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LITERACY FOCUS FOR TERM 1 - Weeks 9-11

LITERACY FOCUS FOR TERM 1 (Weeks 9-11)

Weeks 9-11 will focus on prepositions and articles.

Your added support in having conversations with your child about the grammar focus, would assist us in reinforcing these basic skills that students can carry with them throughout life.

WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?

Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word in the sentence.
A preposition is usually found before an object in the sentence and is usually found before a noun indicating the time/location/direction of an object.
Often times prepositions can also be adverbs (Eg. around).

EXAMPLES

As heavy rains continued, reporters arrived at the scene. Scores of people were evacuated from their homes and moved to rescue centres. Hundreds of acres of croplands were under water. Herds of cattle can be seen moving up the mountains. Pictures of the flood are on TV and in this newspaper on page three. The Governor will arrive at the scene before nightfall.

WHAT IS AN ARTICLE?

There are two types of articles:-

Definite	Indefinite
The	A/an

Definite articles are specific. They provide clarity over what is being talked about.

Indefinite articles are NOT specific. They do not refer to any noun specifically. (N.B. “A” is used before words that start with a consonant and “An” is used before words that start with a vowel. The only exception is when a consonant sounds like a vowel that we use ‘an’ - eg. ‘an hour’.)

EXAMPLES

The

A/an

The capital of Australia is Canberra.
I have found the shirt that I lost.
Have you cleaned the oven?
There are six eggs in the shopping bag.
Please turn off the light when you are finished.

I was born in a hospital.

Peter had an egg for lunch.
Beyonce ordered a drink.
We want to buy an elephant.
Have you got a tissue?
Come and find me in an hour.

Duncan Dewar and Linda Hicks (Literacy Coordinators)