Like so many of our readers, I have to do a lot of work with Archie at home to make sure that he is progressing with his learning, no matter how slowly. Thankfully our eldest son, Josh, has always been really supportive with this because I find it so tough! I genuinely get really overwhelmed by all the terminology and I’m sure that some of you could be feeling this way too?!
This year, our third son started senior school and so, with his help, I am learning all about the English curriculum and the specifics that it covers. Thanks Herbie for your patience with this… I am not a fast learner! 🤦♀️
We thought that we’d share some of these (seemingly crazy hard) learning objectives, to help any AA home schoolers out there (or parent carers like me that didn’t have a clue 😜)
Coordinating conjunctions.
A coordinating conjunction is a conjunction that connects words, phrases, and clauses that are coordinate, or equal to each other. There are seven coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. They can be remembered using the acronym FANBOYS.
Clauses and Phrases.
A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. A phrase is a group of words, but it doesn’t contain a subject and a verb.
Subordinating conjunctions
A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause. This word or phrase indicates that a clause has informative value to add to the sentence’s main idea, signalling a cause-and-effect relationship or a shift in time and place between the two clauses.
The five Ws.
The term “Five Ws” refers to the six basic questions to ask when gathering information or solving a problem. The questions are:
1. Who?
2. What?
3. Where?
4. When?
5. Why?
The goal of this technique is to gain a factual answer to each question. Answers to all five questions should give clarity to whatever the questioner is trying to discover: the solution to a problem, the answer to a mystery, or even the best way to build a product.
It’s fair to say that the curriculum have toughened up since my school days… EEEK!
I hope that these snippets of info have eased the panic for some of you… WE CAN DO THIS! 😀