Subordinating Conjunctions - Complete Lesson with Activities

This is a full lesson teaching how to use subordinating conjunctions, complete with all the activities you need PLUS a review of coordinating conjunctions.

Subordinating conjunctions are used to link a main clause with a subordinating clause. Some examples of subordinating conjunctions include: after, although, because, as, since, whereas, before, when, where, whilst, so that etc.

This resource is a PowerPoint presentation which includes the activities you need to teach children how to use subordinating conjunctions. In addition to teaching how to use subordinating conjunctions, the lesson also includes a review of coordinating conjunctions.

PLEASE CHECK THE NOTES SECTIONS - The notes section also includes teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

The presentation includes:
√ Learning objective
√ Three success criteria
√ Starter activity - get children in the mood to write!
√ Review of coordinating conjunctions
√ Differentiated questioning (3 levels)
√ Teaching input - what are subordinating conjunctions, example sentences, the meaning of the prefix ‘sub’
√ Guided/ whole class activities
√ Information slides - when subordinating conjunctions can come at the start of your sentences, fronted adverbials, correct punctuation
√ Differentiated independent consolidation activities (3 levels)
√ Review activities and mini plenaries throughout
√ Plenary - AOL

PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with some slight adaptations. It could combine very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.