Superb Sentences. Activities and Games CPD Summer 2 – Compiled by K.Coates

Superb Sentences.

Activities and GamesCPD

Summer 2 – Compiled by

K.Coates

Start Simple…

Turn each picture into a simple sentence…

What do you

notice?

Simple sentence ..?

• A big dog chased me.

• A big dog chased me all the way down the long lane to the shops.

• A big dog chased me all the way down the lane to the shops and I escaped by hiding in a shop.

Idea from Pie Corbett –Grammar through T4W

What have you learnt?

Compound…?

• I am happy and I’m feeling relaxed.

• I like tea but I don’t like coffee.

• I can get up enthusiastically and run for miles in the mornings or I can fall asleep again, just like that!

What do you know about compound sentences? How will you use this when you write?


How do you know?

Idea from Pie Corbett -Grammar through T4WWhat type of sentences are

these…1.Although I am happy, I am tired.

2.It was raining when we went out.

3.You’ll hurt yourself if you’re not careful.

4.Because it was bitterly cold, the weather was unpleasant at Easter.

5.Feeling enthusiastic, she decided to walk.

Drop in’s…

Fran, …………………. , began shouting.

Angela, ………………………., ate them all up.

The cupcakes,………………….. all disappeared

Idea from Pie Corbett -Grammar through T4W

Drop in a phrase…

what sentence type have you made?

Drop in’s- 2

1. Mr Sidcup flew his kite2. The bus bumped down the street.3. The axe was blunt.4. Bibi wore her brother’s trousers.5. Boris cuddled the python.6. The dragon grinned.7. The superhero ate his packed lunch.

Drop in an adjective

Drop in an adverb

Drop in a relative clause using – who, whose, which, that

Drop in an –ed, -ing, -ly phrase.


Make a sentence

catshark jellyfishzebra humbug

India heat because teachers tired thinking hope

How quickly can you generate

a sentence?


Combine and Connect…The cat crept.It was a Siamese cat. It went along the wall.It crept cautiously.

The fox slept.It was very tired.It had travelled far.It dreamed of sunlit forests.It slept for hours on end.

Queen Victoria escaped many assassination attempts.

She escaped seven.She was seemingly invincible.

Combine these sentences


Re-order

The rain fell gently like diamonds, sparkling on the leaves in the warm sunlight.


How many different

ways can you reorder this sentence?

The frog sat on the log.

Top Tips..

Change words

Add in..

Add on..

Reorder..

Use special effect such as a simile, metaphor, alliteration

How many different ways can

you rewrite this

sentence?

All Change…


Sentence doctor.

1. after eating the pie they flew away

2. The gloves what I got last week won’t fit you.

3. Why don’t he want no puddin.

4. I seen him done it.5. I goed there with my older

brother.6. Will you pass sandwich to

me.


Punctuation Doctor.

• Joe ran as he did so a hand snatched at his shirt and grabbed him lashing out with his arms he kicked as hard as he could someone seized his hair and tugged him back he screamed fell backwards and rolled on the ground at the same moment his attackers smashed into each other without thinking joe leaped up and started to run fortunately he and managed to escape


Sentence Variety is the spice of life!

• Short- Food Is fuel.• Compound- humans need water and …• Complex- Whilst many people…• Question- is your diet healthy?• Exclamation- Smoking Kills!• List -You will need…• Drop in- owls, which are nocturnal. Usually feed at dusk• Tagged on-Owls fly at dusk, scanning the fields.• Imperative- Turn the oven off.• Topic- Owls have a limited diet.• X3 for action- it is important to eat well, drink water and

…


Vary Openers too…

• Adverb- Desperately• Time – Earlier • Preposition – Towards• Adjective – Brave• Simile – Like• One word- Sad • -ing – Hoping• -ed – Frightened • Verb – Swim • -ly- Reluctantly

Have a go at

making up some example

s


What have you learnt about sentences?

• Talk to a partner

• What do you know now that you didn’t before?

• Where could you use this?

Varying the structure of sentences

• Simple sentences-( a single main clause- as subject and a verb) eg: It rained on Sunday. The boy ran.

• Compound sentence- (2 or more main clauses joined by a conjunction) eg: It rained on Sunday but it was sunny on Monday morning!

• Complex sentences- ( a main clause with one or more subordinate clauses- not making sense on their own) eg: Although it rained, we still enjoyed the walk.

ALWAYS ESTABLISH THE SIMPLE SENTENCE FIRST.

Key Points to take away….• Play with sentences for EFFECT. Writing is about effect.• Build the habit of re-reading the sentence with you pupils• Say them out loud- does it sound right?• Keep reading quality texts to the children • Keep modelling- LOTS and LOTS and LOTS• Then practice , practice , practice- APPLY• Grammar is the job words do in a sentence• Match your word/sentence work to your text type• Lay down grammar patterns with young children orally• Talk about ‘how did the writer do that?’• Let the children do the thinking, problem solving and

learning• BE CLEAR- about what you are focussing on- use AFL• Be RUTHLESS with Capital letters and full stops at all times!


… and literacy health warnings!

• Don’t shy away from using the correct terminology

• Don’t over teach the structure at the expense of good writing

• Don’t do the work for the children by telling them- let them discover


For teachers who want to know more….

• http://www.oxfordschoolimprovement.co.uk/professional-development/video/pie-corbett/bring-writing-alive-complex-sentences

• http://www.oxfordschoolimprovement.co.uk/professional-development/video/pie-corbett/writing-powerful-sentences

• http://www.oxfordschoolimprovement.co.uk/professional-development/video/pie-corbett/improving-sentences

• http://www.oxfordschoolimprovement.co.uk/professional-development/video/pie-corbett/what-works-writing-active-sentences

• Oxford School Improvement website link- Pie Corbett Grammar through Talk for Writing- video clips.

• Remember vary sentences and sentence openings to create different EFFECTS- it all depends on the CONTEXT.

• THINK- what grammatical features does this text type need?• What level am I aiming for- therefore what grammar features do I teach

next?• What have I noticed my children need to make progress?

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Superb Sentences. Activities and Games CPD Summer 2 – Compiled by K.Coates