Hi everybody, I'm Miss Gardner and welcome to the final lesson of this handwriting unit.

Today's a really useful lesson because we're going to be looking at writing tasks which require you to write in print or block capitals.

So I hope you find it useful and that you enjoy it and let's get started.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is to use different handwriting styles for particular purposes.

Let's start by looking at the keywords.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Print.

Print is the writing style where letters are formed individually and do not join together.

Capital letter.

This is the upper case formation of a letter.

Legibile, this is handwriting that is clear and easy to read and understand.

Block capitals.

This is the writing style where each letter is written as an uppercase letter.

So there are three sections of our lesson today.

In the first, we'll be doing handwriting warmup.

Then we'll be looking at print and block capitals and then we'll be looking at name and email addresses and how we would write those, what handwriting style we'd use there.

So let's start with our warmup.

Before we start our handwriting warmup, what are these pictures reminding you to do? Pause the video now and have a little think.

So the first picture is reminding you to be sitting on a chair, at a table or a desk.

To have your feet flat on the floor and your back against the chair.

The second picture, reminding you to angle your paper correctly.

If you're right-handed, it should be angled slightly to the left.

If you're left-handled, it should be angled slightly to the right.

And your non-writing hand is supporting you by keeping the paper still.

Then the third picture is reminding you to hold your pen or your pencil in the tripod grip.

Before starting to write, it's really important to warm up your hand and your wrist muscles.

Your hands and wrists will get stronger the more you exercise them.

So warming up your hands before writing will then help to improve your handwriting.

And making your hands stronger will help to speed up your handwriting.

I'm going to do a hand and a wrist warmup now and then you're going to have a go.

Let's have a go at doing the finger touch warmup.

I'm going to have a go first and then you'll be able to have a go afterwards.

So with the finger touch warmup.

You're going to put your hands like this, open like this and you're going to imagine you've got some Play-Doh on your thumb, resting on your thumb.

Then you're going to touch the Play-Doh with your first finger, then your next finger, then your next, then your little finger and then you can go backwards.

Little finger first this time, then this finger, then this finger, then this finger.

Imagining you're touching that Play-Doh and going a little bit faster if you want to.

Back, touching it again and let's get your other hand.

This time you're imagining the Play-Doh to be on your other thumb and you're gonna touch the Play-Doh with your first finger, then your next, then your next, then your next.

Then backwards, there, touch, touch.

And then, get really fun.

You can do both hands together.

Little fingers, first fingers and then backwards.

Okay, it's your turn.

You need to now choose either your right hand, your left hand or both hands, it doesn't matter.

Choose which hand you want to start with.

Imagine your Play-Doh's on your thumb and then start to touch it, each finger on the Play-Doh, pressing it down.

Backwards.

Maybe get both hands this time.

Touching each finger on the imaginary Play-Doh.

I hope you can imagine the Play-Doh there and the texture of the Play-Doh.

That's quite soft, you're pushing down it and a really good way to warm up your fingers ahead of handwriting, great job.

Let's use the wiper wrist technique to warm up for handwriting.

This is a really good technique because not only does it warm up your wrists, but it also is a great chance to use your imagination.

So you're going to imagine your wrists are your windscreen wipers.

You're in a car, so you can imagine you're in a bus or a taxi or a car or a van, whatever and you're driving wherever you want to drive, but it is pouring with rain and it's not very easy to see if you're driving and there's rain splattering on the windscreen.

So we need to use windscreen wipers.

So we're going to imagine our hands are windscreen wipers and we're going to wave them left and right, speeding it up a little bit because the rain's getting harder to wipe the windscreen clear so that we can see.

So now your turn, get your hands ready.

Pretend they're windscreen wipers and let's start wiping the screen clean.

Slowly and then the rain's getting harder, so we're going to speed up, speed up, speed up and slow down again.

Now your wrists should be feeling really warmed up and ready for some handwriting, great job.

So practising writing patterns helps us to prepare for writing and joining letters as well.

You can see these writing patterns on the screen here all require a similar hand and wrist movement to cursive handwriting.

So it's a really useful task to do before you start your handwriting.

So I'm going to start by doing a, choosing a writing pattern to do in the air with my finger.

The first one I'm going to do, it almost looks like a lowercase Es joined together.

A small one, then a big one.

Small one and a big one then doesn't it? So I'm gonna start on the bottom.

I'm really going to try and keep my movement smooth and flowing and I'm gonna go up and a loop down and then up, bigger loop, big down.

Loop and then a bigger loop and then down and then out.

Then the next one.

Again I'm gonna start on the bottom.

Then up and then down, then a bit up, then down.

Up, then down, a little bit up and then down and then out.

Your turn.

You're going to choose a writing pattern to do in the air with your ring finger.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Well done.

Okay, it's time for task A.

You need to copy and continue these patterns using your tripod grip.

Remember, don't lift your pen or pencil off the page when forming the pattern.

Really focus on keeping the movement smooth and flowing.

Pause the video now, off you go and enjoy.

Well done.

So have a think, were you using your tripod grip? Did you keep your pencil on the page and was your movement smooth and flowing? I'm sure you all did brilliantly, well done.

Okay, we are warmed up which means that we are ready for the second part of our lesson where we're going to be looking at print and block capitals.

So cursive handwriting is usually used if people want to write quickly or if they want the tone of the writing to be formal.

Some tasks though are better suited to be completed in print.

Can you think why this would be? So remember that print, the print style is when the letters are formed individually and they are not joined together.

Why would you want to use that? Which situations would you want to use print? Pause the video now and discuss this with your partner.

Okay, so here's a possible response.

Many official documents or applications and forms require information to be printed to ensure clarity and avoid misinterpretation.

To ensure clarity is to make sure that every letter is really clear.

For example, if you're filling in a form for your passport application, it is really important that your name is spelt correctly isn't it? Because that's your passport is an official document.

So doing it in print handwriting means that each letter is individually written, not joined together, to make it really clear what each letter is and then it avoids misinterpretation and it avoids anything being misspelt or misread.

Print handwriting is recommended for tasks where clarity, legibility and uniformity are essential.

Print handwriting is consistently uniform from person to person.

So basically, everyone's print handwriting basically looks the same.

However, cursive handwriting can look different from person to person which can decrease clarity, make things less clear and decrease legibility, can be harder to read.

So this can cause mistakes and misinterpretation.

Can you think of any tasks that should be completed in print to ensure clarity and avoid misinterpretation? Pause the video now and discuss this with your partner.

Okay, well done.

I wonder which ones you've come up with.

We're going to go through some examples of tasks that we would require to be completed in print to start out.

So filling out forms. Application forms, medical forms. Legal documents and any other official paperwork often require print handwriting to ensure that the information is clear and legible.

Labels and tags.

So address labels, name tags, packaging labels and any other labels benefit from the clarity of print handwriting to ensure that they are easily read and nothing is misinterpreted.

Signage.

So informational signs, directional signs, signs you might see on the roadsigns and any other types of signage need to be easily readable, not just up close but from a distance.

Maybe you're in your car, you need to be able to see it really clearly from further away and this makes print handwriting a more suitable choice.

Diagrams and charts.

So technical diagrams, engineering, drawings, architectural plans, scientific charts, these require really clear and precise lettering to avoid any misinterpretation.

So here, all these examples, print is a better option than cursive.

Checking for understanding.

Print handwriting is recommended for tasks where A, a personal approach is essential.

B, writing at speed is essential.

Or C, clarity and legibility are essential.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it is C.

You would probably use cursive handwriting in A and B.

Well done.

So let's look closely at these two addresses.

What do you notice about the handwriting in each? Pause the video now and take a closer look.

Okay, so in the first address, it is in print.

The writing is in print formation.

None of the letters are joined are they? There's no lead-ins or lead-outs or cursive joins.

There are capital letters at the start of each word.

So Rose and Street, Aberdeen and Scotland because these are all proper nouns and also capital letters in the postcode.

The writing is really clear and legibile.

It's easy to read.

Here, all of the letters are capital letters.

And nothing is joined, none of the letters are joined and it is really clear and legible as well.

So let's just look really closely.

The example shows an address, 24 Rose Street in Aberdeen, Scotland with the postcode.

Addresses should be written in print, not cursive to ensure that the writing is legibile, it can be read and the post reaches its correct location.

Rose Street, Aberdeen and Scotland are all proper nouns and therefore start with capital letters.

Postcodes are always written in capital letters and numerals, so numbers.

And capital letters are formed separately and do not join to other letters.

The address is written over four lines.

At the end of each line, there is a comma.

Here the address is written in block capitals.

Block capitals refer to the writing style where each letter is written as a capital letter and formed separately, so not joined.

This style is commonly used for its clarity and legibility.

It's really clear what each letter is and it's really easy to read.

The capital letters are formed separately and do not join to other letters.

And again, the address is written over four lines with a comma at the end of each line.

There is adequate letter spacing between each letter to ensure that the writing is legible.

You don't want the letters to be squashed too close together or spread too far apart.

Let's practise writing addresses in print and block capitals.

Before I start writing, I'm going to make sure I know where I need to use my capital letters and my punctuation.

I'm remembering that capital letters and print letters are formed separately so do not join to any other letters.

So first, I'm going to write the address in print.

So 24 Rose Street.

So 24.

Then Rose needs a capital letter Not joining O to R.

Don't need any lead in or lead outs.

And then really trying to keep a letter spacing even.

Then it's the end of the line.

So I need a neat, small, comma.

Then the next line, Aberdeen.

Again, capital letter because it's a proper noun.

Don't need to join any of the letters.

And I don't need any lead-ins or lead-outs but trying to keep all my X height letters similar height.

Again, a comma at the end of the line.

Scotland, again needs a capital letter.

It's a proper noun.

I can cross my T whilst I'm here because it's, we're not joining it.

And then again, a comma.

For the third time, and then it's the postcode.

All in capital letters.

A-B-4 and then a space 'cause it's the next, final three letters of the postcode.

9-J-K, trying to keep all the capital letters around the same height.

Don't need to have a comma on the final line.

Okay, now I'm going to write the address in block capitals.

So 24 and then all in capital letters.

24 Rose.

And again, trying to keep the letter spacing even.

Then a comma at the end of the line.

Okay and then Aberdeen.

Again, all in block capitals.

Trying to keep them the same height.

And then a comma at the end of the line.

Scotland, again all in capital letters.

All the same height.

Even spacing to make sure it is legible.

A final comma and then the postcode again.

All in capital letters and then the similar height.

And then the final three letters.

We don't need a comma at the end.

Great.

Checking for understanding, true or false.

Writing in block capitals means joining the letters together? Pause the video now.

That is false.

Why is it false? What can you explain why this is false? Pause the video now.

This is false because block capitals refer to the writing style where each letter is written as a capital letter and therefore formed separately, well done.

Okay, it's time for task B.

The first part of task B, you need to copy the following addresses.

In print and in block capitals.

So you'll write 24 Rose Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, A-B-4-9-J-K, first in print and then you'll write it in block capitals.

And then you'll do the same for 42 High Street, Leeds.

You'll write it in print and then you'll write it in block capitals.

Then once you're done, you'll need to review and edit your work.

So check for accurate letter formation, appropriate letter spacing and legibility, can you read it? So making sure your pen is in the tripod grip.

Pause the video now and off you go.

Well done everybody, great job.

Have a look at the addresses you've just written and compare them to the examples on the screen.

Were your addresses legibile, could you read it? Did you form the capital letters and the print letters separately? If you need to make any edits, now's the time to pause the video.

Otherwise, well done.

Okay, now it's time for the third part of our lesson where we're going to be looking at writing a name and email address.

So application forms require personal information to be accurate with no misunderstanding.

Therefore, you will often be asked to complete your personal information in print or in block capitals.

So where the whole word is in capital letters.

It is good to practise this to ensure your writing is clear and legibile because these are really important forms. Often, you'll be asked for your name and email address on application forms or medical forms and it's really important that this is legible.

Anyone should be able to read it.

So have a look at these examples.

What do you notice about the handwriting? Pause the video now and take a closer look.

So let's look at the first one, Aisha Khan.

It is in print formation, so the letters are not joined together.

They're formed separately.

There are capital letters at the start of the first name and the surname, because they're both proper nouns.

And the writing is clear and legible.

It's easy to read.

Here, the second one.

Every word, every letter is a capital letter.

So these words are in block capitals and again, it's really clear and legible.

Let's look even more closely.

These examples show a name written in print and in block capitals.

Names should be written in print on formal documents to ensure that the writing is legible and that there are no misunderstandings.

A name is a proper noun and therefore the print example starts with a capital letter.

The block capital examples shows every letter as a capital letter.

Capital letters are formed separately and don't join to other letters.

The letter spacing is even to ensure legibility.

Now let's look at these examples of email addresses.

What do you notice about the handwriting here? Pause the video now and take a closer look.

So in both of these email addresses, the words are written in print formation.

The letters are not joined together.

There are no lead-ins, no lead-outs which makes it really clear and legible.

Let's look even more closely.

So these examples show email addresses written in print.

Email addresses should be written in print to ensure that the writing is legible and that the email gets to the correct person.

In these examples, the addresses are all in lowercase letters.

Most email addresses actually are written in lowercase letters, however some do have capital letters, so it is important to always check to ensure you are being really accurate and that your email gets sent to the right person.

The @ symbol is written separately and does not join to any other letters.

Let's practise writing an email address.

I'm making sure I'm sitting comfortably and my pen is in the tripod grip.

Before I start writing, I'm just checking that all the letters are lowercase 'cause it's an email address and they are, I need to make sure I'm being really careful with that and I'm remembering that it's print.

So I'm going to lift my pen off the page after each letter.

So sambrown@coolmail.

com.

All lowercase print letters.

Sss, and we don't need to worry about lead-ins.

Really trying to keep the letter spacing even.

So that it is all really clear and legible.

Then it's my @ sign.

So I do a lowercase A and swirl around, not too big.

Cool, again really trying to work on my letter spacing.

Don't want them to be too far apart.

So it doesn't look like a space, coolmail dot, the dot on the line.

Com.

And we don't need a full stop or anything at the end.

There we are, great.

Checking for understanding.

It is important that email addresses are written in print so they are legible.

Pause the video now.

That is true, well done.

Can you explain why it is true? Pause the video.

Email addresses need to be accurate and legibile, otherwise an email will not send or it will be sent to the wrong email address.

Well done.

It's time for task C.

First, you need to practise writing your name in print and in block capitals on your writing lines three times.

Then practise writing the following email addresses in print handwriting on your writing lines.

So you have jun28@dmail.

com and then lauraishappy@inlook.

com and then finally, this is the fun part, you get to create a new email address for yourself and write it three times on your writing lines.

Trying to make sure your writing is as legible as possible and it's print handwriting.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Well done everybody, great job.

Have a look at the email addresses you've just written.

Is your writing legible? Did you form the letters separately? And did you remember the @ symbol for your email address? If you need to, pause the video now and make any necessary edits.

Otherwise, well done.

Here's a summary of everything we've learnt.

Print handwriting is recommended for tasks where clarity, legibility and uniformity are essential.

Application forms, job applications, legal documents and medical forms will require you to fill information out in print or block capitals.

Addresses should be written in print to ensure the writing is legible and the post reaches the correct location.

Block capitals refer to the writing style where each letter is written as a capital letter and formed separately.

Email addresses should be written in print to ensure the writing is legible and the email gets to the correct person or organisation.

Letter formation and letter spacing should be accurate when writing in print to ensure legibility.

Brilliant job today and across the whole unit.

You've all done so well, well done.