Creative writing sentence mat
This engaging sentence writing mat is designed to encourage KS3-4 students to write a wider range of sentences in their creative or narrative writing.
With two pictures prompts to inspire their sentence-level experiments (a Christmas market and an Alpine lake), students write a range of different sentences.
Can be used to develop students' fiction writing skills in preparation for GCSE English Language exam tasks, including AQA English Language Paper 1 question 5. It's also perfect for a topical (exam-skills focused!) Christmas lesson at the end of term.
Example sentence tasks from the writing mat:
Describe the image using the five senses:
A simile sentence:
The three-verb sentence:
An -ed verb (such as surprised) opening:
Sentence with a semicolon
in the middle to connect
two clauses:
An -ing verb (present participle, such as running) at the start of the sentence:
