This Real Grammar resources pack provides everything that you need to successfully explore exclamation sentences with pupils in Year 2 or to revisit this learning. Teaching slides, worksheets, games and an opportunity to apply the new learning in a writing task are all included to create a complete KS1 resource to teach how exclamation sentences are formed. Pupils should be familiar with an exclamation mark, first introduced in Year 1. A year 1 resource pack on exclamation marks is available if this punctuation mark needs to be revisited.
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that are complete and make sense when they are grouped together. It is a complete thought. A sentence can be a main clause on its own (often called a simple sentence) or two or more clauses can be combined to make a multiclause sentence.
A capital letter is used to mark the beginning of a sentence and a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark is used at the end to show that it is complete.
Sentences in different forms are introduced in Year 2. A sentence can be a statement, question, command or exclamation.
What is an exclamation sentence?
An exclamation sentence is used to show strong feelings and emotions. They begin with the words ‘What’ or ‘How’ and are punctuated with an exclamation mark.
- What an enormous carrot!
- What a beautiful day!
- How delightful! How great that trip was!
What is included in this resource pack?
This pack is divided into five parts:
TEACHThis section includes PowerPoint teaching slides and teaching notes with an optional script to introduce exclamation sentences. It can also be used to revisit this aspect of grammar with pupils.
PRACTISEAn independent activity for pupils to practise using what they have been taught, allowing teachers to assess understanding.
REVISITA series of short, 10-minute activities that can be used following the TEACH session to revisit and rehearse what has been taught. These may be short writing tasks, grammar games or editing/proofreading activities.
APPLYA short writing task where pupils can use the grammar skills taught in context to produce independent writing.
REVISEFive SATs style test questions, including cloze activities and multiple choice quiz questions, based on the grammar that has been taught.
Teachers can choose which section of the resource pack to use according to their pupils’ needs and could use the activities over a series of lessons or weeks
Teacher notes are provided to show how these quality resources could be used with pupils.
How is this resource pack differentiated?
The PRACTISE and REVISE sections include three activities differentiated for three levels of ability:
- Worksheet 1 for pupils who may need support. Questions will have a lower cognitive domain (what is being asked of pupils) and/or vocabulary used may be simplified where possible.
- Worksheet 2 for pupils working at age related expectations.
- Worksheet 3 for pupils who may need an additional challenge and may be working at a greater depth in this area. Questions will have a higher cognitive domain with more challenging vocabulary.
SUPPORT and CHALLENGE ideas are also included in the teacher notes of each section where relevant, with ideas of how to support pupils working towards the expected standard or at greater depth in this area.
What pupil-facing resources are included?
- TEACH
PPT slides; model text ‘Our supply teacher is a giant’
- PRACTISE
Practise 1, Practise 2 and Practise 3 worksheets
- REVISIT
Game 1 and game 2
- APPLY
Planning sheet, exploring ideas worksheet, writing scaffold
- REVISE
PPT slides; Revise 1, Revise 2 and Revise 3 worksheets
Answer sheets for all worksheets are provided, where appropriate.