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Session 2

Thursday 31st January 2013

What we are doing this weekWhat we are doing this week

Homophones

The vexed issue of apostrophes

Punctuation practice

Spelling practice

Surgery – bring your practice test results

Homophones

The vexed issue of apostrophes

Punctuation practice

Spelling practice

Surgery – bring your practice test results

Thursday’s Menu

Spelling – homophonesSpelling – homophones

Allot Aloud Ate Doe Due Hare Lead Lent

A lot Allowe

d Eight Dough Dew Hair Led Leant

Meet Pare Practis

e Read Sore Wait Wear Wheel

Meat Pear Practic

e Red Saw Weight Where Weal

Spelling – homophonesSpelling – homophones

ereherewhere

there

their This is a possessive

pronoun

they’re This is a contraction

of ‘they are’

These three words are not related in any way

These are words to do with place.

ApostrophesApostrophes

They have two main roles

1.They show the omissionomission of letters

2.They show possessionpossession

ApostrophesApostrophes

Wouldn’t - would not

Couldn’t - could not I’ll - I will He’ll - he will We’re - we are They’re - they are

The omissionomission of letters

Extreme apostrophe ..

Hallowe’en - All Hallows’ Eve

Bo’s’n - boatswain

ApostrophesApostrophes

The boy’s coat – one boy, his coat The cat’s tail – one cat, its own tail

To show possession

singular

plural

The boys’ coats – several boys, each with a coat

The cats’ tails – several cats, each with a tail

Apostrophe before the s

Apostrophe after the s

ApostrophesApostrophes

Place the apostrophes in these sentences

All the pupils pupils were dilated

One of the pupils pupils was dilated

Both of the pupils pupils were dilated

Both of the pupils had dilated pupils

All the pupils’ pupils were dilated

One of the pupil’s pupils was dilated

Both of the pupils’ pupils were dilated

Both of the pupils had dilated pupils

PunctuationPunctuation

Passage 1 – look at this together

Passage 2 – try it in pairs

Passage 3 – probably leave until next week

Spelling – word powerSpelling – word power

In pairs:

How many words can you list that end with ‘ation’

E.g. nation, ovation, plantation ……

Target – 15+

SpellingSpelling

Spelling strategies can be divided into categories.

1.Some spellings can be remembered by learning a rule, (e.g. “i” before “e” except after “c”, etc.)

2.Some spelling can be learned phonetically. If you pronounce the word correctly, you can often spell it correctly..

3.Some spelling can be learned by breaking the word into syllables or smaller sections.

4.Some words can be learned by using “tricks” that are appropriate to your learning style.

5.Some spelling words must, unfortunately, be memorized.

Spelling copy these down – for next week’s testSpelling copy these down – for next week’s test

Opportunities Cumulative Crucial Communication Inappropriate Negligible Capabilities Accomplishments Unacceptable Synonymous

Complimentary Disapproving Preferred Achievable Meticulous Detrimental Subsequently Particularly Administrative Existence

Note to parents and carersNote to parents and carers

With a partner use the following information to draft a letter to parents and carers.

6th JulyCoachSchool gatesLeave at 8.45Return at 4.00Caernarvon Castlepermission

WaterproofsStout shoesPacked lunch£12 by 29th JuneClass teacherTear off stripHistory

Consider carefully

AudienceFormPurpose

Learn words in spelling list – test yourself

Think of methods for the tricky ones

Do another practice test

Speech marks

Commas

Colons and semi colons

More tricky words