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Writing homophones

I can correctly write homophones in cursive handwriting.

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Writing homophones

I can correctly write homophones in cursive handwriting.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Two or more words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings are called homophones.
  2. The words start with a lead in and finish with a lead out.
  3. There are four cursive joins.
  4. The join used depends on which letter is joining to which letter within a letter string.
  5. You don't lift your pencil to form the joins.

Keywords

  • Homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings

  • Join - how the letters are connected together

  • Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word

  • Lead in - the stroke or line that guides us into starting a letter

  • Lead out - the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter

Common misconception

Children will sometimes lift their pencils part way through the letter string.

Model to the children that they should look at the word first and plan for when they will be lifting their pencil: usually at the end of the word or after a break letter. Model writing the word, emphasising the flow as the letters connect.

This lesson uses homophones as an opportunity to practise the cursive joins. You could also use keywords from your current topic or other subjects to achieve this.
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6 Questions

Q1.
How many cursive letter joins are there?
Correct Answer: 4, four, Four
Q2.
What is the name of the grip shown in this picture?
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: tripod grip, tripod, Tripod grip, Tripod, the tripod grip
Q3.
Order the tramlines from the bottom to the top.
1 - descender line
2 - baseline
3 - x-height line
4 - ascender line
Q4.
Select the example showing the fourth join.
An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Correct Answer: An image in a quiz
An image in a quiz
Q5.
Which letter strings would be joined using the first join, from the baseline to the x-height line?
Correct answer: he
ve
ot
Q6.
Which letter strings would be joined using the second join, from the baseline to the ascender line?
be
Correct answer: ch
wo
Q4 image 1 NA Q4 image 2 NA Q4 image 3 NA

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