Ws/E2.3

Use punctuation correctly, e.g. capital letters, full stops and question marks
(a) Understand that capital letters and end-of-sentence punctuation cannot be used arbitrarily, but must mark the grammatical boundaries of a complete sentence
(b) Understand that punctuation is best thought about at the stage of composition and included as the sentences are put down, rather than added from scratch at the end
(c) Understand that questions are sentences that have a different word order from straightforward statements
(d) Understand that question marks signal to the reader that the sentence is asking a question

A fabulous multi-sensory punctuation game. 8 large cards to laminate plus teaching ideas. Great for mixed ability classes.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Adult Literacy Rs/L1.1 Use implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge
Rs/E2.4
Rs/E3.3
Adult Lit Rs/L2.2 Use punctuation to help interpret the meaning and purpose of texts
Ws/E1.2
Ws/E1.3
Ws/E2.3
Ws/E2.4
Ws/E3.4
Ws/L1.3
AL Ws/L2.4 Use apostrophes & inverted commas

Useful handout with definitions and examples of common punctuation marks, a really clever and fun re-writing exercise, cloze exercise, comprehension and more.

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Rs/E2.4
Rs/E3.3
Rs/L1.2
Ws/E2.3
Ws/E2.4
Ws/E3.4
Ws/L1.3

A unique and refreshing way to introduce or reinforce previous work on capital letters. Jo came up with this idea after using Margaret Lagoyianni’s ‘We need capital letters’. You will need a shopping bag and other miscellaneous items!

Level
Level 1
Entry Level 3
Entry Level 2
English
Ws/L1.3
Ws/E3.4
Ws/E2.4
Ws/E2.3
Rs/L1.2
Rs/E3.3
Rs/E2.4

Wonderful handout and series of differentiated worksheets for E1-L1. With topical news items, and work related activities.

Note: Sept 2011 – picture added and curriculum mapping improved.

Level
Entry Level 1
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
AL Ww/E1.2
Ws/L1.3
Ws/E3.4
Ws/E2.4
Ws/E2.3
Ws/E1.3
Ws/E1.2

A wonderful PowerPoint all about common and proper nouns, and when to use capital letters.
Imogen was inspired to create this from the ‘virtual shopping bag’ idea in Jo Williams’ ‘Shopping Bag Capital Letters’ and from Margaret Lagoyianni’s ‘We need to use Capital Letters’ (see below).

Level
Level 1
Entry Level 3
Entry Level 2
English
Ws/L1.3
Ws/E3.4
Ws/E2.4
Ws/E2.3
Rs/L1.2
Rs/E3.3
Rs/E2.4