Transcript Key Stage 2 literacy workshop

Longfield Primary School
Hiral Kelly
KEY STAGE 2 LITERACY
WORKSHOP
We will be looking at:
 Grammar
 Improving writing - VCOP
 Up levelling
 Features of different Genres
 Talk for Writing
 Opportunities for writing
 Games
Grammar
 Basic sentence structure – verbs / nouns /
adverbs / adjectives / pronouns / prepositions
 Compound sentences – and / so etc
 Complex Sentences
 Main clause / sub-ordinate clause
 Punctuation
Word Types
Can you identify the different word types in the
sentence below? :
Jim accidently crashed his car into the huge tree.
Conjunction
Adjective
Adverbs
Verbs
Preposition
Pronoun
Nouns
Word Types...
Noun
adverb
pronoun
preposition
Jim accidently crashed his car into the huge tree.
verb
noun
adjective
Compound Sentences
Compound sentence –2 sentences joined with a
connective.
I enjoy reading. I don’t enjoy cooking
Becomes :
I enjoy reading BUT I do not like cooking.
I enjoy reading HOWEVER I do not enjoy cooking.
Examples of connectives:
Although
While
after
because
since
if
when
which
next
however
later although
Despite so even though in addition to
Your go...
Ben is thoughtful. He always plays with me
when I’m lonely.
Kate walked home from school slowly. She was
tired.
Babies cry all of the time. They can get some
attention from their mum.
Complex sentences
The girl walked into the classroom.
A sentence becomes complex when MORE
detail or INFORMATION is added to the
sentence.
This information cannot stand on its own as a
sentence.
The girl walked into the classroom.
The girl, who had long red hair, walked swiftly into
the classroom.
The girl walked into the classroom.
The girl, who had long red hair, walked swiftly
into the classroom.
The girl, who was now feeling extremely
nervous, walked steadily into the classroom,
which by now was filled with people who were
busily getting ready for the start of the day.
Complex Sentences cont..
Clauses
Although I was scared, I crept into the house.
Subordinate Clause
Main Clause
The boy, who was 10, jumped.
The boy, who was 10, jumped.
Main Clause
Here, the main clause has been split to
include the subordinate clause.
I wasn’t being very I had a detention at
sensible.
school.
I was awarded top My Mum was very
prize at school.
happy.
I was really tired.
I walked all of the
way there.
I still stayed up
I wasn’t invited to
late to watch the
the party.
film.
I decided never to I wanted to watch
talk to Fred again.
the football.
I was worried when
I went to bed early.
the dog
It was raining.
disappeared.
Grammar - Tenses...
Past
I went/ I have gone
Present
Future
I ran/ I have run
I ate/ I have eaten
I played
I drank/ I have drunk
I am going
I am running
I am eating
I am playing
I am drinking
I will go
I will run
I will eat
I will play
I will drink
I bought
I worked
I fought
I tried
I sat
I walked
I cooked
I flew/ I have flown
I shopped
I am buying
I am working
I am fighting
I am trying
I am sitting
I am walking
I am cooking
I am flying
I am shopping
I will buy
I will work
I will fight
I will try
I will sit
I will walk
I will cook
I will fly
I will shop
VCOP
 Vocabulary – varying words for
nice/said/went/large/small etc
 Connectives – building on and / but / so
 Openers – What can a sentence start with?
 Punctuation –Yes, please!
Up levelling..
 Spoken language – Talk for Writing
 Written language
VCOP
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Punctuation Pyramid
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VCOP
The...
My... I...
First... Then... Next... So...
Last... But... Another thing...
The last time... Soon... At last
If... Another time... Because... After
Another thing... After a while...
Although... Afterwards... Before...
Eventually... Sometimes... Often...
Never... Always... Besides... Even though... Before the/the
Meanwhile... Before very long... However... In addition to... Despite...
An important thing... We always... If/then... I felt as... Although I had...
I discovered... Having decided... I actually... Due to... As time went...
Use of adjectives e.g. The golden sun, The grumpy old man, etc.
Having...
Use complex sentences appropriately.
Vary sentence length and word order to keep the reader interested.
Openers Pyramid
VCOP
and
but
so
because
then
when
if
after
while
as well as
although
however
also
besides
even though
never the less
in addition to
contrary to
despite
so as to
Use complex sentence structures appropriately.
Vary sentence length and word order to keep your reader interested.
Connectives Pyramid
VCOP
so...
first...
because...
exciting...
afraid... lonely...
next... interesting...
beautiful... awful...
enormous... fierce...
adventure... accident... magic...
gigantic... weird... freezing... quietly...
braveness... happiness... joy... sadness... fear...
transport... shelter... baggage... companion... vehicle...
thunderous... fearful... marvellous... attractive... generously...
echo... nervously... worriedly... patiently... feelings... courage...
experience... peak... patience... wasteland... container... furnishings...
robe...
sensitive/ly... timid/ly... aggressively... imaginatively... unfortunate... murderous...
echoing... doubtful... emotion... anxiety... longing... progress (noun)... system...
communication... ingredient... vibration... prefer... nourish... demonstrate... enjoy... leap...
outstanding/ly... tender/ly... biological/ly... formidable... outspoken... stern... comical... pathetic...
yearning... dwell... dine... progress (verb)... create... adore... foreboding... speculation... silhouette...
terrain... apparel... vision... atmosphere...
Vocabulary Pyramid
Opportunities for Writing
 Blogs
 Email
 Letters / postcards
 Diary
 Lists
Games
 Silly Sentences
In pairs, 1 person writes a noun on their board
and 1 writes a adjective; create a sentence
using the 2 – can be extended to include
different word types.
 I spy with a difference -