Lesson video

Hello.

Welcome back to this English unit.

Today's learning objective is to practise punctuating speech.

We're writing a narrative text based on the film, "Whale Rider," and we're going to need to include some speech to show what our characters are saying.

Let's make sure we know how to punctuate this accurately.

Right, let's get started.

In this lesson, you will need an exercise book or some lined paper, a pen or pencil to write with, and a highlighter or colour pencils or colour pens if you've got them.

If you haven't got any of those things with you right now, just pause the recording and get yourself ready for today's lesson.

In this lesson, we're going to start by focusing on the main components of speech punctuation.

We're then going to focus in on speech first, followed by speech second.

And last we will finish with your independent task.

All of the speech sentences in today's lesson are based on this clip from "Whale Rider." If you haven't watched this clip already, I suggest going back up to a previous lesson and watching it so they all make sense to you today.

This is the part of the film where Koro is training the boys to become chief, and Paikea is not allowed to join in, because she's a girl.

First of all, why do we need to use speech punctuation? I've got a sentence here which include some speech, but it's got no speech punctuation in it.

Let's read it.

"Go to the back, barked Koro" Why is it really important that I put some speech punctuation into that sentence? Pause the recording and answer that question.

Now, I've included my speech punctuation, and hopefully you can see that it's much clearer to me as a reader.

I can now see exactly what Koro is saying.

I can see that he is saying, go to the back, and barked is the word for said, the synonym for said, that I've used, and then Koro is who's speaking.

What are the main components of speech punctuation then? What are the main parts of punctuation that we have to include? Have a look at the example there in front of you, pause the recording, and write down what are the key pieces of punctuation that we need in a sentence with speech.

Right.

The key components, of course, we need our speech marks or inverted commas sometimes they're called.

And they must go at the beginning of speech, and they must go to the end of speech to signal when the speech starts and when the speech ends.

Then you'll also notice speech was always start with a capital letter.

Wherever it falls in your sentence, speech first or speech second, it must start with a capital letter.

And then before we finish our speech, before we end with our inverted commas, we must always have a piece of punctuation.

In this example, it's a comma, but when I'm using speech first, it could be a comma, an exclamation mark, or a question mark.

A way I like to remember those parts of speech punctuation, are thinking of it a bit like a sandwich.

So the inverted commas or speech marks are my bread, and then the actual speech is my filling, and the punctuation that goes with it.

Hopefully that helps you remember as well.

We're now going to focus on speech first.

Remember I said we were going to focus on two different structures today? Speech first is when your sentence starts with speech, and speech second is when you have your speech at the end of your sentence.

Let's look at some examples of speech first.

We've looked at this sentence already.

"Go to the back, barked Koro." And here you can see I've used a comma before my ending speech marks or inverted commas.

This example, you can see I've used an exclamation mark before I've ended my speech.

"Leave now, demanded Koro." I've used an exclamation mark, because I think you would probably shout this, or say it quite loudly.

This example, I've used a question mark, because Koro is asking something.

"What are you doing? Questioned Koro." So you can see what I'm using speech first, I can either use a comma, an exclamation mark or a question mark before I end my speech with my inverted commas.

And then you'll notice I've got three different words for said.

Three synonyms for said.

I've got barked, demanded, and questioned.

And they tell me a little bit about how the character, Koro is speaking.

It also makes it a bit more interesting for my reader, because if I use said again and again, it would be really boring.

Can you punctuate these sentences? I want you to apply what you've learned so far, and have a go at punctuating these sentences with speech first.

Let's read them first.

"Does Koro now you're doing that? Asked Hemi.

I'm not doing anything, Paikea retorted." I want you now to copy those sentences out and add in the speech punctuation.

If you want to use your highlighter or your colour pens or pencils to identify where the punctuation is, that will make it really clear for anyone checking your work.

Pause the recording, and have a go now.

Let's see how you got on with your punctuation.

So the first sentence should start with your speech marks or your inverted commas, and then it must have a capital letter.

So you can tick those off if you've got that.

Then your speech should end with a question mark, 'cause Hemi was asking something, and then you're closing inverted commas, and finally, your full stop at the end of your sentence.

So tick off those five pieces of punctuation if you've got them, or add them in if you're missing anything.

Let's look at the second example.

Again, we've got our speech marks right at the beginning.

Tick that off if you've got it.

And your capital letter at the beginning of your sentence.

I've used a comma here, but you might've used an exclamation mark if you thought she was shouting it.

But you wouldn't use a question mark here, because it's not a question.

So a comma or an exclamation mark, then you must have your inverted commas, and lastly, your full stop at the end.

So tick off or add those into your sentence now.

Well done if you've got lots of those rights.

We're now going to focus on speech second.

That's when speech is at the end of your sentence.

Let's look at some examples.

I've got the same sentence here, but I've just switched it round so my speech is now at the end.

"Koro barked, go to the back." Now you'll notice here, that really importantly, before my speech marks, I have got a comma.

It's really important when you're doing speech second that you must have a comma before you have your first set of speech marks.

You'll also notice a capital letter in the middle of the sentence, which is quite unusual, but when we're doing speech in sentences, we must have a capital letter to signify the beginning of speech.

So we've got, Koro barked, comma, speech marks, capital letter, go to the back, and then I've ended with a full stop, and then my closing speech marks.

This time I can use a full stop, because it is the end of a sentence.

And then I must have my closing speech marks to show that that's the end of what he was saying.

You could also have an exclamation mark or a question mark.

Let's look at some examples with those punctuation in.

Koro demanded, comma, speech marks, capital letter, leave now, exclamation mark and closed speech marks.

And then another one here, Koro questioned, comma, speech marks, capital letter, what are you doing, question mark close speech marks.

So I've got a question mark in that one, because he is questioning.

He's asking something.

So remember that comma before your speech is really important in speech seconds, and capital letters to signify the beginning of your speech.

Can you apply what you've just learned to the sentences? We've got two sentences here.

Let's read them through first of all.

"Hemi bragged we're going to be chiefs.

Hemi asked how come he won't let you do it." I want you to copy those sentences onto your lined paper, and add in the accurate punctuation.

If you wants to highlight it or do this a different colour, then that would really help so you can see it really clearly.

Pause the recording and have a go now.

Let's see how you got on punctuating your speech seconds.

Hemi bragged, should be a comma there to signify the beginning of speech, then the beginning of our speech marks, capital letter for we're going to be chiefs.

And then I've used a full stop, and closed my speech marks.

Tick off if you've got those right, or add in anything that you're missing.

Next example, we had Hemi asked comma, speech marks, capital letter.

How come he won't let you do it? Question mark and closed speech marks.

Tick off if you've got those, or add in any if you're missing any of those pieces of punctuation.

Well done if you got that right, there was quite a few things to remember there, and a little bit tricky, so well done for persevering.

We're now going to look at speech first and speech second together, and I've written four sentences with speech in, but I think I might've made some mistakes.

Can you help me spot the mistakes? "You're not holding it right, explained Hemi.

Paikea moaned, I'm not allowed.

I'll show you how to do it, offered Hemi.

Koro muttered, I'll deal with you later." I want you to write out those four sentences, but put in the correct speech punctuation.

So there might be some things that I've missed out, or there might be some punctuation that I've added in, which is incorrect.

Pause the recording and have a go now.

Let's go through the answers and see how you did.

So if you want to tick off what you've got right, and add in anything that you're missing.

So the first sentence, we should have a comma at the end of our speech, not a full stop.

So hopefully you crossed out my full stop, and put in a comma.

Give yourself a tick if you got that right.

Next example, I forgot my comma before my speech second, which is really, really important.

And I often forget that, so well done if you spotted that and added it in.

Then here, I need a comma at the end of my speech, and then I need my inverted commas.

That's really important that I have it that way round.

Well done if you corrected that.

And lastly, I need a full stop at the end of my sentence of course.

It could be an exclamation mark or a question mark if it was a question, but here I think the best piece of punctuation would be a full stop.

Give that a tick if you got it right.

Well done if you've got some of those correct.

Some of those were really tricky, so well done for spotting any of my mistakes.

For today' task, you're going to have needed to have watched this clip of "Whale Rider." if you haven't watched it yet, please go back to a previous lesson and have a look.

This is the part where Koro was training the boys to become chiefs, and Paikea is not allowed to join in because she's a girl.

And there's some conversations in this that we could use for our task today.

I want you for your task today, to use the film clip to write two sentences of speech first, and two sentences of speech second.

A really good part that you could use in the film, is the conversation that Hemi and Paikea have.

Remember the two different structures of speech first and speech second, and remember the different types of punctuation that they include.

You might want to copy down the image of the sandwich to help you remember, but it's up to you.

Well done, you have finished your lesson today.

There was lots of new learning there, and lots to remember, so well done for persevering, even when it was quite tricky.

If you would like to please share your work with your parent or carer, I will see you in your next lesson.

Goodbye.