Leaving out words readers know
Understand that texts are made cohesive by leaving out (omitting) words the reader can work out from earlier in the text (ellipsis)
Lesson
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“Leaving out words readers know means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
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- Sentence strips or sticky notes
- Pencil
Extra for the adult
Worked example. In “The dogs run,” adult underlines the plural noun “dogs.”
Optional challenge. For Leaving out words readers know, add one harder example after success.
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Leaving out words readers know means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Sentence strips or sticky notes; Pencil. 1. Say the goal of Leaving out words readers know in plain words once. 2. Adult shows one sentence and marks the target grammar feature once. 3. Child finds or fixes the feature in three short sentences and reads each aloud. 4. Fresh check: one fresh sentence mark or fix. Record and stop. Done: three correctly marked or fixed sentences. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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The Monkey & the Camel
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The Monkey & the Camel supports reading and discussion for this literacy topic. Not a novel study.
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Check understanding
- Explain which word is left out in 'Mia ate an apple and Sam a banana' ('ate') and how the reader knows it
- Answer 'Who wants an apple?' with 'I do' and explain which words 'do' saves repeating
- Rewrite 'Tom played football and Tom played tennis' by leaving out the repeated words ('Tom played football and tennis')
“When your child writes 'Tom played football and tennis' instead of repeating 'Tom played', can they explain which words were left out and how the reader still knows what they mean?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 7–8
Standards