Year 6 - English
Writing with emphasis
Building fluency with note taking, choice, quotations and emphasis
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils practise note-taking and choose between pen or pencil for different tasks. They write famous quotations in cursive and learn different techniques to write with emphasis. Pupils also learn which type of handwriting is most appropriate for a given task or purpose.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to show emphasis in your writing using a number of strategies.
Key Notes
- Writing with emphasis involves making certain words or phrases stand out.
- Writing with emphasis helps to show what's most important or exciting in the writing.
- There are different strategies to show emphasis in your writing.
- Capital letters, underlining or repeating a word or phrase can emphasise importance or express excitement.
- Adding an exclamation mark can emphasise strong emotions to the reader.
Vocabulary To Learn
- emphasis: making certain words or phrases stand out by using different techniques to highlight their importance
- capital letter: the upper case formation of a letter
- exclamation mark: a punctuation mark used to express strong emotion
- underline: drawing a line beneath a word or phrase to emphasise it in a piece of writing
- repetition: using a word or phrase more than once in order to emphasise a point
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- As children start to focus on adding emphasis, they can forget some of the routine handwriting expectations like lead-ins and lead-outs.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Writing with emphasis involves making certain words or phrases stand out. Writing with emphasis helps to show what's most important or exciting in the writing.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'emphasis'
making certain words or phrases stand out by using different techniques to highlight their importance.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: As children start to focus on adding emphasis, they can forget some of the routine handwriting expectations like lead-ins and lead-outs. Correction: Remind the children before they start to look carefully at the sentence. Having a visual check-list, which includes handwriting prompts like lead-ins, lead-outs and the size of letters can help.
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