parenthesis worksheet year 6

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Parenthesis: sardine

1 - learning objective, learning objective.

We are learning how to use brackets, dashes and commas to indicate parenthesis.

Context: sardine

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Clip Description

Many shops and supermarkets sell tinned sardines. These oily fish (of which there are 18 different species) are named after the island of Sardinia, where they were once abundant. Small, silvery and elongated, sardines congregate in vast schools, feeding on plankton as they travel along the coastlines of both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

A fishy feast – sounds delicious? Not if you are a fish! Imagine being invited to dinner because you ARE the dinner! In this fascinating clip, a school of sardines are under attack from a range of predators. Seals and shearwaters (deep diving birds) are picking off sardines as they dart about, twisting into tighter and tighter shoals. What do you think will happen when a copper shark appears on the scene? Watch the clip to find out.

Word Challenge

The movement of the fleeing sardines is so incredible – almost hypnotic! There are lots of interesting ways you could describe this. What interesting adjectives, verbs, adverbs, similes or metaphors can you come up with?

e.g. a shimmering mass, a silver bait ball, a frenzy of escapees, …

Parenthesis: brackets, dashes and commas

I can choose when to use brackets, dashes or commas for most effective parenthesis.

Lesson details

Key learning points.

• Parenthesis can be achieved with a range of punctuation: brackets, dashes and commas.
• Any type of parenthesis is additional information that can be removed without compromising grammatical accuracy.
• Brackets are useful in non-fiction writing to add extra, factual information.
• Dashes are useful in fiction writing for dramatic effect.
• Commas are useful to drop information in to a clause.

Common misconception

Pupils may believe dashes and commas are used interchangeably in fiction writing.

We favour using dashes when we are showing a dramatic effect and commas when simply adding detail.

Parenthesis - additional information that is added to a sentence; if it is removed, the sentence still makes sense

Brackets - a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information in a clause

Dashes - a punctuation mark to add extra information in a clause often for dramatic effect

Clause - a group of words that contains a verb

Phrase - a group of words with no verb

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Starter quiz

6 questions.

fronted adverbial single word -  

fronted adverbial phrase -  

At that very second,

fronted adverbial clause -  

Before we knew what was happening,

Now, add the flour into the mixture.

With great care, add the flour into the mixture.

Once you have beaten the eggs, add the flour to the mixture.

fronted adverbial of time -  

fronted adverbial of manner -  

With a sigh,

fronted adverbial of place -  

To my left,

fronted adverbial of contrast -  

Even though it was raining,

fronted adverbial of cause -  

Unless you do your work,

using commas -  

to add detail in fiction and non-fiction

using dashes -  

to add dramatic effect in fiction

using brackets -  

to add extra, factual information in non-fiction

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Using Parentheses in Writing: Adding Information

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Parentheses are a vital part of the punctuation world! In this worksheet your student is asked to put parentheses in sentences where the parenthetical elements are adding information. Perfect for Common Core Standards for Language for 6th and 7th grades, you may use it for other students as necessary.

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Y6 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling

Parenthesis Lesson

This Parenthesis lesson covers the prior learning of recognising parenthesis before moving onto the main skill of recognising and using parenthesis.

The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.

National Curriculum Objective English Year 5: (5G5.9)  Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis

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These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of recognising parenthesis before moving onto the main skill of recognising and using parenthesis. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.

Modelling PowerPoint

This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.

Year 6 GPS Scheme of Work Autumn Block 1 – Ready to Write

This resource is the guidance and small steps for Autumn Block 1 from the free Year 6 GPS Scheme of Work. It is designed to be used in conjunction with your English curriculum and allows you to cover the Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation objectives from the Year 6 National Curriculum.

These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.

Video Tutorial

In this Using Brackets and Dashes for Parenthesis Video Tutorial, Jade demonstrates how to correctly add parenthesis to a single-clause sentence and explains how to check if the parenthesis has been added correctly.

1 Prior Learning

Prior Learning Activity

This Parenthesis Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of recognising parenthesis before moving onto the main skill of recognising and using parenthesis.

Interactive Activity

This Year 5 Parenthesis Game checks pupils' understanding of using brackets, commas and dashes to punctuate sentences.

This Year 4 Using Brackets to Indicate Parenthesis Game checks pupils' understanding of using brackets to indicate parenthesis within sentences.

2 Varied Fluency

Varied Fluency

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.

This Year 5 Recognising Parenthesis GPS activity includes 5 questions designed to support recognition of parenthesis within sentences.

This Year 5 Using Commas to Indicate Parenthesis activity checks pupils' understanding using commas to indicate parenthesis.

2 Application

Application

This parenthesis application task includes an activity which can be used to allow pupils to apply their understanding of the concepts taught in the parenthesis lesson.

Mixed Activity

This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of recognising and using parenthesis.

Application and Reasoning

This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.

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Identifying and using Parenthesis KS2

Subject: English

Age range: 7-11

Resource type: Lesson (complete)

Last updated

26 July 2024

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Children would act as detectives to find and highlight the examples of parenthesis in the short story. I typically used this with Year 5, but could also be used within Year 6 as a SATs revision activity.

I use this as part of a spag lesson. Children would act as detectives to find and highlight the examples of parenthesis at the start of the lesson. Then I would explain what parenthesis is and ask for examples from the story. The children would then have another look and highlight any new examples in a different colour. The text could also be used as a morning task, starter or revision activity. I also use BBC Supermovers in conjunction with this activity.

I have uploaded a word document and pdf so you can easily edit and adapt if the text if you wish to. Powerpoint also included.

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