15 March 2013 - Moortown Primary School, Leeds

This week’s homework is a talk time homework and is due in on Wednesday 20 March.

Is space exploration a waste of money?

This is a moral homework and we want the children to be able to discuss, as a class, their views on the subject.

When we discuss the homework next week, we will also be encouraging the children to use different types of connectives when they make their points. See the below table. Most have commas afterwards – this is a helpful way to show any sort of ‘add-in’. You could encourage your child to speak using a slight pause where the comma might be – this can make any speaking more powerful.

time

adding

(see also some time links)

problem

(or ‘opposing’)

reason +
result

explaining

Firstly,
/ First of all, / Secondly,Next,

After
that,

Finally,

Meanwhile,

Then,
/ Just then,

Suddenly,

Later,

Also,In
addition, / Additionally,

Furthermore,

Moreover,

As
well as this,

Besides,

Another
point is …

Not
only that,

To
make matters worse,

However*,In
spite of this,

On
the other hand,

Yet,

Nevertheless,

Contrary
to this,

In
contrast,

Despite
this,

Despite
followed by thing: Despite the fact that…,
Despite feeling tired,

As
a result,Consequently,

As
a consequence,

Therefore,

Due
to this,

Because
of this,

This
results in…

The
reason for this is…

For
example,In
other words,

That
is to say,

By
this, I mean…

The
explanation for this is…