in lists when the items are full sentences or words and phrases. Spot and troubleshoot errors.

2) Grammar Presentation: Punctuating Dialogue
Consolidate children’s understanding of how to punctuate dialogue as direct speech. Introduce reported speech and how this can summarise and report informal discourse in a concise and informal manner.

3) Grammar Presentation: Commas, Colons and Semi-colons
Give an overview on how these punctuation marks are used and why. Explore how commas separate and clarify. Understand how colons and semi-colons mark relationships between clauses in a way which is similar to conjunctions.

Presentation: 5-Minute Revision, Unit 5
Deliver quick, focused revision (bullet points; punctuating dialogue; commas, colons and semi-colons), which requires children only to have whiteboards. Questions are intentionally similar in content and style to the formal KS2 tests.

Presentation: Verbs and Tense
Revise how verbs indicate tense, exploring examples of simple, progressive and perfect forms both in present and past tenses. Discuss the shades of meaning created through selecting different forms.

Presentation: Cohesion between Paragraphs
Define cohesion before revising the function of paragraphs. Explore how adverbials can create links between paragraphs, giving information about time, place and number, and how topic sentences can be used to orientate the reader further.

Presentation: 5-Minute Revision, Unit 6
Deliver quick, focused revision (verbs and tense, cohesion through adverbials, word classes) which requires children only to have whiteboards. Questions are intentionally similar in content and style to the formal KS2 tests.