Longfield Primary School Hiral Kelly

We will be looking at:  Grammar  Improving writing - VCOP  Up levelling  Features of different Genres  Talk for Writing  Opportunities for writing  Games

Grammar  Basic sentence structure – verbs / nouns / adverbs / adjectives / pronouns / prepositions  Compound sentences – and / so etc  Complex Sentences  Main clause / sub-ordinate clause  Punctuation

Word Types Can you identify the different word types in the sentence below? : Jim accidently crashed his car into the huge tree. ConjunctionVerbsPronoun Adjective PrepositionNouns Adverbs

Word Types... Nounadverbpronoun preposition Jim accidently crashed his car into the huge tree. verbnounadjective

Compound Sentences Compound sentence –2 sentences joined with a connective. I enjoy reading. I don’t enjoy cooking

Becomes : I enjoy reading BUT I do not like cooking. I enjoy reading HOWEVER I do not enjoy cooking.

Examples of connectives: Althoughbecausesinceif Whilewhenwhichnext afterhoweverlater although Despite so even though in addition to

Your go... Ben is thoughtful. He always plays with me when I’m lonely. Kate walked home from school slowly. She was tired. Babies cry all of the time. They can get some attention from their mum.

Complex sentences The girl walked into the classroom. A sentence becomes complex when MORE detail or INFORMATION is added to the sentence. This information cannot stand on its own as a sentence.

The girl, who had long red hair, walked swiftly into the classroom. The girl walked into the classroom.

The girl, who had long red hair, walked swiftly into the classroom. The girl, who was now feeling extremely nervous, walked steadily into the classroom, which by now was filled with people who were busily getting ready for the start of the day. The girl walked into the classroom.

Complex Sentences cont.. Clauses Although I was scared, I crept into the house. Subordinate Clause Main Clause

The boy, who was 10, jumped.

Main Clause Here, the main clause has been split to include the subordinate clause.

I wasn’t being very sensible. I had a detention at school. I was awarded top prize at school. My Mum was very happy. I was really tired. I walked all of the way there. I still stayed up late to watch the film. I wasn’t invited to the party. I decided never to talk to Fred again. I wanted to watch the football. I was worried when the dog disappeared. I went to bed early. It was raining.

Grammar - Tenses... Past I went/ I have gone I ran/ I have run I ate/ I have eaten I played I drank/ I have drunk I bought I worked I fought I tried I sat I walked I cooked I flew/ I have flown I shopped Future I will go I will run I will eat I will play I will drink I will buy I will work I will fight I will try I will sit I will walk I will cook I will fly I will shop Present I am going I am running I am eating I am playing I am drinking I am buying I am working I am fighting I am trying I am sitting I am walking I am cooking I am flying I am shopping

VCOP  Vocabulary – varying words for nice/said/went/large/small etc  Connectives – building on and / but / so  Openers – What can a sentence start with?  Punctuation – Yes, please!

Up levelling..  Spoken language – Talk for Writing  Written language

Punctuation Pyramid “ ” ;,... ( ) ?. !. ‘,... ? ! “ ”.?,!.?,!. ?. VCOP

Openers Pyramid Having... Use complex sentences appropriately. Vary sentence length and word order to keep the reader interested. Never... Always... Besides... Even though... Before the/the Meanwhile... Before very long... However... In addition to... Despite... An important thing... We always... If/then... I felt as... Although I had... I discovered... Having decided... I actually... Due to... As time went... Use of adjectives e.g. The golden sun, The grumpy old man, etc. Another thing... After a while... Although... Afterwards... Before... Eventually... Sometimes... Often... First... Then... Next... So... Last... But... Another thing... The last time... Soon... At last If... Another time... Because... After The... My... I... VCOP

Connectives Pyramid Use complex sentence structures appropriately. Vary sentence length and word order to keep your reader interested. in addition to contrary to despite so as to if after while as well as although however also besides even though never the less but so then because when and VCOP

Vocabulary Pyramid outstanding/ly... tender/ly... biological/ly... formidable... outspoken... stern... comical... pathetic... yearning... dwell... dine... progress (verb)... create... adore... foreboding... speculation... silhouette... terrain... apparel... vision... atmosphere... sensitive/ly... timid/ly... aggressively... imaginatively... unfortunate... murderous... echoing... doubtful... emotion... anxiety... longing... progress (noun)... system... communication... ingredient... vibration... prefer... nourish... demonstrate... enjoy... leap... thunderous... fearful... marvellous... attractive... generously... echo... nervously... worriedly... patiently... feelings... courage... experience... peak... patience... wasteland... container... furnishings... robe... gigantic... weird... freezing... quietly... braveness... happiness... joy... sadness... fear... transport... shelter... baggage... companion... vehicle... beautiful... awful... enormous... fierce... adventure... accident... magic... so... first... because... exciting... afraid... lonely... next... interesting... VCOP

Opportunities for Writing  Blogs   Letters / postcards  Diary  Lists

Games  Silly Sentences In pairs, 1 person writes a noun on their board and 1 writes a adjective; create a sentence using the 2 – can be extended to include different word types.  I spy with a difference -