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Year 5
Parenthesis: brackets
I can use brackets to add extra, factual information.
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Year 5
Parenthesis: brackets
I can use brackets to add extra, factual information.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Parenthesis can be achieved with a range of punctuation.
- Brackets are a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information in a clause.
- Brackets can be removed from a clause and it will still make sense.
- Brackets can be used purposefully in non-fiction texts to increase the amount of facts given to the reader.
Keywords
Parenthesis - additional information that is added to a sentence; if it is removed, the sentence still makes sense
Brackets - a punctuation mark used to add extra, factual information in a clause
Factual - true
Common misconception
Pupils may include within brackets information that is essential to the sentence's coherence.
Encourage pupils to cover the parenthesis in a sentence and see if what's left makes complete sense.
There are different ways of adding parenthesis to sentences, using different sentences. Here, we use phrases only (not clauses) to add factual information using brackets to non-fiction writing.
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following can be included in a reporting clause?
the words someone said out loud
Q2.
What is missing from this piece of direct speech: "what's wrong?" said Jun.
inverted commas
a comma
a full stop
Q3.
Which of these speech first sentences is correctly punctuated?
"I can't believe this! scowled Sofia angrily.
"I can't believe this" scowled Sofia angrily.
Q4.
Which speech second sentence is punctuated correctly?
Jacob muttered, "What a waste of time".
Jacob muttered "What a waste of time."
Q5.
Match the type of speech sentence to the example.
Sam sighed, "Next year, we'll beat them."
"Next year," Sam sighed, "we'll beat them."
"Next year, we'll beat them," sighed Sam.
Q6.
Which speech interrupted sentence is punctuated correctly?
"We could go to the shops" said Dad, "or we could stay in."
"We could go to the shops," said Dad "or we could stay in."
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Tick all the texts that are non-fiction.
a novel
a poem
Q2.
Tick all the sentences that contain parenthesis.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest on earth and covers a huge area.
The Arctic Ocean has more animal life than any other ocean.
Q3.
Which section of this sentence could be a piece of parenthesis in brackets? 'Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965 was born in Blenheim Palace.'
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was born in Blenheim Palace
was born in Blenheim Palace
Q4.
Which section of this sentence could be a piece of parenthesis in brackets? 'Somerset a county in South-West England is known for its cheese.'
Somerset
is known for its cheese
its cheese
Q5.
Which version combines these two sentences correctly using parenthesis in brackets? 'King Charles became king in 2022. He is 74 years old.'
King Charles (aged 74 became king in 2022).
King Charles aged 74 (became king in 2022).
Q6.
Tick all the pieces of parenthesis that could be placed inside this sentence: 'The World Cup was held in Qatar.'
which was played in Qatar
was won by Argentina