Reviewing handwriting using a poem | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Select the common exception words.

dad

gig

she ✓

the ✓

sun
True or false? Practising common exception words in cursive handwriting can improve your handwriting.

True ✓
False
Match the name of the join with the correct description.

first join

⇔

from the baseline to the x-height line ✓

second join

⇔

from the baseline to the ascender line ✓

third join

⇔

from the x-height line to the x-height line ✓

fourth join

⇔

from the x-height line to the ascender line ✓
Which join is used in this letter string?

first join - from the baseline to the x-height line ✓

second join - from the baseline to the ascender line

third join - from the x-height line to the x-height line

fourth join - from the x-height line to the ascender line
Which join is used in this letter string?

first join - from the baseline to the x-height line

second join - from the baseline to the ascender line

third join - from the x-height line to the x-height line

fourth join - from the x-height line to the ascender line ✓
Which joins are used in this letter string?

first join - from the baseline to the x-height line ✓

second join - from the baseline to the ascender line ✓

third join - from the x-height line to the x-height line

fourth join - from the x-height line to the ascender line

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A haiku is a short poem of just three lines.
Each line of the poem starts on a new line and with a capital letter.
After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your pencil to start the next part of the word.
Each letter string contains different letter joins depending on which letters are in the word.
You don't lift your pencil when forming the joins.

Children may forget to lift their pencil after forming the capital letter.

Model and emphasise to the children that the capital letters do not join (hold hands) with any other letters. They like to stand alone.

Poem - a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern
Haiku - a traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines, often focusing on nature and capturing a special moment
Join - how the letters are connected together
Letter string - a group of letters that are written together in a word