Sentence construction
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Connectives writing placemat | ||
This differentiated resource features a connective for every occasion on a placemat! Suitable for all non-fiction writing tasks. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 21/01/2013 | |||
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Simple, compound, and complex sentences | ||
A Powerpoint presentation with accompanying activities which explain the differences between simple, compound, and complex sentences. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 07/12/2012 | |||
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Connectives SNAP! | ||
A game of snap using a collection of different types of connectives. Includes teaching ideas. There are two whizzy versions: Snap and a Magnet Pelmanism game. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 26/10/2012 | |||
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Using full sentences | ||
A handy resource for helping lower ability students understand how to write full sentences. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 07/09/2012 | |||
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Categorising connectives | ||
Students categorise connectives into purposes and then practise using connectives to explain cause and effect. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 07/09/2012 | |||
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Sentence race | ||
A fun resource in which students race to complete sentences from a set of word tiles. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 30/03/2012 | |||
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Telephone tales | ||
A fun task which uses students' telephone numbers to encourage them to vary sentence length. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 15/04/2011 | |||
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Choptalk - football fever | ||
Experiment with word order and punctuation in this quotation from 'Fever Pitch'. (Answer: I told him I wasn’t interested in football, not even in the Cup Final – true, as far as I was aware, but perversely I watched the whole match on television anyway.) | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 08/06/2010 | |||
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Shake up your sentences | ||
Vary the word order of sentences to make them more engaging. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 04/09/2009 | |||
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Let it flow, let if flow, let it flow |
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Why is textual fluency important? Students analyse sentence length, type and structure in a short text and finish off with a fun writing task. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 15/05/2009 | |||
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Make me agree! | ||
This is a self explanatory resource designed to teach this verb/subject agreement with explanation, test examples and self assessment. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 23/01/2009 | |||
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Varying your sentences | ||
A worksheet that asks students to identify and use a range of different sentence structures. Useful as a homework activity. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 20/07/2007 | |||
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Syntex: no smoking notice | ||
Reorder these tiles to create a command in the passive voice. (Answer: In accordance with Warwickshire’s health regulations, it is forbidden to smoke anywhere in this building.) | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 02/03/2007 | |||
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Complex sentences | ||
A Smart Notebook lesson focusing on the use of complex sentences and semi-colons. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 19/01/2007 | |||
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Sorting out sentences - Jamie Oliver | ||
Explore sentence rules with this Choptalk activity. Instructions are available in the PDF file. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 21/11/2006 | |||
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Verbs, subjects and objects | ||
Quick revision worksheet. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 17/03/2006 | |||
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Double negatives | ||
A maths starter... in English? | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 17/10/2005 | |||
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Modelling a sentence structure | ||
An interesting exploration of non finite subordinate clauses. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 07/11/2003 | |||
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Connectives | ||
Joining sentences with connectives. An informative handout with a brief underlining exercise. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 16/09/2003 | |||
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Clauses powerpoint presentation | ||
An interesting look at main and subordinate clauses. (PDFs can be used as OHTs) | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 27/11/2002 | |||
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A comprehensive lesson pack |
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With a focus on sentence construction and punctuation (Y7 NLS SLW 1, Y8 SLW 1) this scheme covers essential skills such as avoiding 'and' and 'but', alternatives to 'if', relative pronouns and participles. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 09/10/2002 | |||
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Complex sentences | ||
Create complex sentences using main and subordinate clauses. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 23/08/2002 | |||
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Grammar: verbs, subject and object practice | ||
Three exercises to help students identify the subject, object and verb in a sentence. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 01/10/2000 | |||
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