Does the word have more than one meaning?
Can you use the word in a sentence?
Do you know the meaning of the word?
Do you know how to spell it?
Can you relate the word to any of your subjects?
Can you define the word to a friend?
Satire
If you can use the word of the week in any of your lessons then you will be rewarded!
It is very important when you are writing a series of sentences that the sentences
do not all sound the same. Sentences that all sound the same are not interesting
to a reader. To help with this problem, you can vary, which means “change” or
“rearrange,” your sentence beginnings.
You can vary your sentence openings by:
1. Use two adjectives
Ripe, juicy peaches made my Grandmother’s pie the best.
2. Use an appositive
Sheila, the smartest girl in the class, received an award.
3. Use an infinitive
To win an award was a proud achievement for Natasha.
4. Use a prepositional phrase
In the high tower, the princess waits for her prince to arrive.
5. Use parallel structure
Handsome and fearless, the prince climbed the tower to his princess.
6. Begin with speech
7. Use an adverb
8. Use a verb
Year 7 Task
Try to start each of these sentences in a different way. Keeping the
same basic meanings, aim to extend the sentence.
1)
I walked into the classroom.
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2)
The sun was shining on the sea.
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3)
My brother crashed his car.
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4)
Joe did some good work.
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5)
The cat caught a rabbit.
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Year 7 Answers
Possible Answers
1)
Walking into the classroom, ............
2)
Shining down on the sea, the sun was as bright as ever!
3)
Stupidly, my brother crashed his car.
4)
Afraid of being told off, Joe did some good work.
5)
Like a tiger catching its prey, the cat caught a rabbit.
Year 8 Task
Create a sentence in each column. The first has been done for you.
Start with a preposition
Start with an adverb
Use Time to begin
Earlier that day, he had seen
Kristy.
Begin with a simile
Action/verb start. ‘ing’
Adjective
Year 9 Task
Make this paragraph sound more interesting by varying the sentence openings
This is a beach. It is a sunny day. There are some clouds in the sky. The
sky is blue. The sea is green. The girl is jumping on to the sand. She is
smiling. She has blond hair and a green swim suit. She is wearing
sunglasses. The boy in the white shorts is jumping too. He is her little
brother. There are three people down by the water.
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Year 9 Answers
Possible Answer
Shining down, the sun glittered across the beach. Fluffy
clouds moved in the bright blue sky. Colours of green merged
to form the sea. Wearing a green swimsuit and smiling, the
blond haired girl jumped up and down on the sand. Reflecting
in her sunglasses was her little brother, who was also jumping
in the sand. Down by the water were three more figures.
Year 10 Task
Have a go at rewriting this paragraph, improving the sentence openings.
I can hear the market sellers shouting at the tops of their voices to attract the attention of the
shoppers. I walk through the crowded market place, where people are pushing and shoving
each other and muttering under their breath. I smell exotic aromas coming from the food
stalls. I pass the fish stall, which reminds me of the sea. I can almost taste the salt on my
tongue. I stop to buy a souvenir from one of the brightly coloured stalls. I make my way
towards a stallholder yelling, ‘Candyfloss’.
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Year 10 Answers
Sample Answer
Shouting at the tops of their voices, the market sellers are
trying to attract the attention of the shoppers. To reach the
other side of the square, I make my way through the crowded
market place, where people are pushing and shoving each
other and muttering under their breath. Exotic aromas drift
from the food stalls, making my mouth water. As I pass the
fish stall, I can almost taste the salt on my tongue; it reminds
me of the sea. Briefly, I stop to buy a souvenir from one of the
brightly coloured stalls, when I hear a stallholder yelling,
‘Candyfloss’. I head straight over.