2. Yay! Good morning Class 4. Today we are going to learn about speech marks. “Good morning Class 4. Today we are going to learn about speech marks,” Mrs Price said. “Yay!” Class 4 exclaimed.

3. WOW ! One really good way to start is by using a comic strip and speech bubbles. “One really good way to start is by using a comic strip and speech bubbles,” Mrs Price went on. Notice how only what is actually being said in the speech bubble goes inside the speech marks. “Notice how only what is actually being said in the speech bubble goes inside the speech marks,” she said. “ ” “ ” WOW ! “WOW!” Said the children excitedly.

4. First, let’s look at a comic strip and decide on what the characters are saying…Meet Thom. “First, let’s look at a comic strip and decide on what the characters are saying…Meet Thom,” Mrs Price said.

6. Here’s Amy. What might they be saying to each other? “Here’s Amy. What might they be saying to each other?” Mrs Price asked.

9. Hi, I’m Amy. What’s your name? Hi, I’m Thom. I love to play football. Do you want to play? I’d love to! Click on the speech in the bubbles then move then to where they should be, use the speech marks to show how this might look in a narrative. “ “ “ ” ” ”

10. Hi, I’m Amy.What’s your name? Hi, I’m Thom. I love to play football. Do you want to play? I’d love to! “ “ “ ” ” ” Were you right? Notice how all of the punctuation goes inside the speech marks, and how a new speaker starts a new paragraph, or new line. “Were you right?” Mrs Price asked. “Notice how all of the punctuation goes inside the speech marks, and how a new speaker starts a new paragraph, or new line,” she added. New speaker – new line.

11. On our next slide there are a series of pictures. Click the `Picture’ button to reveal the photo. Talk to your partner and decide what the characters are saying to each other, record it in the speech bubbles on your sheet, and try to write how it would look if it weren’t in speech bubbles but part of a narrative. Remember the punctuation goes inside the speech marks. Then your teacher will choose some of these to try out. Click on each speech bubble in turn, enter your text, and it will appear as it would as a narrative. Then, click and drag your punctuation.

12. “ ” Picture Punctuation ! ?.,

13. Teacher Notes To set up the Powerpoint so that the speech bubble activity on slide 11 works Go to Tools menu, click on Macro, click on Security, click the medium security box (circle thingy) Exit Powerpoint altogether and re-open it. Any comments, ideas, ways of improving or questions on how to change this Powerpoint, contact barry@westfield.wigan.sch.uk