MONDAY 8 TH JUNE 2020 WALT USE BRACKET

MONDAY 8 TH JUNE 2020 WALT: USE BRACKET FOR PARENTHESIS IN SENTENCES WILF: I UNDERSTAND WHAT PARENTHESIS IS I CAN USE BRACKETS FOR PARENTHESIS I UNDERSTAND I CAN USE OTHER FORMS OF PUNCTUATION TO INDICATE PARENTHESIS

WHAT IS PARENTHESIS? • Parenthesis is a word, phrase or sentence that is put in writing as extra information or an afterthought. If you took the parenthesis away, the passage would still be complete without it. • Here are three examples of parenthesis. The first is just a word, the second is a phrase and the third is a complete sentence. • • • The Narcissus (daffodil) is a spring plant with yellow petals. My brother (the one who lives in Australia) is coming to the wedding. Manchester United won the league today. (It was exciting. )

WHERE DOES PARENTHESIS GO? Sometimes, a parenthesis might be a complete sentence, not just a word or a phrase. When this happens, the capital letter and full stop are both put inside the brackets. The passage of writing still needs to make sense if you take the parenthesis away. E. g. Today we went on a trip to York. (I had never been to York before. )

EXAMPLES : SENTENCES USING PARENTHESIS • Some people don’t like the rain (especially in England) but I do. • He finally answered (after taking five minutes to think) that he did not understand the question. • My Manager gave me a nice bonus (£ 500). • Please read the Harry Potter Books (you'll be amazed). • John (and his trusty dog) was always welcome to to my home.

TASK: CAN YOU ADD PARENTHESIS ? On the next two slides you will have some sentences where you need to add the parenthesis. There are 10 questions in total For example 1. My brother never brushes his hair! ANSWER : My brother (who thinks he’s really cool) never brushes his hair! Set you work out like I have done above.

QUESTIONS – COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES ADDING BRACKETS FOR PARENTHESIS 1. I watched a horror film and it really scared me! 2. Dinosaurs were a type of reptile. 3. The bats sleep in our attic during the day. 4. I lost my phone (when we went on the Thunder Roller ride. 5. Simone doesn’t speak much English yet. 6. We were helping the caretaker to carry all the chairs into the hall. 7. There aren’t many apples left because we used them to make a pie. 8. Put some cushions on the floor and we can lie down to watch the film. 9. My dog is a very curly labradoodle.

PLENARY: • Why do we need to add parenthesis ? • What is the impact of reading varying sentence types in a narrative?