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Weeks 5 and 6Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

Lesson 1Parenthesis

What Is Parenthesis?Parenthesis is the addition of extra information or an afterthought in our

writing.

It can be a word, phrase or clause marked with brackets, dashes or

commas.

When a parenthesis is removed, the sentence still makes grammatical

sense.

e.g. I moved to Sheffield in 2011 (when I was six years old).

still makes sense as:

I moved to Sheffield in 2011.

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Parenthesis Punctuation

There are three possible ways to punctuate parenthesis.

Can you tell your partner the three possible ways to punctuate parenthesis?

• Commas

• Brackets

• dashes

Spot the Parenthesis

Can you identify the parenthesis in the following sentences?

The narcissus, daffodil, is a spring plant with yellow petals.

My brother - the one who lives in Australia- is coming over for

Christmas.

Ramchester won the league today (for the fifth season running).

Remember to only put brackets, dashes or commas around the

parenthesis itself.

Check that your sentence still makes sense if you didn’t read the part you

have added the extra punctuation to.

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Complete Activity 1-Recognising Parenthesis

Lesson 2Parenthesis

Starter activity: Adding ParenthesisWrite sentences about these pictures where you add a parenthesis:

Ready for action, Superman (wearing his trademark red cape) called his friends to join

him in the fight against evil.

Supergirl showed the way – despite being completely lost – to find the

villains.

Complete Activity 2- Adding Parenthesis

Lesson 3Prefixes

de-

A prefix is a group of letters which comes before a root word to alter its meaning. (The word prefix contains the prefix pre- which means before.)

Knowledge and understanding of prefixes is very important to help you infer the meaning of words and to spell them correctly.

Revise and Remind

re-Here are some examples of this prefix in use –

replayrewindrevisit retrain

What do you think this prefix means when it is used before a root word?

The prefix re- refers to the act of doing something again or

moving/backing away.

Can you think of any other words which use the prefix re-?

Revise and Remind

dis-Here are some examples of this prefix in use –

What do you think this prefix means when it is used before a root word?

The prefix dis- has a reversing negative effect. It means ‘don’t’ or ‘not’ when used before a word.

Can you think of any other words which use the prefix dis-?

dislike

disabled

disallow

disbelieve

distrust

disapprove

Revise and Remind

de-Here are some examples of this prefix in use –

What do you think this prefix means when it is used before a root word?

The prefix de- means ‘to remove’, ‘off’ or ‘from’. It can also be used

to form an opposite.

Can you think of any other words which use the prefix de-?

decrease

deice

devalue

decouple

decode

Revise and Remind

mis-Here are some examples of this prefix in use –

What do you think this prefix means when it is used before a root word?

The prefix mis- means ‘wrongly’ or ‘badly.’

Can you think of any other words which use the prefix mis-?

misstep

misbehave

misfit

mislead

mistrial

Revise and Remind

over-Here are some examples of this prefix in use –

What do you think this prefix means when it is used before a root word?

The prefix over- means ‘too much’ of something, ‘above’ or ‘beyond.’

Can you think of any other words which use the prefix over-?

overheat

overreact

overcook

overfull

overdress

Complete Activity 3

• Matching prefixes

Lesson 4Prefixes

de-

A prefix is a group of letters which comes before a root word to alter its meaning. (The word prefix contains the prefix pre- which means before.)

Knowledge and understanding of prefixes is very important to help you infer the meaning of words and to spell them correctly.

Reminder:

Complete activity 4

• Finishing sentences

Lesson 5Prefixes

Recap the last 2 lessons to remind yourself what you have learnt about prefixes

Complete Activity 5

• Mini test

Lesson 6Suffixes

What Do We Know?

Revision Questions:

What is a noun?

What is an adjective?

What is a verb?

What is a suffix?

Nouns

John

A noun is the

name of a

person, animal,

place, thing or

idea.

England

What Do We Know?

loud

brighttastysurprisedAdjective

sclever

strictquicksilly

An adjective is

a word which

gives more

information

about a noun

or pronoun.

green

quietbeautiful angrylong

What Do We Know?

cook

squeezeshutsing Verbswork

enjoylistencry

A verb

describes what

a person or

thing is doing

or being.

slam

playdraw laughjog

What Do We Know?

careful-ful

(full of)careless

-less

(without)Suffixes

A suffix is an

‘ending’, used at

the end of one

word to turn it into

another word.

What Do We Know?

Learning More about Suffixes

-ise

A suffix is added to the end of a root

which is either a whole word or part of a

word – to form a new word as well as

alter the way it functions grammatically.

-ify

For example, adding the suffix – dom

(meaning a place or state of being) to

the end of the word free results in a new

word with a new meaning freedom.

-ateFreedomFree-dom

to make; cause to become

make or become

become

-ise

Learning More about Suffixes

-ify

-ate

It is important to understand the

definitions of suffixes, because they

help us to deduce the meanings of

any new words that we learn.

Think about the different words

which can be created through

adding the above suffixes.

-ise -ate -ify

sterilise liquidate magnify

fossilise activate glorify

What do you think the definition of

each suffix is?

The suffixes –ise -ate -ify are

verb suffixes.

Learning More about Suffixes

Remember,

when we add

the suffixes the

usual spelling

rules apply:

For words ending in ‘y’

(change the ‘y’ to ‘i’

before adding the

ending): memory =

memorise

Words ending in ‘e’

(remove the ‘e’

before adding the

ending): simple =

simplify

Words ending with a short

vowel sound (double the

consonant before adding the

ending): swim = swimming

Learning More about Suffixes

-ifyYou can change nouns and adjectives into verbs by

adding the suffix –ify.

Example:

Through adding the

suffix -ify we have

changed the adjective

‘solid’ into the verb

‘solidify’.

The ice cube is solid.

I solidify the water by freezing it.

humid + ify = humidify

However, sometimes the

root word changes before

the suffix is added.

peace + ify = pacify

horror + ify = horrify

Spelling Rules for -ify

Many words with the suffix –ify are created simply by

adding the –ify suffix to a noun or adjective root word, e.g.

solid + -ify = solidify

However, sometimes we need to remove the ‘e’ from the

end of a noun or adjective root word before adding –ify,

e.g.

pure – e = pur pur + -ify = purify

Root words that end in ‘y’ usually remove this letter before

adding –ify, e.g.

glory – y = glor glor + -ify = glorify

Learning More about Suffixes

-ateYou can change nouns and adjectives into verbs by

adding the suffix –ate.

active + ate =

activateExample:

Through adding the suffix -ate

we have changed the noun

‘invalid’ into the verb

‘invalidate’.

He was turned away with his

invalid ticket.

He tore up his ticket to

invalidate it.

But again, the root word often

changes before the suffix is

added (this happens a lot with

the –ify suffix!)

pollen + ate = pollinate

medical + ate = medicate

Spelling Rules for -ateMany words with the suffix –ate are created simply by

adding the –ate suffix to a noun or adjective root word,

e.g.

carbon+ -ate = carbonate

However, sometimes we need to remove the ‘e’ from the

end of a noun or adjective root word before adding –ate,

e.g.

vaccine – e = vaccin vaccin + -ate = vaccinate

To change an –ation noun to an –ate verb, remove the –

ation suffix and replace it with –ate, e.g.

hibernation - -ation= hiber hibern + -ate = hibernate

Learning More about Suffixes

-iseYou can change nouns and adjectives into verbs by

adding the suffix –ise.

Again, the root sometimes

changes before the suffix is

added.

hypnotic + ise = hypnotise

Example:

Through adding the suffix -ise

we have changed the adjective

‘capital’ into the

verb ‘capitalise’.

The proper noun needs to begin

with a capital letter.

She needs to capitalise the

proper noun.

magnet + ise = magnetise

Complete Activity 6

• Sort the suffixes

Lesson 7Suffixes

Recap what we learnt yesterday about suffixes

Complete Activity 7

• Use all of the information you have learned and practised about the suffixes –ate –ise -ify. Work on your own to complete the activity.

Lesson 8Suffixes

Recap the last 2 lessons to remind yourself what you have learnt about suffixes

Complete Activity 8

• Mini test

Lesson 9Uplevelling sentences

GPS (Grammar, punctuation and spelling) recap:

Complete activity 9

• Improve the sentences

Lesson 10Uplevelling sentences

GPS (Grammar, punctuation and spelling) recap:

Complete activity 10

• Improve the sentences