Writing instructions
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write a simple instructions and commands.
Key learning points
- Instructions or commands tell someone what to do.
- Giving an instruction to someone can be useful in teaching them something or giving them information.
- Instructions mostly start with verbs, such as 'feed your cat twice a day' or 'give your cat a bowl of water'.
- Instructions can come in a sequence using sequencing language, such as 'First, put a bed down for your cat.'.
- A command can include a list, such as 'Give your cat water, food and love.'.
Keywords
Command - a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something and can end with an exclamation mark
Instruction - a direction or order
Verb - a doing or being word
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Comma - a punctuation mark used to separate nouns in a list
Common misconception
When writing a list of nouns, pupils may keep extending it or repeatedly use 'and'.
Tell the children to focus on three nouns only and explicitly model that 'and' is used before the last noun and the comma is used in between the others.
Teacher tip
You could teach the Y1 Grammar Lesson 'Questions and Commands' alongside this lesson to support the children's understanding of commands. Play lots of games such as 'Simon Says' to spot the verb in the commands and develop understanding further.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these punctuation marks is the exclamation mark?
Q2.Identify the verbs.
Q3.Identify the verb in the following sentence: 'Fold your clothes neatly.'
Q4.Match each word class to the correct definition.
a naming word for people, places or things
a word that describes a noun
a doing or being word
Q5.A full sentence must contain ...
Q6.Match each key term to the correct definition.
a type of simple sentence that tells someone to do something
a type of simple sentence that asks the reader for an answer
something that is known to be true or proved
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Identify the noun in the following sentence: 'The large cat hid.'
Q2.Match each word class to the correct example.
cat
stroke
carefully
soft
Q3.Commands ...
Q4.Match each key term to the correct example.
The sun is hot.
Put on some sun cream.
Do you have a hat?
Q5.In which sentence is the comma in the correct place?
Q6.Identify the commands.
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