Giraffe Class GHASP

Term 6 Week 3 Activities

Grammar Handwriting

And Spelling

(and Punctuation!)

Introduction

• Every week, I’m going to set you some activities to work on, based on grammar, handwriting, spelling and punctuation.

• Some of these activities will focus on things we have worked on before, because I think you need more practise, and some of them will be new things.

• Try to work through the activities each week – they are only short, and will be very helpful for improving your writing.

Activity 1: Punctuation/Grammar: Revising Types of Nouns (30 minutes)

The two types of nouns: • Common nouns

– These are the names of things, like places or objects. – Examples are: monster, tree, boat, chair, banana.

• Proper nouns – These are the names of a particular person, place or thing. – They always begin with a capital letter. – Examples are: London, Scotland, India, Bratton, David, Samaira.

• For example: A monster called Leroy lives in that tree. – 'Leroy' is a proper noun and 'monster' and 'tree' are common

nouns.

• Remember: Nouns can be names of people, places or things.

Activity 1: Punctuation/Grammar: Revising Types of Nouns

• Watch the two videos to help you revise the types of nouns, and complete the activities on the webpage as well, to check your understanding:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjrdwty

Activity 1: Punctuation/Grammar: Revising Types of Nouns

• Copy out the passage on the next page (don’t forget to include the title), which has no capital letters on any of the nouns (they’ve been left out on purpose). The passage is an introduction to a book for children.

• Make sure you put in the capital letters where they are needed, to show which words are proper nouns.

• Remember: proper nouns are the names of a particular person, place or thing.

• e.g. Leroy the Lizard Monster lives in the tree. – Leroy, Lizard and Monster are all part of his name, so they

are proper nouns and need capital letters. However, tree is a common noun, and therefore it does not need a capital letter.

Activity 1: Punctuation/Grammar: Revising Types of Nouns

the racehorse who wouldn't gallop by clare balding charlie bass is a horse-mad ten-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when she accidentally manages to buy a racehorse, charlie is thrilled. There’s just one problem – he won’t gallop. In fact, he won’t even leave his stable without his best friend. charlie is convinced he has what it takes to be a champion. But can she prove it? derby day is fast approaching and only a win can save the family farm from being repossessed. Can charlie turn her chaotic family into a top training team? Can her horse overcome his nerves? Find out in the debut children’s book from clare balding.

Tip: think about which nouns are the names of a particular person, place or thing

Answers: Activity 1: Punctuation/ Grammar: Revising Types of Nouns

The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop by Clare Balding Charlie Bass is a horse-mad ten-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when she accidentally manages to buy a racehorse, Charlie is thrilled. There’s just one problem – he won’t gallop. In fact, he won’t even leave his stable without his best friend. Charlie is convinced he has what it takes to be a champion. But can she prove it? Derby Day is fast approaching and only a win can save the family farm from being repossessed. Can Charlie turn her chaotic family into a top training team? Can her horse overcome his nerves? Find out in the debut children’s book from Clare Balding.

Tip: think about which nouns are the names of a particular person, place or thing

Activity 2: Spelling: Prefixes: dis- and mis- (20 minutes)

Prefixes are a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the start. Most prefixes mean a similar thing when they're added to different words. • un usually means not.

– For example, unhappy, unlocked, unfair.

• dis and mis usually have negative meanings. – For example, disagree, disobey, misbehave, mislead.

• re usually means again or back. – For example, redo, reappear, redecorate.

• sub usually means under. – For example, subheading or submarine.

Activity 2: Spelling: Prefixes: dis- and mis- (20 minutes)

• Watch this video to help you revise prefixes, then do the three activities and the quiz on the webpage to check your understanding:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8mxrwx/articles/z9hjwxs

Activity 2: Spelling: Prefixes. Can you add the correct prefix (dis- or mis-) to

these words? e.g. believe disbelieve

e.g. judge misjudge

1. appoint

2. inform

3. honest

4. calculate

5. ability

6. read

7. obedient

8. infect

9. spell

10. match

Answers: Activity 2: Spelling: Prefixes. Can you add the correct prefix (dis- or mis-) to

these words? e.g. believe disbelieve

e.g. judge misjudge

1. appoint disappoint

2. inform misinform

3. honest dishonest

4. calculate miscalculate

5. ability disability

6. read misread

7. obedient disobedient

8. infect disinfect

9. spell misspell

10. match mismatch

Activity 3: Spelling (20 minutes)

• Each week, you are going to learn or revise 10 of the words from the Word list from the National Curriculum for Years 3 and 4:

1. Practise the spelling of them, 2. Look them up using an online dictionary if

you’re not sure of the meaning, 3. Try to write a sentence using each of them. • Online dictionaries:

– https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ – https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english – https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

Activity 3: Spelling: This week’s words:

1. popular 2. position 3. possess(ion) 4. possible 5. potatoes 6. pressure 7. probably 8. promise 9. purpose 10. quarter Example sentences: • “What is the purpose of this apostrophe?” asked Miss Pickup. • I would like to possess an Aston Martin.

Activity 4: Handwriting Letter-join and on Paper

• I have added the Letter-join home access letter to the resources for Term 6 Week 1.

• Please try to log in and spend 20-30 minutes at least once a week practising your handwriting.

• If you’d like to practise on paper, use the passage on the next page to help you.

• The letters are on the page after.

Activity 4: Handwriting: Practising on Paper: Copy out the passage.

Activity 4:

Handwriting:

Practising on Paper