This resource pack teaches children how to use dashes to add extra information for emphasis, drama and clarity. The PowerPoint explains what parenthesis is, demonstrates how dashes work in pairs and shows how to check sentences still make sense when the extra detail is removed. Pupils explore examples, correct errors and see how dashes can build tension in writing. The accompanying task sheet provides sentence-rewriting practice, open-ended writing challenges and opportunities to create engaging and dramatic parenthesis.