Focus: writing a story in six sentences
Complex sentence resources
Building complex sentences is an important skill to teach students. We recommend explicitly teaching the sentence structure, subordinating conjunctions, and building complex sentences in Mini-lessons (short skill lessons). Link the sentence building to the topic for writing and then add the skill to your success criteria in writing.
Resources to support teaching complex sentences
Thanks to Melissa Bedford at Bairds Mainfreight School for the wall display idea.
Other resources:
Subordinating conjunction card – extension https://www.theliteracyplace.
Coordinating conjunction card to build compound sentences: https://www.theliteracyplace.
Check out The Poetry Book for more great sentence activities.
Focus: writing a story in six sentences
Includes: a lesson plan and a student exemplar
Focus: providing a shared experience for writing
Creative writing prompts for older students
Focus: using creative writing prompts to motivate students for a Quick Write activity
