Learning Intention: to use capital letters, and commas correctly when editing and creating sentences.
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What words are supposed to be capitalised in a sentence?
it was a very hot day in zillmere, especially for the students playing sport at st flannans.
one rainy saturday in southbank, brisbane, miss doyle decided to meet her friend michelle. they decided to walk to suncorp stadium to watch a game of football.
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Comma: is a punctuation mark (,) that indicates a pause between parts of a sentence or separate items in a list. When used correctly, commas bring clarity and flow to a piece of writing. When writing when do you use commas? Tahlia, Dwaine, and Anika seemed to have a great time at the school disco which took place on October 29, 2001. As the teachers at the disco thought the music was good, but too loud, they danced along with the students. The Macarena, The Chicken Dance, and Old Macdonald had a Farm were Anika’s favourite songs of the night. |
Commas are used to separate words or phrases in a list. E.g. My interests are walking, flowers, birds, and gardening.
Incorrect: My interests are walking flowers, birds and gardening.
I need butter milk sugar flour to make a delicious cake.
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When a date is made up of two or more parts a comma is needed to separate them. E.g. We will meet Friday, July 15.
August 8 1989 was a historical day as Miss Doyle was born.
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Non essential elements: if a sentence is interrupted by a phrase that is non essential to the understanding of the sentence, a comma is placed on either side like a pair of brackets. Without the commas, the information is treated as essential.
E.g. A flower, like a sock, can be stripy.
She went with Sammy her friend from school to the water park.
The boy who was very quick was invited to run in the Olympic Games.
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Using your knowledge of capital letters and commas, make a horrible paragraph and have your partner fix the mistakes!
Incorrect: My interests are walking flowers, birds and gardening.
I need butter milk sugar flour to make a delicious cake.
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When a date is made up of two or more parts a comma is needed to separate them. E.g. We will meet Friday, July 15.
August 8 1989 was a historical day as Miss Doyle was born.
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Non essential elements: if a sentence is interrupted by a phrase that is non essential to the understanding of the sentence, a comma is placed on either side like a pair of brackets. Without the commas, the information is treated as essential.
E.g. A flower, like a sock, can be stripy.
She went with Sammy her friend from school to the water park.
The boy who was very quick was invited to run in the Olympic Games.
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Using your knowledge of capital letters and commas, make a horrible paragraph and have your partner fix the mistakes!
Learning Intention: use adjectives to create a descriptive piece of writing.
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An adjective is a word that describes or clarifies a noun. Adjectives describe nouns by giving some information about an object’s size, shape, age, color, origin or material.
It will be important to use adjectives in English to create interesting or humorous poetry.
That car is always parked at the end of the street.
It will be important to use adjectives in English to create interesting or humorous poetry.
That car is always parked at the end of the street.
This is a photo of a tsunami hitting mainland.
Write a short story from the perspective of one of the people fleeing the tsunami. Use adjectives to create interesting descriptions of events.
Write a short story from the perspective of one of the people fleeing the tsunami. Use adjectives to create interesting descriptions of events.
Learning Intention: use figurative language to create emotive and expressive writing. |
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Is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. Like or as is not used.
Learning Intention: to be able to use correct tense when writing.
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Tense explains the time at which an action described by the verb takes place. The major tenses are past, present, and future.