This Real Grammar KS2 resources pack provides everything that you need to teach how to use bullet points when writing. Pupils will learn how bullet points are used to list information and draw the reader’s attention. Teaching slides, worksheets, games and an opportunity to apply the new learning in a writing task are all included to explore the use of bullet points with pupils in Year 6 or to revisit this area of learning.
What are bullet points?
Bullet points are used to list information. They draw the reader’s attention to important information.
How are bullet points punctuated?
Colons are usually used to introduce bullet points. If the information after the bullet point is not a complete sentence, the bullet points do not need to be punctuated.
Tigers are found in the following countries:
- Russia
- North Korea
- China
- India
If the information after the bullet point is a complete sentence, it should be punctuated with a capital letter and full stop.
In the wild, tigers face many threats:
- Their habitats are being destroyed.
- Poachers hunt and kill tigers so that parts of their body can be used for medicine.
- Tigers are killed or captured if they come to close to communities in the hunt for food.
What is included in this resource pack?
This pack is divided into five parts:
TEACH
This section includes PowerPoint teaching slides and teaching notes with an optional script to introduce bullet points. It can also be used to revisit this aspect of grammar with pupils.
PRACTISE
An independent activity for pupils to practise using what they have been taught, allowing teachers to assess understanding.
REVISIT
A series of short, 10-minute activities that can be used following the TEACH session to revisit and rehearse what has been taught. These may be short writing tasks, grammar games or editing/proofreading activities.
APPLY
A short writing task where pupils can use the grammar skills taught in context to produce independent writing.
REVISE
Five SATs style test questions, including cloze activities and multiple choice quiz questions, based on the grammar that has been taught.
Teachers can choose which section of the resource pack to use according to their pupils’ needs and could use the activities over a series of lessons or weeks
Teacher notes are provided to show how these quality resources could be used with pupils.
How is this resource differentiated?
The PRACTISE and REVISE sections include three activities differentiated for three levels of ability:
- Worksheet 1 for pupils who may need support. Questions will have a lower cognitive domain (what is being asked of pupils) and/or vocabulary used may be simplified where possible.
- Worksheet 2 for pupils working at age related expectations.
- Worksheet 3 for pupils who may need an additional challenge and may be working at a greater depth in this area. Questions will have a higher cognitive domain with more challenging vocabulary.
SUPPORT and CHALLENGE ideas are also included in the teacher notes of each section where relevant, with ideas of how to support pupils working towards the expected standard or at greater depth in this area.
What pupil-facing resources are included?
- TEACH
PPT slides; model text ‘Letter about school uniform’
- PRACTISE
Practise 1, Practise 2 and Practise 3 worksheets
- REVISIT
Game 1, game 2
- APPLY
Planning sheet, ideas cards
- REVISE
PPT slides; Revise 1, Revise 2 and Revise 3 worksheets
Answer sheets for all worksheets are provided, where appropriate.