Key Stage 2 literacy workshop

1. Longfield Primary School Hiral Kelly Key Stage 2 literacy workshop

2. We will be looking at: • Grammar • Improving writing - VCOP • Up levelling • Features of different Genres • Talk for Writing • Opportunities for writing • Games

3. Grammar • Basic sentence structure – verbs / nouns / adverbs / adjectives / pronouns / prepositions • Compound sentences – and / so etc • Complex Sentences • Main clause / sub-ordinate clause • Punctuation

4. Word Types Can you identify the different word types in the sentence below? : Jim accidently crashed his car into the huge tree. Conjunction Verbs Pronoun Adjective Preposition Nouns Adverbs

5. Word Types... Noun adverb pronoun preposition Jim accidently crashed his car into the huge tree. verb noun adjective

6. Compound Sentences Compound sentence –2 sentences joined with a connective. I enjoy reading. I don’t enjoy cooking

7. Becomes : I enjoy reading BUT I do not like cooking. I enjoy reading HOWEVER I do not enjoy cooking.

8. Examples of connectives: Although because since if While when which next after however later although Despite so even though in addition to

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. The girl walked into the classroom. The girl, who had long red hair, walked swiftly into the classroom.

12. 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 peoplewho were busily getting ready for the start of the day.

13. Complex Sentences cont.. Clauses Although I was scared, I crept into the house. Subordinate Clause Main Clause

14. The boy, who was 10, jumped.

15. The boy, who was 10, jumped. Main Clause Here, the main clause has been split to include the subordinate clause.

17. Grammar - Tenses... Present I am goingI am runningI am eatingI am playingI am drinking I am buyingI am workingI am fightingI am tryingI am sittingI am walkingI am cookingI am flyingI am shopping Future I will goI will runI will eatI will playI will drink I will buyI will workI will fightI will tryI will sitI will walkI will cookI will flyI will shop Past I went/ I have gone I ran/ I have run I ate/ I have eaten I played I drank/ I have drunk I bought I worked I fought I tried I sat I walked I cooked I flew/ I have flown I shopped

18. 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!

19. Up levelling.. • Spoken language – Talk for Writing • Written language

20. . VCOP . ? . ? , ! . ‘ , ... ? ! “ ” “ ” ; , ... ( ) ? . ! Punctuation Pyramid

21. The... My... I... VCOP 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

22. and VCOP but so then because 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

23. so... first... because... exciting... afraid... lonely... next... interesting... VCOP 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

24. Opportunities for Writing • Blogs • Email • Letters / postcards • Diary • Lists

25. 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 -