Varying sentence structures

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Brian Fletcher
Varying sentence structures
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Sentence construction: Varying sentences
Resource type
Worksheet
Starter/Plenary
Game/quiz
A fun resource to encourage students to vary their sentences when writing. Students decide on a story title before rolling a dice to determine which type of sentence to write for the first ten sentences of a story. For example: Score 7 = A sentence beginning with an ‘–ing’ verb (e.g. Looking nervously around her, she quickened her pace.) 

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5
This made for a fantastic lesson!

Jake Townson

14/08/2022

5
Really fun activity to get reluctant writers to vary their sentences in their writing.

Sally-Anne Walsh

16/07/2022

5

16/06/2021

5

11/12/2020

5
This made for a fantastic lesson!

Jake Townson

14/08/2022

5
Really fun activity to get reluctant writers to vary their sentences in their writing.

Sally-Anne Walsh

16/07/2022

5

16/06/2021

5

11/12/2020

5

18/11/2019

5

20/06/2019

Thank you!

Lynden Wade

21/05/2019

This is such a great resource to use with KS3 students, a helpful tool for creative writing. Thank you 😊

Sarah Bunting

06/03/2018

I have used this in small groups from age 11 to 16. Thestudents all thought it was great and one of the GCSE students wanted to smuggle the dice into his exams. The results were excellent.

iona sadler

03/02/2018

Great lesson. Thank you!

Caroline Conway

24/08/2017