Brackets, Dashes and Commas for Parenthesis Presentation

The KS2Gems 2020 presentation on 'Brackets, Dashes and Commas for Parenthesis' is an educational resource tailored for Year 5 students to enhance their understanding of grammar, particularly the use of parenthesis in sentences. The presentation is divided into sections, each containing a mix of whole-class teaching, group activities, paired work, and independent tasks. Teachers are given the flexibility to choose the level of support according to their class's needs, ensuring that the content is accessible and engaging for all pupils. The presentation covers the definition and usage of brackets, dashes, and commas, showing how these punctuation marks can add extra information to sentences without altering their fundamental meaning.

Through a series of activities, students are encouraged to apply their learning by inserting brackets, dashes, or commas into given sentences to create parenthesis. The activities include examples and suggested answers to reinforce the concepts taught. For instance, students learn that brackets are used to enclose additional details that are not essential to the sentence's main point. Similarly, dashes are employed to insert extra information or show interruption, while commas are used to surround relative clauses within a sentence. The presentation culminates in various writing challenges that prompt students to compose paragraphs using the punctuation marks they've learned about, thereby demonstrating their understanding of parenthesis in context.