Synchronised SentencesExamples and Tips.

Yr 7 Synchronised Sentences

Synchronised Sentences.

1. Cinderella left the house.

2. The danger of and or but or also.

Cinderella left the house and decided to go to the park.

As soon as we teach this sentence urge the kids to forget it.

A full stop is almost always a better option than and or but or also or or.

Run on sentences

Run-on sentences occur when a sentence goes on for too long!

They happen because the writer doesn’t use enough full stops or overuses and or but or then or also.

Run on sentences are like dry rot.

English is my favourite subject because the things we do are amazing and cool and I really enjoy writing stories because I like creating new worlds and in the lessons we do writing then we do drama and speaking and listening then we work on the computers.

This is better.

English is my favourite subject because the

things we do are amazing and cool. I really enjoy writing stories because I like creating

new worlds. In the lessons we do writing, drama and speaking and listening.

Eventually, we work on the computers.

3. Opening a new paragraph with a topic sentence. However, she remembered that she had to

go to the shops.

Other words that signal the opening of a paragraph are:

Firstly, Moreover, Furthermore, etc….

4. Conjunctions

Cinderella often forgot things because she had a poor memory.

Conjunctions form causal links between unrelated moments. who since that whom until in case whose before so which because if that how unless when than though where as much as

although as so that even though

(6-11)These conjunctions are so valuable that they should start sentences.

although, though, while11Concesive

so that 10. Result

because, since, as, given9. Reason

in order to, so that, in order that

8. Purpose

If , unless7. Conditional

when, before, after, since, while, as, until

6. Time

Think of these words as golden.

If sentences begin with them, dependent clauses open the sentence.

When writing sentences that begin with these

words, students instinctively sense where

the comma should fall.

Students become more confident because their complex sentence structure has been stabilised and after the comma they can take their sentences anywhere…..

That can be enormously liberating……

Opening up sentences for the developing writer…. As the cat sat on the mat,…………….

Although Cinderella left the house, ……….

( 3 & 6-11) Paragraph topic sentences

Firstly, Moreover, However, Furthermore, Therefore, Finally,

If you combine this with a sentence from the 6-11 range your topic sentences will look very convincing.

Firstly, although many parents would be horrified of their teenager packing plastic on a retail therapy binge, there is a lot to be said for kids having their own current account. If you're worried about debt, identity theft or ill advised purchases, it simply shows that you're a concerned parent. However, if your child agrees to an account that carries no overdraft facility and issues a statement to both them and you , thetense transition can be plain sailing. Rather than doling out small amounts as and when , your child can learn to budget and eke out their monthly allowance. Many parents start with a small monthly amount which rises if the money and the responsibility that goes with it are handled sensibly. If your kid can do this month in , month out , they'll probably start asking for a well deserved pay rise.