Year 6 Punctuation

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 6 GPS Punctuation Activity checks pupils’ understanding of commas, semi-colons within lists, colons, writing notes and using bullet points for lists.

This activity is linked to the Classroom Secrets Year 6 GPS scheme of work
Questions in this activity are based on the content in Spring Block 1 Steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the Classroom Secrets website where you can find more resources.

National Curriculum objectives

English Year 6: (6G5.11) semi-colon
English Year 6: (6G5.10) Using a colon to introduce a list
English Year 6: (6G5.10) Use of the colon to introduce a list
English Year 6: (6G5.11) Use of semi-colons within lists
English Year 6: (6G5.14) Punctuating bullet points consistently
English Year 6: (6G5.14) Punctuation of bullet points to list information

Terminology for pupils:
English Year 6: (6G5.10) colon
English Year 6: (6G5.11) semi-colon
English Year 6: (6G5.14) bullet points