QTS Literacy Booster Session 2 Thursday 31 st January 2013.
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QTS Literacy BoosterQTS Literacy Booster
Session 2
Thursday 31st January 2013
What we are doing this weekWhat we are doing this week
Homophones
The vexed issue of apostrophes
Punctuation practice
Spelling practice
Surgery – bring your practice test results
Homophones
The vexed issue of apostrophes
Punctuation practice
Spelling practice
Surgery – bring your practice test results
Thursday’s Menu
Spelling – homophonesSpelling – homophones
Allot Aloud Ate Doe Due Hare Lead Lent
A lot Allowe
d Eight Dough Dew Hair Led Leant
Meet Pare Practis
e Read Sore Wait Wear Wheel
Meat Pear Practic
e Red Saw Weight Where Weal
Spelling – homophonesSpelling – homophones
ereherewhere
there
their This is a possessive
pronoun
they’re This is a contraction
of ‘they are’
These three words are not related in any way
These are words to do with place.
ApostrophesApostrophes
They have two main roles
1.They show the omissionomission of letters
2.They show possessionpossession
ApostrophesApostrophes
Wouldn’t - would not
Couldn’t - could not I’ll - I will He’ll - he will We’re - we are They’re - they are
The omissionomission of letters
Extreme apostrophe ..
Hallowe’en - All Hallows’ Eve
Bo’s’n - boatswain
ApostrophesApostrophes
The boy’s coat – one boy, his coat The cat’s tail – one cat, its own tail
To show possession
singular
plural
The boys’ coats – several boys, each with a coat
The cats’ tails – several cats, each with a tail
Apostrophe before the s
Apostrophe after the s
ApostrophesApostrophes
Place the apostrophes in these sentences
All the pupils pupils were dilated
One of the pupils pupils was dilated
Both of the pupils pupils were dilated
Both of the pupils had dilated pupils
All the pupils’ pupils were dilated
One of the pupil’s pupils was dilated
Both of the pupils’ pupils were dilated
Both of the pupils had dilated pupils
PunctuationPunctuation
Passage 1 – look at this together
Passage 2 – try it in pairs
Passage 3 – probably leave until next week
Spelling – word powerSpelling – word power
In pairs:
How many words can you list that end with ‘ation’
E.g. nation, ovation, plantation ……
Target – 15+
SpellingSpelling
Spelling strategies can be divided into categories.
1.Some spellings can be remembered by learning a rule, (e.g. “i” before “e” except after “c”, etc.)
2.Some spelling can be learned phonetically. If you pronounce the word correctly, you can often spell it correctly..
3.Some spelling can be learned by breaking the word into syllables or smaller sections.
4.Some words can be learned by using “tricks” that are appropriate to your learning style.
5.Some spelling words must, unfortunately, be memorized.
Spelling copy these down – for next week’s testSpelling copy these down – for next week’s test
Opportunities Cumulative Crucial Communication Inappropriate Negligible Capabilities Accomplishments Unacceptable Synonymous
Complimentary Disapproving Preferred Achievable Meticulous Detrimental Subsequently Particularly Administrative Existence
Note to parents and carersNote to parents and carers
With a partner use the following information to draft a letter to parents and carers.
6th JulyCoachSchool gatesLeave at 8.45Return at 4.00Caernarvon Castlepermission
WaterproofsStout shoesPacked lunch£12 by 29th JuneClass teacherTear off stripHistory
Consider carefully
AudienceFormPurpose
Learn words in spelling list – test yourself
Think of methods for the tricky ones
Do another practice test
Speech marks
Commas
Colons and semi colons
More tricky words
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