Description

Grammar 6 Pupil Book
9781844145133
Designed to follow on from the Jolly Phonics Pupil Books 1, 2 and 3, the Grammar Pupil Books builds on the skills taught in Jolly Phonics, and introduces grammar and spelling rules to improve writing and reading comprehension.

Children are able to work through the Grammar 6 Pupil book and complete a wide variety of engaging activities, which develop grammar, spelling, punctuation and comprehension skills.

Lessons are provided for 1 Grammar or punctuation topic and 1 Spelling lesson per week for a year. The teacher is able to support and guide the children with the Grammar 6 Teacher’s Book.

Topics covered include:

Revision of elements covered in The Grammar 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Pupil Books
Prefixes & suffixes and in particular numerical
New spelling patterns/rules: ough
Silent letters: bt, te, th
Schwas -ity & -ety
More alternatives: they, great, ballet, fete, straight for /ai/
New parts of speech: for example, countable and uncountable nouns, gerunds and modal verbs and imperatives
Further punctuation: using semi colons and colons or using a comma after a fronted adverbial
Developing a greater understanding of sentence structure and learning to recognise indirect objects, subject complements and passive agents
Definite and indefinite articles
Introducing children to literary devices such as alliteration, idioms and distinguishing between formal and informal writing