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Punctuation Pyramid

The Punctuation Pyramid is a graphic representation for the range of punctuation that should be realistic for most children at each level of writing.

Each line represents a level and therefore use of a full stop only is Level 1 in punctuation, (not necessarily in writing overall) a full stop and a question mark are Level 2 and so on.

Pro-active teaching encourages children to be ‘having a go’ at levels they are not yet quite ready for and thus they go through an ‘emergent’ phase where the use may not be quite accurate.

This phase must be praised and the child not made to feel they are ‘getting it wrong’. The teacher continues to model correct use of the punctuation and encourage increased understanding through use of strategies such as the following:

Punctuation Pyramid

Use of a wide range of punctuation is always celebrated.

Refer to it every time the pupils work and use the activities to embed the pyramid the the ‘mind’s eye’ of all pupils.

For further information on the above, please attend the course and / or purchase the books.

The Punctuation Pyramid is discussed in more detail in 'Strategies for Immediate Impact on Writing Standards'

 

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