﻿Hello, and welcome back to Unit 24. Lesson number three, Capitalising 'i', with me, Mr Halpin. Ready? Let's begin. Before we start, you will need the following equipment; pen, some paper and your brain switched on. Please pause the video if you need to collect any of this equipment now. Resume your video when you ready. All sorted? Perfect. This is what today's session is going to look like. We're going to recap. We'll move on to capitalising I. Will look at incomplete sentences. You will create some fantastic writing, and then score full marks on your quiz. Sound good? Wonderful. Which of these sentences are joined correctly? You can pause the video here and read the options to yourself or listen to me, read them out. Option one: He went to the shop and bought a hat. Option two: He went to the shop. And he bought a hat. Option number three: He went to the shop he bought a hat, or option number four: He went to the shop and he bought a hat. On a count of three, point your screen, or shout out loud. One, two, three. Well done if you pointed or shouted, option one. Great start. Remember, join two sentences that have the same subject by replacing the 'and'. Which of these sentences are joined correctly? Pause your video and read the options to yourself, or listen to me, read them out loud. Option one: He went to the shop and bought a hat. Option two: He went to the shop. And bought a hat. Option three: He went to the shop he bought a hat, or option four: He went to the shop and he bought a hat. On the count of 3, point your screen, or shout out loud. One, two, three. Well done if you shouted or pointed at option one. Great start. Remember, we join two sentences that share the same subject by removing the full stop and the second subject and replacing it with 'and'. Let's have a look at this example. Melanie wrote a new book. And she enjoyed it. We've named the same subject again, Melanie in the first sentence, and she in the second. We can join this sentence by removing the full stop and the second subject and using the word 'and'. Well remembered if you've got that right. Proper nouns. Remember, use a capital letter if a word is the name of a specific person or place. Words like Marcel, Friday or June need capital letters. Which of these is a proper noun? Pause the video and read the options to yourself, or listen to me read them out now. Option one: Jurgen. Option two: football. Option three: league, or option four: winner. On the count of three, point or shout. One, two, three, Jurgen. Well done if you've got that right. Let's move on now. Capitalising 'I'. I have a new rule for you - when I is used by itself in a sentence, it should always be a capital letter. Other subjects like he, she, they, we, or you, should not start with a capital letter when they are used in the middle of sentences. These subjects should only start with a capital letter when they are at the beginning of a sentence. When you use I as a subject, it should always be a capital letter. This is the case, no matter where it is in the sentence, the beginning, the middle or near the end. Let's have a look at this example. When i was a child, i enjoyed watching Top of the Pops. The subject of this sentence is I. We need to make sure I is a capital. Look at the corrected version of this sentence. When I, capital, was a child, I enjoyed watching Top of the Pops. Your turn now, can you have a go at capitalising 'I'? Pause your video and resume when you're ready to do so. Finished? Well done. Did you manage to find all of those lower case i's? Does your writing look like mine? I bet it does, well done if you found all of those lowercase i's, fabulous work. Which of these sentences uses capital letters correctly? Pause your video and read the options, or listen to me read them out. I understand that i made a mistake, on the left. i understand that i made a mistake, in the middle. I understand that I made a mistake, on the right. One of these examples uses capital I's correctly. Which one is it? One, two, three, the one on the right. Remember, whenever we use I on its own, in a sentence, it must always be a capital letter. Well done, fantastic work. Moving on now to incomplete sentences, and hopefully you remember that a complete sentence must contain a subject and a verb. Remember, start a new sentence when the next subject appears. Which of these sentences is complete? He lifted the trophy. Lifted the trophy. He the trophy. One, two, three. He lifted the trophy. Fantastic work, well done. Your turn now. Do you think you could find all of the incomplete sentences in this paragraph and fix them? Amazing. Let's have a look at an example first. Laura and Shah went for a picnic in the park; subject, Laura and Shah, verb, went. Does it all make sense? Laura and Shah went for a picnic in the park? Yes, it does. That's a full sentence. Moving on: A beautiful day. Hmm, a beautiful day. Does that have a subject, a verb and makes sense on its own? No, it doesn't, does it? Let's fix it. It was a beautiful day. I'd like you to pause your video now and fix the rest of this paragraph. Can you find all of the incomplete sentences and change them? Resume your video when you're ready to do so. All done? Wonderful. Does your work look like mine? I bet it does, brilliant work. Moving on to our writing section now. Remember, in this unit, you are writing stories based on what you see and as always, I'd like you to be as accurate as possible so that you achieve all of your writing checks. Here are the writing checks for this lesson. Check number one: I have used 'and' to write about two things a subject did. I have not used any incomplete sentences in my writing. And I have not started any sentences with the word 'and'. Remember these writing checks, when you are planning and writing, You must make sure that your writing is realistic and believable. In order to do this, I would like you to write in the past tense. You can do this by telling what you know happened. Here is your first picture for today. Pause your video and have a look at this image. Think about the subject and the verbs you will use in your writing. Subjects? Jason and Jo, and maybe you thought about verbs like this, made, tossed, chopped, perhaps. The next part of this story. Pause your video, have a look, think about subjects and verbs that you'll use in your writing. Jason and Jo are our subjects again, and verbs like poured, chatted. And then we have the end of our sequence. Pause your video and think about who and what you will write about based on this picture. Our subjects again, are Jason and Jo, and maybe you thought about verbs like held, ate or enjoyed. Here is the full sequence for you to look at now. Please take a moment to plan what you are going to write. I would like to start your writing today with this sentence, Jason and Jo were in the kitchen. I'd like you to pause your video now and write your paragraph. Resume the video when you are ready to do so. All done? Wonderful. I bet your writing is incredible. Shall we look at mine? Jason and Jo were in the kitchen. They made pizza together. Jo chopped mushrooms, Jason tossed the pizza base. They placed the pizza in the oven when it was ready. Jason found two glasses and poured some wine. Jason and Jo chatted. They ate the pizza together. Did I meet all of those writing checks? Shall we see? Did I use the word 'and' to write about two things that are subjects in a sentence? Yes, I did. Jason found two glasses and poured some wine. Have I written any incomplete sentences? No, I haven't. Have I started any of my sentences with the word 'and'? No, I haven't. Did you meet all of those writing checks? Fantastic, well done. Now, go and get full marks on your quiz. Brilliant effort. And if you would like to share your work with Oak National, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak. Well done, your brilliant effort. See you next time.

Which sentence is correct?

Which sentence is NOT complete?

Which of these words is a proper noun?

Capitalising 'I'

In this lesson, we will develop understanding of capital letter use and complete sentences. We will then apply that knowledge in a piece of creative writing.

English

Y7 English

Key Stage 3

Year 7

Y8 English

Year 8

Complex sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons, capital letters

Grammar

THEME

UNIT

Starting sentences with 'and'

When it happened

Avoiding run-on sentences

Avoiding fragments

Independent clauses

Subordinate clauses

Which of these is a past tense verb?

What is the subject of this sentence? The girl and her father held hands.

Which of these subjects is singular?

Which of these is a plural subject?

Which of the following sentences are independent clauses? CHOOSE THREE.

What is the subject of the following sentence? The young prince turned to his mother and asked where his sister was.

Which of the following are fragments? CHOOSE THREE.

Which sentence has punctuated speech correctly?

Which sentence is NOT a run-on sentence?

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

Lesson overview:Capitalising 'I'

Core Content

Complex sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons, capital letters: