This year we are looking at improving the quality of our writing by learning how to write exciting sentences. We have been using Alan Peat's exciting sentence structures to help us gain more interest in our work.
So far this term we have looked at the following sentence types:
* BOYS sentences are two part sentences that are joined with the coordinating conjunctions But, Or, Yet or So.
* 2A sentences have two adjectives that precede the first noun, followed by two adjectives preceding the second noun.
* 3_ed sentences begin with 3 related adjectives, each ending in 'ed' and followed by a comma. Most 'ed' words describe emotions.
* Emotion word,(comma) sentences have an adjective that describes an emotion followed by a comma. The rest of the sentence describes actions related to the emotion adjective.
* Noun, which/who/where sentences have a subordinate clause making them a complex sentence.
Here are some examples of our amazing sentences. Can you guess which sentence types we used?
Bothered, exhausted, dehydrated, he crossed the boiling desert. Keat
The light, which shone like diamonds, lit up the eerie, dark forest. Georgette Terrified, frightened, exhausted, she screamed as the volcano raged and rumbled. Sirila Suspicious, she peered through the slightly open door. Talia The path, which was surrounded by uninviting trees, wound around the forest like string on a reel. Nour Petrified, she held her teddy tight and hid from the monstrous hands coming out from under her bed. Nicholas The little girl with the blue, knitted mittens held her small, colourful present with delight all over her face. Rebekah
The key, which rested on the twisted tree, could not be found. Antonio
Horrified, she shuffled into the corner clutching her teddy. Tamsyn
At the end of our writing sessions we have been helping each other by peer editing. We are learning to give compliments, make suggestions and assist with errors. This is helping our own writing as we are becoming more critical of our own work before someone else reads it.
So far this term we have looked at the following sentence types:
* BOYS sentences are two part sentences that are joined with the coordinating conjunctions But, Or, Yet or So.
* 2A sentences have two adjectives that precede the first noun, followed by two adjectives preceding the second noun.
* 3_ed sentences begin with 3 related adjectives, each ending in 'ed' and followed by a comma. Most 'ed' words describe emotions.
* Emotion word,(comma) sentences have an adjective that describes an emotion followed by a comma. The rest of the sentence describes actions related to the emotion adjective.
* Noun, which/who/where sentences have a subordinate clause making them a complex sentence.
Here are some examples of our amazing sentences. Can you guess which sentence types we used?
Bothered, exhausted, dehydrated, he crossed the boiling desert. Keat
The light, which shone like diamonds, lit up the eerie, dark forest. Georgette Terrified, frightened, exhausted, she screamed as the volcano raged and rumbled. Sirila Suspicious, she peered through the slightly open door. Talia The path, which was surrounded by uninviting trees, wound around the forest like string on a reel. Nour Petrified, she held her teddy tight and hid from the monstrous hands coming out from under her bed. Nicholas The little girl with the blue, knitted mittens held her small, colourful present with delight all over her face. Rebekah
The key, which rested on the twisted tree, could not be found. Antonio
Horrified, she shuffled into the corner clutching her teddy. Tamsyn
At the end of our writing sessions we have been helping each other by peer editing. We are learning to give compliments, make suggestions and assist with errors. This is helping our own writing as we are becoming more critical of our own work before someone else reads it.