Year 2 Literacy Workshop

1. Year 2 Literacy Workshop

2. L.O – To understand different aspects of SPaG (d) Success Criteria • To identify the correct use of capital letters, full stops and apostrophes • To recognise the difference between four sentence types • To identify sentences in the past and present tense • To improve sentences by including expanded noun phrases

3. Which sentence is grammatically correct? A) The bear saw his mother in the distance and smile. B) The bear sees his mother in the distance and smile. C) The bear saw his mother in the distance and smiled. D) The bear was sees his mother in the park and waved.

4. Capital letters polar bears are the largest land carnivores in the world. they live in the arctic (also known as the north pole) and spend most of their time at sea. A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

5. The apostrophe Apostrophes are used in two ways: To show possession. For example, if you are talking about a football belonging to Ben, you would say... Apostrophe to show possession. Ben’s football.

6. For contractions. If we join two words together to form a contraction, the apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter(s). I’m I am do not don’t you are you’re Commonly mistaken with your! we’ve we have has not hasn’t I will I’ll

7. Four main sentence types Statement Exclamation Command Question

8. 1.

9. Statement and question Exclamation and command

10. The comma Using a comma to correctly separate items in a list is a statutory requirement in Year 2. Here is a sentence: The Arctic is home to creatures such as polar bears and arctic foxes and killer whales and snowy owls and reindeers. Children – tell your parents what is wrong here!

11. The Arctic is home to creatures such as polar bears and arctic foxes and killer whales and snowy owls and reindeers. The Arctic is home to creatures such as polar bears, arctic foxes, killer whales, snowy owls and reindeers.

12. Simple verb tenses Past Present Future

13. He can hear the cry of the raven. The mother is wrapping the baby in a bundle of fur.

14. The boy looked at the amber stones. The Northern Lights flashed in the sky and the stars twinkled.

15. Suffixes A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning. Here are some examples of suffixes: –ing (to show an action, usually in the present tense, e.g. running) What on earth is a suffix? dancing laughing crying talking

16. –ful (full of, e.g. helpful) joyful thankful cheerful wonderful beautiful colourful

17. –est (most, e.g. highest) happiest hottest tallest funniest In this case, the suffix –est is used to form comparative adjectives (e.g. the tall tree, the tallest tree).

18. Describing nouns using adjectives What is a noun? A common noun refers to objects or things in general. Many common nouns are things you can touch (e.g. a jumper, a tree, a cat, a bridge). What is an adjective? An adjective is a word that modifies a noun. Adjectives are used to describe and specify nouns and can be used to create an expanded noun phrase (e.g. the large, ferocious polar bear).

19. The lonely boy saw the ghastly raven. The huge, white polar bear elegantly swam in the icy water.

20. The brave hunter held the razor-sharp spear. The inquisitive boy touched the polar bear’s soft fur, which was as fluffy as a cloud.

21. Finally… compound sentences! A compound sentence is a sentence made up of two main clauses. Main clauses can stand alone as a single sentence but can also be joined by co-ordinating conjunctions (e.g. and, but, so, or).

22. A compound sentence is a sentence made up of two main clauses. Main clauses can stand alone as a single sentence but can also be joined by co-ordinating conjunctions. Example (1): The bear felt sad and he had nowhere to go. Main clause Main clause Co-ordinating conjunction

23. Example (2): The hunter threw his spear but the raven managed to escape. Main clause Main clause Co-ordinating conjunction

24. Example (3): The bear felt terrified so he hid inside a dark, spooky cave. Main clause Main clause Co-ordinating conjunction

25. Thank you!  • Thank you for joining your child this morning! • Please remember to take your resources home and complete the evaluation form. • Feel free to browse the example papers based on the 2016 SATs format. • We hope you have found this session useful – questions?