The Structure of a Simple Sentence | Charts

An excellent reference resource for direct speech punctuation.

SMART RESOURCE | The knowledge of what words ‘do’ in a sentence enables the student to improve reading and writing. The main groups of words in this resource are: nouns, pronouns, adjectives and articles. Each word group includes a definition chart, a matching game and a word sorting activity. The resource is designed to support how words are classified and defined, and fitted together to form a sentence. The aim is to assist students to improve their knowledge of how words are used in reading, writing and spelling. A4 Portrait format

SMART RESOURCE |The resource includes fifteen animal photographs with speech bubbles. Students fill in the speech bubbles to show only the words the animal has spoken. A follow up activity is to rewrite the words in the speech bubble as direct speech and insert punctuation as needed. The resource includes an example sheet and fifteen sheets for each animal to complete this task. A concluding activity is write a conversation by pairing the animal cards together! This time students use the words with the speech bubbles to write sentences to show the animals in conversation. A first-rate resource for students to master direct speech and punctuation that is needed in their personal writing.

A colourful noun chart gives a definition, learning goal and an example of the types of nouns. The fun illustrations show proper and common nouns. Chart 2 has a blank learning goal section.