LESSONS

• 1 SPOTTING SENTENCES This worksheet helps students to identify and use proper sentences.
• 3 SPOTTING FULL STOPS This lesson plan improves students' understanding of how to use full stops.
• 5 CAPITAL WORDS Students learn that proper nouns always begin with capital letters.
• 7 SPOTTING CAPITALS This worksheet provides revision on using capitals and full stops.
• 9 ANY QUESTIONS? Students learn to use question marks.
• 11 EXCLAMATION MARKS This lesson plan familiarises students with the use of exclamation marks.
• 13 BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS Gives practice in the use of capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks and question marks.
• 15 SPEECH MARKS Introduces the concept of speech marks.
• 17 TALK ABOUT IT Students practise using speech marks.
• 19 WORD SHRINKERS Introduces the concept of the apostrophe of omission and demonstrates the use of the apostrophe in shortened words.
• 21 KNOW YOUR STUFF Provides practice in the use of apostrophes and speech marks.
• 23 WORD LINKERS Students look at the apostrophe of singular possession.
• 25 BELONGINGS Introduces the apostrophe of plural possession.
• 27 COMMAS FOR PAUSES Looks at the use of commas to indicate pauses in sentences.
• 29 COMMAS FOR LISTS Looks at the use of commas to separate words in lists.
• 31 LONG SENTENCES Shows students how to use commas before conjunctions in sentences with two clauses.
• 33 INSIDE STORY Familiarises students with the correct use of brackets.
• 35 SHORTEN IT Introduces the concept of abbreviations and gives examples of their use.
• 37 JOINING WORDS Students look at the function of hyphens and practise using them.
• 39 DASH Explores the use of the single and double dash.
• 41 COLONS AND SEMI-COLONS Students learn and practise using colons and semi-colons.
• 43 WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Provides revision in the use of colons and semi-colons.
• 45 SINGLE INVERTED COMMAS Explains how to use single and double inverted commas.
• 47 PARAGRAPHS Students are introduced to the idea of breaking up pieces of continuous writing into paragraphs.
• 49 WRITING LETTERS Students consider the difference in layout between formal and informal letters.
• 51 LOCKED OUT? Provides revision in the use of capital letters, commas, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and apostrophes of omission.
• 53 INTRODUCING RICKY Students practise using capital letters, commas, full stops, question marks, speech marks, exclamation marks and apostrophes of omission.
• 55 LETTER PROBLEMS Students practise laying out letters.
• 57 SHORT STORY A fun page which allows students to practise their punctuation skills and to use their imaginations.