Variety is the spice of writing!

LO: To vary our sentence types and sentence openings

Are these simple, compound or complex?

1. The teacher was a bit hyperactive.2. The students, who all wanted to do really well,

did all of their homework each week.3. The teacher was pleased and the teacher gave

out stamps to everyone.4. The students were looking forward to getting

positive phone calls but the students realised that it was going to be lots of hard work.

5. The class was successful.6. Without wanting to be biased, the teacher

thought that the class were fantastic.

Vary the openings too….

Add a preposition opening to sentences 2 and 3: eg, On, over, under……

2. The students, who all wanted to do really well, did all of their homework each week.

3. The teacher was pleased and the teacher gave out stamps to everyone.

Keep them different….

Now add adverb openings to sentences 1 and 5. Eg suspiciously, happily, slowly….

• The teacher was a bit hyperactive.

5. Without wanting to be biased, the teacher thought that the class were fantastic.

Mix it up!

Lastly, add a simile opening to sentences 4 and 6. Eg. Like a…. Or As… as a…

• The students were looking forward to getting positive phone calls but the students realised that it was going to be lots of hard work.

6. Without wanting to be biased, the teacher thought that the class were fantastic.

Write 6 sentences describing your teacher.

• You must include:

• At least one simple sentence

• At least one compound sentence

• At least one complex sentence

• At least one preposition opening.

• At least one adverb opening

• At least one simile opening.

Homework

1. On 8 cards, write 8 sentences (one per card) that describe the thing in your coursework title.

• You must include:• At least one simple sentence• At least one compound sentence• At least one complex sentence• At least one preposition opening.• At least one adverb opening• At least one simile opening.

2. Experiment with the order of the sentences by moving the cards around.

3. Write out the sentences as a paragraph 3 times, each paragraph should have a different possible order of sentence types.