Create a semi-colon sentence using the picture

as inspiration

What does these images have in common?

TODAY’SBIGPICTURE: Create impact

TODAY’SBIGPICTURE: Create impactTODAYWE’RELEARNINGTO…

…use a variety of sentence structures for effect.

TODAY’SBIGPICTURE: Create impactTODAYWE’RELEARNINGTO…

…use a variety of sentence structures for effect.

IN TODAY’S LESSONI WILL: Recognise

and use 5 different types of sentence structure.

Recognise and use 3 different types of sentence structure.

Green, but show skilful judgement over when you use the different structures.

What is a sentence?

Subject and verbs

1. Julie screamed when Prince appeared on stage.2. Julie screamed. 3. Julie.4. Screamed.

Challenge - many sentences also contain an object (they receive the action from the subject). Find them!

Which of these are sentences?

Why?

Every sentence (also known as an independent clause)* must contain at least 1 subject (usually a noun) and a verb. Find them in the following sentences.

John grabbed the iron railing.Mary ran over the cat.The teacher swigged gin.

What makes a sentence a sentence?

John grabbed the iron railing. Which was cold.Mary ran over the cat. Was late for work.The unicorn cried for help. Because the wound was very painful.

Why are the words in blue not proper sentences (or independent clauses)? What is missing?

So far we know a sentence…1. … needs at least a subject and a verb.2. … can often have an object too.3. … expresses a complete unit of thought.4. …makes sense on its own. 5. … starts with a capital letter and ends

with a full stop, exclamation or question mark.

There are 5 different

types of sentence

structure. Sentences are classified into 4 different functions.

You need to know at

least 6 different ways

to start a sentence.

There are 5 different types of sentence structure but we’re just going to look at 3 for now. Task: Based on the information below sort the sentences on your sheet into 3 different categories.1. A simple sentence is an independent clause

with a subject and a verb, and it expresses one idea.

2. A compound sentence must contain two independent clauses joined with a connective.

3. A complex sentence must contain an independent clause and an dependent clause.

Compound-complex sentence

Can you arrange these clauses and connective together to make one sentence?• he decided to destroy a few towns to cheer

himself up• Godzilla woke up in a bad mood• so• who had lost his unicorn last night

Godzilla, who had lost his unicorn last night,

woke up in a bad mood so he decided to

destroy a few towns to cheer himself up.

Identify the dependent clause. Now add a simple sentence to turn these complex sentences into compound-complex

1. Let’s go back to the restaurant where we had our first date.

2. Although my cousin invited me, I chose not to go to the reunion.

3. I really didn’t like the play although the acting was very good.

4. Everyone laughed when he got a cream pie smashed in his face.

5. After twenty years, he still had feelings for her.

6. Some people tell me that money can’t buy happiness.Think: Why would you chose to use a compound-complex sentence?

And now for the final sentence structure*

minor

And I’m not even really a proper sentence. He he!

Basically, if it only has a couple of words and no verbs it is a minor sentence.

There are several types of minor sentences and clauses in English. These include:1. Exclamation and interjections - "Wow" and

"What the hell”2. Aphoristic expressions – (Like father, like

son)3. Answers to questions - ("Not right now"),

self-identification - ("Mary here”)4. Imperatives - ("Go!”) 5. Vocatives – (“You over there!”)

Write a descriptive sentence for each picture. Make sure you use all 5 types. Think carefully about the effect you are creating.

TODAY’SBIGPICTURE: Create impactTODAYWE’RELEARNINGTO…

…use a variety of sentence structures for effect.

IN TODAY’S LESSONI WILL: Recognise

and use 5 different types of sentence structure.

Recognise and use 3 different types of sentence structure.

Green, but show skilful judgement over when you use the different structures.

G4G1. What colour have you reached

today?2. Can you prove it?3. Why is it important to learn

what we’ve learnt today?4. Any ideas on how you can

embed this skill further?

Next to come

• Speech marks• Apostrophes• Brackets• Dash• Sentence starters • Sentence types