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Improving Writing – Sentence Structure

Improving Writing – Sentence Structure. Lancashire Literacy Team. Aims. To outline the progression of sentence structure from YR to Y6. To offer suggestions to increase children’s understanding of the concept of a sentence

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Improving Writing – Sentence Structure

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  1. Improving Writing – Sentence Structure Lancashire Literacy Team

  2. Aims • To outline the progression of sentence structure from YR to Y6. • To offer suggestions to increase children’s understanding of the concept of a sentence • To offer practical ideas and activities that can be delivered during Shared Sentence Level sessions

  3. Progression in Sentence Construction and Punctuation Target Statements for Writing • Outline end of year expectations for sentence construction and punctuation • Available on Literacy Coordinator’s Handbook CD-ROM • Also available on Standards website www.standards.dfes.gov.uk Handout 1: Extracts from Target Statements for Writing

  4. Sentence Level Work and Children with SEN • What about children with Special Needs who are working well-below age-related expectations? Handout 2: Supporting Children with SEN

  5. Developing the Concept of a Sentence Improving Sentences: • Sentence Sorting • Editing Text • Spot the Sentences • Full Stops Sentence Not a sentence

  6. Developing the Concept of a Sentence Questions • Using a question hand • Sorting questions • Sorting question sentences • Edit a text for questions Where? Who? How?

  7. Developing the Concept of a Sentence Capital Letters • Name Labels • Create wall chart checklist • Edit a text for capital letters • Investigate most popular capital letter • Collect capital letters

  8. Sentence Frames (Idea taken from FIRST STEPS)

  9. Sentence Frames

  10. Working with Text – Sentence Investigation • Sentence Sleuth- working with enlarged text - word class spotters

  11. Working with Text - Sentence Innovation • Using a sentence from a text, encourage child to innovate own sentence e.g. Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? could become Meow meow white cat have you any milk? Activity: Jack and Jill went up the hill.

  12. Sentence Construction • Drawing a sentence monster rampaged (noun) (verb) words describing the noun words describing the verb fierce fiery last night Which had been let loose furiously

  13. Sentence Shaping (Ideas from Pie Corbett) Sentence construction, expansion, manipulation and reduction • Human Sentences • Chain Writing • Consequences • Editing text – expand/reduce a sentence • Make it

  14. Sentence Transformation • Change it • Boring Sentences • Sentence Doctor

  15. Sentence Joining • Sentence Completion He fell off his bike when… He fell off his bike after… He fell off his bike then… He fell off his bike because… Gradually increase the complexity of the sentence.

  16. More Complex Sentences • Sentence Starters • ‘ed’ opening • ‘ing’ opening • Simile • Preposition • Drop in a clause Tim___________ went home.

  17. More Complex Sentences • The three-part sentence e.g. Tim ran down the road, jumped over the garden sprinkler and fell flat on his face.

  18. It’s home-time!

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