Year 5 Writing Week Beginning 18th January (Purple

group)

These tasks are to go alongside the daily zoom writing lesson. A

copy of the teaching slides is also available on the website.

Add in the missing commas into the beginning of my paragraph

and finish off the paragraph using commas for meaning.

Write your own example of a sentence which could have two

different meanings.

In the morning I wake up and brush my hair teeth and enjoy

a luxurious breakfast. I always make my way to school with

my sister who is 7 and her friend called Charlie.

Tuesday

Number them 1-5 and write below how you know. What

features identify this?

Below is an auto-biography introduction that Miss Elday

has written.

Below is an introduction to an auto-biography that Miss

Elday has written. Can you identify the features of the

auto-biography and the commas used?

If you were to write your own auto-biography introduction, what

key features would you include? List them below alongside the

information of yourself.

E.g.. key facts – I was born in 2009.

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Task two:

I would like you to choose somebody of your

choice and write a section of a biography about

them (really focusing on our LO). However, this

time, you are limited to 150 words.

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Thursday:

Finally, I would like you to ensure that you have

used commas between clauses.