Starting Points: Hidden Figures UPDATED

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Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in Year 5 and Year 6.

In this set of Starting Points, you will find ideas to support the following grammar objectives:

  • Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs through the use of suffixes

  • The use of relative clauses to add further information

  • Indicating degrees of possibility using modal verbs and adverbs of possibility

  • The use of adverbials fronted adverbials

  • The use of adverbials to build cohesion within paragraphs

  • Use of cohesive devices such as repetition of a word or phrase and the effective use of nouns and pronouns

  • The use of the perfect form of verbs

  • Use of dashes to mark the boundary between independent clauses

  • How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity

In this pack you will find these resources:

  • Modal verbs activity

  • Relative clauses activity

  • Vocabulary cards

  • Vocabulary definitions

  • Word builder activity

Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.

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Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in Year 5 and Year 6.

In this set of Starting Points, you will find ideas to support the following grammar objectives:

  • Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs through the use of suffixes

  • The use of relative clauses to add further information

  • Indicating degrees of possibility using modal verbs and adverbs of possibility

  • The use of adverbials fronted adverbials

  • The use of adverbials to build cohesion within paragraphs

  • Use of cohesive devices such as repetition of a word or phrase and the effective use of nouns and pronouns

  • The use of the perfect form of verbs

  • Use of dashes to mark the boundary between independent clauses

  • How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity

In this pack you will find these resources:

  • Modal verbs activity

  • Relative clauses activity

  • Vocabulary cards

  • Vocabulary definitions

  • Word builder activity

Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.

Starting Points are written to help you plan book-based units of work. In this set based on Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly you’ll find ideas to support spoken language, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. This Starting Points resource will give you everything you need to plan a beautiful book-based unit of work for children in Year 5 and Year 6.

In this set of Starting Points, you will find ideas to support the following grammar objectives:

  • Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs through the use of suffixes

  • The use of relative clauses to add further information

  • Indicating degrees of possibility using modal verbs and adverbs of possibility

  • The use of adverbials fronted adverbials

  • The use of adverbials to build cohesion within paragraphs

  • Use of cohesive devices such as repetition of a word or phrase and the effective use of nouns and pronouns

  • The use of the perfect form of verbs

  • Use of dashes to mark the boundary between independent clauses

  • How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity

In this pack you will find these resources:

  • Modal verbs activity

  • Relative clauses activity

  • Vocabulary cards

  • Vocabulary definitions

  • Word builder activity

Starting Points are sets of book-based planning ideas. The books are not included in the packs.

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