Brush Up On Using Speech Marks (9-14 years) - Activity Pack

The 'Brush Up On Using Speech Marks' activity pack is an educational resource aimed at improving the English skills of children aged 9 to 14 years. This pack provides a practical guide on the correct usage of speech marks, also known as quotation marks, which are essential punctuation in writing to indicate dialogue or the exact words spoken by a character. The pack illustrates common mistakes and shows the correct way to punctuate sentences with speech marks. For example, it corrects the sentence "Before leaving anita said thank you for a lovely holiday aunt muriel." by adding speech marks and capitalization to demonstrate the proper format: "Before leaving, Anita said, 'Thank you for a lovely holiday, Aunt Muriel.'"

Additionally, the pack emphasizes the importance of punctuation within speech marks, highlighting that question marks or full stops should always come before the final speech mark. It also explains that each new speaker should start on a new line to clarify the conversation. To reinforce learning, the activity pack includes exercises where students must insert speech marks into provided sentences. For instance, "Would you like to come to my house for dinner? said Darren." should be corrected to "'Would you like to come to my house for dinner?' said Darren." The pack not only presents the correct answers but also explains the reasoning behind them, thereby helping students to apply these rules in their own writing.