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1. iTrackREd Plurals

2. Tweet what you learnt in your last lesson summarising in less than 140 characters Twitter Education

3. Plurals Learning Objectives: Reading: To identify spelling rules when changing nouns from singular to plural Writing: To apply spelling rules to improve sentences Task: Create and comment on forum

4. Plurals Most plurals are formed by adding ‘s’ carbecomescars pencilbecomes pencils fox = foxes Nouns that end in a kind of hissing sound need ‘es’ witch = witches We say one glass but two glasses.

5. Nouns that end in -y If a word ends in y with a consonant before it, change the ytoies lady (consonant before y) A vowel is one of these: a e i o u anything else is a consonant ladies(consonant before y) If a word ends in y with a vowelbefore it, then just add–s. monkey (vowel before y) monkeys (vowel before y)

6. Nouns that end in -y Watch out! Names that end in ‘y’ just add ‘s’ for the plural We had lunch with the Murphys last week. Confused? Is there a simple way to know the plural of a noun? Only if you’re psychic. The rest of us are stuck with having to rely on the dictionary.

7. Words that end in -y Can you change these nouns into plurals? city butterfly family donkey lady day puppy toy

8. Nouns ending in f or fe Some nouns ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ change to ‘v’ adding ‘es’ loaf = loaves elf = elves knife = knives two chiefs Remember that a few nouns ending ‘f’ do not follow this rule just add ‘s’ one chief

9. Nouns ending in f or fe Change these nouns into plurals cliff wolf half leaf life loaf thief wife dwarf chief (you can use a dictionary if you wish)

10. Nouns ending in -o For words ending in a vowel plus –o add –s ... but there some odd ones out that you just need to remember one piano = two pianos Do I look scared? One scared tomato and three killer tomatoes.

11. Nouns ending in -o Change the following words into plurals: • tomato • potato • domino • stereo • cuckoo • hero

12. Nouns with completely different plurals Nouns with completely different plurals tooth/teeth man/men mouse/mice goose/geese Sharks have really big teeth! Yum yum ..two tasty men These all change the vowel sound at the end.

13. Mistakes to avoid ...... The exceptions are just as important. Don’t lose marks for bad spelling – learn them! Miss Marks The Examiner A lot to remember and the only way to learn it all is to take those rules one at time... Assessment criteria: Spell correctly words used most often in work, studies and daily life (Ww/L1.1) Write short texts composed for identifiable audience. (Wt/E3.1)

14. Using Plurals Task 1 Write your own message to the internet discussion forum, in which you give your own detailed views on the subject of using a mobile phone while driving – add some evidence (facts) to support your point. Discussion 1 It really makes mad when I see people talking on their mobiles while driving. How can they possibly concentrate on driving while chatting? Surely they are more likely to have an accident if they are on the phone? It’s illegal anyway! How dare they think their conversation is important enough to risk other people’s lives! Linda, Surrey Discussion 2 Linda, it is no more dangerous than eating a snack, changing channels on the radio or chatting to your passengers. Is there any evidence that using a mobile phone while driving increases the chance of an accident? Also, who has the right to tell me what to do in MY own car? John, London

15. Peer Assessment Look back through the writing. Write a list of all the things you thought your partner did really well. Include things linked to the objectives, but also include things that were not. Write a list of everything s/he did right. Give examples.

16. If you were to go back in time and start today’s lesson again, what would you change and why?

17. Plenary and Self Assessment Review learning objectives: Reading: Were you able to identify some spelling rules when changing nouns from singular to plural? Writing: Were you able to apply some spelling rules to your sentences? Did you remember to complete yourself assessment?