Learning Objectives:

to review what we mean by the term "sentence" and the ways in which words are put together to make a sentence;

to identify some common features of a sentence.

Bread and Butter Skills –- Sentences

Glaring us

He was angry He the boys shouted at

The whiteboard pen

The door banged shut

Swinging on its hinges

The blue classroom door

No one said anything

Silently, we left the room

We had no homework that day

Sentence? Not a sentence?

Using the worksheet, place each of these tiles into the correct column. How do you know which ones are sentences and which ones aren’t?

Glaring us

He was angry

He the boys shouted at

The whiteboard penThe door banged shut

Swinging on its hinges

The blue classroom door

No one said anything

Silently, we left the room

We had no homework that day

Sentence? Not a sentence?

It has to make sense by itself

Word order matters

Punctuation is important to help the reader understand what the writer meant.

So what did you notice all the sentences had in common?

Jo's Homework

We pushed open the door there was nothing but darkness we see. Then something moved something slithery and rustled about what was it rat. Arif hung back scared but I wanted to see what was in there

my eyes were getting used to the darkness now I door kicked the open further. piles of old papers. On the floor they were brown and dried up looking nothing very interesting Here I thought then the noises started again louder this time with a chattering sort of sound.

I didn't like it nor did Arif who came in standing behind me breathing in my ear I wished we had a torch but we didn't I pointed a small dark shape was moving down the wall like nothing I had ever seen before What was it was alive it

Using the work sheet, help Jo correct his homework so that he is writing in sentences