Do your pupils need to revisit grammar skills regularly?
This Year 6 Grammar Slam resource (Set D) will give pupils the opportunity to revisit key phonics, word, sentence, text and punctuation skills from Appendix 2 of the English national curriculum. An opportunity to apply the skills in this Grammar Slam is included in the application task ‘Party Planning’.
Presented as a PowerPoint, the activities can be displayed for the whole class to complete or discuss.
Content covered from English Appendix 2 in this resource:
Word: verb prefixes (revisit from year 5)
Sentence: structures for formal and informal speech – question tags
Punctuation 1: commas to avoid ambiguity and for clarity (revisit from year 5)
Punctuation 2: bullet points
Terminology used from year 6: bullet point
Terminology used from previous years: verb, prefix, question mark, comma
How could you use Grammar Slam?
Perfect for starters to English lessons to teach or revisit skills previously taught or display on the board at the beginning of the day during registration, or at any point where there is 5 minutes to fill, to make productive use of learning time.
This could also be used by pupils in higher year groups to revise key terminology and skills taught in previous years.
National Curriculum program of study links for English:
Pupils should be taught to develop their understanding of the concepts by:
- recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive forms
- using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing
- punctuating bullet points consistently
- learning the grammar for years 5 and 6 in English appendix 2
- use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 accurately and appropriately when discussing their writing and reading