Good Morning!

Today we are going to look at using some punctuation. Using colons, semi-colons and dashes can be tricky.

We are going to revise semi-colons first.

Watch this starter video below to remind ourselves when is appropriate to use each.

Semi-colon   https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zshfdxs 

 

Activity:

We use semi colons to connect two RELATED but independent parts of a sentence together:

Miss Park loves chocolate.

Freddos are her favourite.

Can become:

Miss Park loves chocolate ; Freddos are her favourite.

Try writing some of these sentences (in your neatest handwriting).

I can place a semi-colon in the correct place.

Mark fell to his feet. He was exhausted.

Curtis fell into the nettles. The pain was terrible.

Fiona had been working all night the project was due in tomorrow

Sarah studied the creature it studied her in return

Challenge:

I can finish the sentence after the semi-colon.

1. Gemma was furious;
2. Sally enjoyed the football;
3. Marcus was exhausted;
4. Fred slammed the door;

 

 

Plenary:

I can explain the use of a semi-colon to someone else and give an example.