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Coordination and Subordination - Writing Tips
Unlock the secrets to elevated writing with our latest video on Coordination and Subordination! 🚀 Whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting, understanding how to effectively use coordination and subordination can transform your...
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Writing inspired by ‘Skin of the Sea’: varying sentence types to create rhythm
Pupil outcome: I can vary my sentence types and lengths to improve the rhythm of a paragraph of creative writing inspired by Natasha Bowen’s ‘Skin of the Sea’. Key learning points: - A complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a...
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Rich vocabulary associated with clumsy or silly words
Pupil outcome: I can use the words 'blundering', 'bumbling' and 'butterfingered' effectively in multiple contexts. Key learning points: - 'Blundering' is an adjective which means goofy or clumsy. - 'Bumbling' is an adjective which means...
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Writing the paragraph about artefacts in the Stone Age
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the artefacts of the Stone Age. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject contains...
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Planning part two of the main body of a persuasive letter
Pupil outcome: I can plan the second main body paragraph of a persuasive letter, inspired by a text. Key learning points: - The purpose of the main body paragraph is to specifically detail key persuasive arguments. - Information in the...
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A new subordinate clause: the relative clause
Pupil outcome: I can identify that a relative clause is a type of subordinate clause. Key learning points: - Any subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb and does not make complete sense. - Any subordinate clause must...
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Clause structure
Pupil outcome: I can identify three different types of subordinate clause. Key learning points: - Any clause is a group of words that contains a verb. - A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense. - A...
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Writing the paragraph about houses in the Stone Age
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the houses of the Stone Age people. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject contains...
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Writing the paragraph about the death of King Tut
Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the death of King Tut. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject contains specific...
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A new subordinate clause: the non-finite (-ing) clause
Pupil outcome: I can know that the non-finite clause is a third type of subordinate clause. Key learning points: - Any subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb and does not make complete sense. - Any subordinate clause...
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Writing the opening of 'The BFG' (part two)
Pupil outcome: I can write the second part of a narrative opening based on ‘The BFG’. Key learning points: - The purpose of a narrative opening is to introduce the characters and to describe the setting to the reader. - Saying sentences...
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Writing the build-up of a narrative based on 'Jabberwocky'
Pupil outcome: I can write the build-up of a narrative based on ‘Jabberwocky’. Key learning points: - The purpose of the build-up is to develop the characters’ emotions and build tension and suspense. - Notes from a plan can be used to...
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Writing the second section of an explanation text about mummification
Pupil outcome: I can use my plan to write the section about how the body was wrapped in the process of mummification. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - The steps in the mummification...
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Using complex sentences to describe dystopian settings
Pupil outcome: I can use interesting complex sentences to describe dystopian settings. Key learning points: - A subordinate clause must be combined with a main clause, for the sentence to make sense - A complex sentence combines a main...
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Editing the diet section of a non-chronological report about aye-ayes
Pupil outcome: I can edit a section of a non-chronological report. Key learning points: - Editing is an essential part of the writing process. - Editing does not involve rewriting the entire piece but being selective about what to edit...
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Considering how Verne uses sentences in ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’
Pupil outcome: I can explain how different sentence types work together to create an overall effect. Key learning points: - Writers vary the position of subordinate clauses in a sentence, to alter pace, tension and emphasis - Writers...
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Two types of clause
Pupil outcome: I can identify two different types of subordinate clause. Key learning points: - Any clause is a group of words that contains a verb. - A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense. - A...
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Two types of clause, including subordinate clauses
Pupil outcome: I can identify different types of clause. Key learning points: - Any clause is a group of words that contains a verb. - A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense. - A subordinate...
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Adverbial, relative and non-finite complex sentences revision
Pupil outcome: I can practise complex sentence test questions. Key learning points: - Any complex sentence is formed of at least one main clause joined to at least one subordinate clause. - There are different types of subordinate...
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Adverbial complex sentences
Pupil outcome: You can understand that a complex sentence is formed of at least one main clause and any type of subordinate clause. Key learning points: - A word that joins a second idea to a main clause in an adverbial complex sentence...
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Understanding the poem ‘Mother, any distance’ by Simon Armitage
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Armitage presents the distance that emerges within the parental relationship over time. Key learning points: - Armitage describes a mother helping her son move into his own home as he reaches adulthood. -...
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Three sentence types
Pupil outcome: I can say and write three different sentence structures. Key learning points: - A sentence composed of one main clause is a simple sentence. - There are four types of simple sentence: statement, question, command and...
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GERMAN SEPARABLE VERBS - Learn German Grammar Worksheet Explained
What are German separable verbs? How do you use German separable verbs? How do prefixes change the meaning of German verbs? Herr Antrim has all of these answers and more in this video. Follow along as Herr Antrim explains...