Using five sentence types
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This unit uses and builds on learning around writing simple, compound and three types of complex sentence learnt and reviewed in the Year 5 grammar unit 'Five sentence types', all with their associated comma rules in place. Pupils learn a new set of subordinating conjunctions (once, since, even though) and relative pronouns (whose, where, when, that) and they learn about the subject and the object of a clause for the first time. This unit prepares pupils to write cohesively and with control and flair for a range of writing purposes, including narrative and descriptive writing in KS3.
Prior knowledge requirements
- A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense.
- A simple sentence is formed of one main clause and there are four types of simple sentence: statement, question, command and exclamation.
- A compound sentence is formed of two main clauses that are joined by a co-ordinating conjunction.
- A subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb that does not make complete sense.
- An adverbial complex sentence is formed of at least one main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause.
- A relative complex sentence is formed of at least one main clause and a relative subordinate clause.
- A non-finite complex sentence is formed of at least one main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause.
- Different sentence structures allow writers to communicate clearly and with interest to the reader.
- A range of sentence types in writing creates text cohesion.
- A comma is an important piece of punctuation with more than one purpose, often used to demarcate clauses in compound and complex sentence structures.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on learning around writing simple, compound and three types of complex sentence learnt and reviewed in the Year 5 grammar unit 'Five sentence types', all with their associated comma rules in place. Pupils learn a new set of subordinating conjunctions (once, since, even though) and relative pronouns (whose, where, when, that) and they learn about the subject and the object of a clause for the first time. This unit prepares pupils to write cohesively and with control and flair for a range of writing purposes, including narrative and descriptive writing in KS3.
Prior knowledge requirements
- A main clause is a group of words that contains a verb and makes complete sense.
- A simple sentence is formed of one main clause and there are four types of simple sentence: statement, question, command and exclamation.
- A compound sentence is formed of two main clauses that are joined by a co-ordinating conjunction.
- A subordinate clause is a group of words that contains a verb that does not make complete sense.
- An adverbial complex sentence is formed of at least one main clause and an adverbial subordinate clause.
- A relative complex sentence is formed of at least one main clause and a relative subordinate clause.
- A non-finite complex sentence is formed of at least one main clause and a non-finite subordinate clause.
- Different sentence structures allow writers to communicate clearly and with interest to the reader.
- A range of sentence types in writing creates text cohesion.
- A comma is an important piece of punctuation with more than one purpose, often used to demarcate clauses in compound and complex sentence structures.
Grammar
Using five sentence types
In this unit, pupils review five sentence structures: simple, compound, adverbial complex, relative complex and non-finite complex, all with their associate comma rules in place. They learn some new subordinating conjunctions and relative pronouns, as well as subject and object for the first time.
4 lessons in unit
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