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

Whoops! Lucky we're not maths teachers! Thank you for pointing this out Cerys - we've sorted it out for you now.

Helen Stacey, Teachit English Editor

20/06/2017

It's impossible to get a '1' with two dice - this needs a bit of editing!

Cerys Slatter

20/06/2017

This was surprisingly successful with reluctant KS3 writers; I loved it!

09/06/2017

A fantastic fun resource! Used with year 7 & 8 special needs students.

Hayley Wiggins

27/05/2017

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