Starting Points: Hidden Figures UPDATED
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.
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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