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Y4 Summer Term Overview

PUNCTUATION DETECTIVES

Truth to Teach (Source)

Punctuation serves the listener and reader of language by

bringing order.

To address common mistakes made by the children in punctuating

work.

To review the use of commas in lists.

To review the use of capital letters to begin sentences, within

some speech marks and for proper nouns.

Way to Work (Means)

1. Review the previous lessons.

2. Remind the children that identifying punctuation mistakes needs
an alert mind.

Detectives are always looking for clues when they try to solve

mysteries. Punctuation Detectives look for missing, or inaccurate,
punctuation.

Emphasise the fact that punctuation serves the reader and
listener by bringing order into spoken and written English.

3. Put lots of different sentences on the board to reinforce past
teaching and to address common mistakes being made by the

children in their writing.

4. Remind the children of the need to put capital letters at the start

of sentences, for proper nouns, and within some speech marks.

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