• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Conjunctions: coordinating and subordinating). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Choose the conjunction that makes the most sense. Put the milk back in the fridge ___ you have finished with it. (unless / when / although / or) → whenPrompt: Read the two parts of the sentence. How are they linked?
2. Which word or phrase is the subordinating conjunction? Although it was late, we kept playing. (kept / Although / late / playing) → AlthoughPrompt: A subordinating conjunction starts a clause that cannot stand on its own.
3. Choose the conjunction that makes the most sense. We stayed indoors ___ it was pouring with rain. (although / because / so / unless) → becausePrompt: Read the two parts of the sentence. How are they linked?

• Show a sentence with the grammar point used wrongly and ask what sounds odd.
• Share the objective: Correlative conjunctions and interjections. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Choose the word that completes the pair. I don't know ___ to laugh or cry.
• Step 1: Correlative conjunctions work in pairs: either/or, neither/nor, both/and, not only/but also, whether/or.
• Step 2: Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "I don't know whether to laugh or cry."
• Step 3: So the answer is: whether
• Answer: whether
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Choose the word that completes the pair. We can ___ walk nor cycle in this snow. (whether / either / neither / both) → neitherPrompt: Correlative conjunctions come in pairs.
2. Which word is the interjection? Hooray! We won the cup! (won / We / Hooray / cup) → HoorayPrompt: An interjection is a word that shows a sudden feeling.

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Which word is the interjection? Hooray! We won the cup! (won / Hooray / We / cup) → HoorayPrompt: An interjection is a word that shows a sudden feeling.
2. Choose the word that completes the pair. We can ___ walk nor cycle in this snow. (whether / neither / either / both) → neitherPrompt: Correlative conjunctions come in pairs.

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-5.