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Lesson 4 Creative Sentences. by Joshua Raven. Whenever Cat Noise Now try to combine them into a sentence, beginning with the first word ‘Whenever’. Try to create sentences that are meaningful, interesting or funny, for example:

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  1. Lesson 4Creative Sentences by Joshua Raven

  2. Whenever • Cat • Noise Now try to combine them into a sentence, beginning with the first word ‘Whenever’. Try to create sentences that are meaningful, interesting or funny, for example: ‘Whenever Rachel saw a cat, she remembered the noise of the panther.’ Look at the following words:

  3. Whenever is a type of connective. This means that: ‘Whenever Rachel saw a cat…’ is a subordinate clause, i.e. it does not make sense as a sentence on it’s own. • THIS MEANS THAT THE FULL SENTENCE IS A COMPLEX SENTENCE. • You must always use a comma to separate the subordinate clause from the main clause. Clauses

  4. Simple sentences: - Make sense on their own and are a complete clause. ‘Caleb Noble was his name’ • Compound sentences: - Combine two clauses together using a connecting word such as ‘and’ ‘An impressive mountain range soared up and brushed the sky.’ What other sentences do you know?

  5. Remember, a complex sentence consists of a main clause, which makes sense on its own, and one or more subordinate clauses. • ‘The black panther flew through the air’ (simple sentence) Which is the verb? • ‘As Rachel hid, the black panther flew through the air.’ (complex sentence) Which is the main clause? Revision

  6. We could have written two simple sentences: 1. Rachel hid from the panther. 2. The black panther flew through the air. • How else could we have linked the sentences? Linking sentences with and is boring. Can you think of any other ways to link them? ‘As she ascended, it was as though she was climbing out of a strange dream’ • Identify the subordinate clause. What separates the two clauses? ‘The man was in his mid-forties and had sun-worn weathered skin.’ • Identify the subordinate clause. A comma is not necessary here because the subordinate clause follows the main clause. Development

  7. although • because • when • if • whereas • owing to • despite • as a result of • some time after • thanks to • even though Here are some more examples of subordinating connectives: • Come up with your own sentences to describe events in chapters 5 & 6 using these connectives.

  8. Write two complex sentences, using the following pairs of nouns and your own choice of subordinating connective: • black/cat • mountain/sky • sunglasses/hair • window/glass Your turn

  9. The subordinate clause can go at the beginning of the sentence: ‘Back in the ward, she saw the broken window glass on the floor.’ • Or at the end: ‘It was the window that had shattered, breaking glass onto the floor’ • ALWAYS REMEMBER TO USE A COMMA TO SEPARATE THE CLAUSES! Remember

  10. Skim read chapter 5 & 6 again, making a note of the different types of sentences Joshua Raven uses in his writing. • Can you find a simple sentence? • Can you find a complex sentence? • Can you find a subordinate clause? • Can you spot creative use of commas to divide sentences? • Can you spot a connective and how it is being used? • Evaluate Joshua Raven’s use of sentences and comment on his style of writing. Use quotes to expand your answer. Chapter 5 & 6

  11. Provide more confident writers with constraints on their sentences, e.g. • Fewer than 10 words • More than 18 words • In the style of a newsreader • In the style of a soap opera • As an advertising jingle Extension activity

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