1. LO: To construct sentences. SUCCESS CRITERIA 1. I CAN CREATE SIMPLE AND COMPOUND SENTENCES. 2. I CAN IDENTIFY THAT A SENTENCE REQUIRES A CAPITAL LETTER AND FULL STOP. 3. I CAN USE A VARIETY OF SENTENCES AND PUNCTUATION WITHIN MY WRITING.

2. Starter  Look at the letters (graphemes) on the board and try to make as many words as you can: c m a t s i e n

3. Q1. What is a sentence?

4. A sentence: A sentence is a group of words that makes sense on its own. Chips, car, house, table, on, Friday. Is this a sentence?

5. I ate some chips in my house on Friday. This is a sentence. It makes sense on its own.

6. Q2. What must you include in a simple sentence?

7. To make a simple sentence you need 4 things:  Words  Punctuation  A Verb  A Subject (noun) The cat purred.

8. Activity 1: On your tables, can you match the subject with the verbs so that it makes sense and create your own sentences?

9. What is a compound sentence? A compound sentence is when you join 2 main clauses/simple sentences with a connective/conjunction. Main clause + connective + main clause = compound sentence I like bananas and I like grapes.

10. How do I make a compound sentence?

11. Activity 2: Change your simple sentences into compound sentences. Use the conjunctions to help you. Eg. Tom went to sleep and the fish swam in the sea.

12. Punctuation

13. Please read with your child – what do you notice? morris the martian was flying around the solar system one day when he saw a strange light in front of him what is that he thought to himself morris was scared but he flew a little bit closer so that he could see it better hello he called out there was no reply hello is anyone there he called but again there was no reply suddenly a creature appeared in front of the light boo it shouted poor morris was really scared and he flew off home and hid under his bed

14. Now read the correct version of the text: Morris the Martian was flying around the Solar System one day, when he saw a strange light in front of him. What is that? he thought to himself. Morris was scared, but he flew a little bit closer so that he could see it better. "Hello," he called out. There was no reply. "Hello. Is anyone there?" he called, but again there was no reply. Suddenly a creature appeared in front of the light. "BOO!" it shouted. Poor Morris was really scared and he flew off home and hid under his bed.

15. Punctuation Using punctuation will show where the sentence begins and ends. A sentence must begin with a capital letter. A sentence must end with:  a full-stop (.)  a question mark (?)  or an exclamation mark (!)

16. Activity 3: Put a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence. Put a full stop at the end of a sentence. a) i am playing in the garden b) the teacher is happy with my work c) today it is raining EXT- Can you write your own sentence using the subject: school?

17. Write some sentences to describe this picture. Please include: 1. Words 2. Punctuation 3. A Verb 4. A Subject (noun)