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Language & Sentence Games
Objectives
To write sentences with appropriate grammar and punctuation.
Resources
Lined paper
Today's Lesson
Spelling
Review the spellings for the test in Lesson 5.
Main Activity
The next few lessons will consist of some language and sentence games to encourage your student to develop confidence, stamina and ideas for writing. Language and sentence games are great to include regularly in lessons, and can open up the learner’s mind to new ways of thinking and, therefore, writing. They are also a good way to apply their own existing skills, and their grammar and punctuation skills, which sometimes pose a challenge to students.
Game 3: Animal Game
Ask your student to make a list of five to ten animals. Now ask him or her to write a sentence about each one - as playful as possible. E.g. The little monkey flew from tree to tree! A kitten curled up next to its protective mother.
Then, add certain criteria that your student must add to the sentences:
- use a simile ( e.g. The little monkey flew like an eagle from tree to tree!)
- use two adjectives (e.g. A delicate, tiny kitten curled up next to its protective mother.)
- use an adverb (e.g. The little monkey flew smoothly from tree to tree!)
- use conjunctions like ‘after’ or ‘when’ (e.g. A kitten curled up next to its protective mother after it had feasted on a mouse.)
Game 4: Alliterate
Use the animal list to create alliterative sentences - one per animal, e.g. The tiny tiger tickled the terrified terrapin’s two toes with torn tinsel.
If needed, tell your child that alliteration is a device we use when words next to each other start with the same letter. They are ear-catching and they help us remember phrases or descriptions. E.g. slithery snake; crawling caterpillar.
Repeat this task with other animals from Game 3.
Game 5: Improve
Provide the following list of dull sentences for your student to improve. Ask him or her to make them more interesting, powerful or detailed:
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The worm went.
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The man got the drink.
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The dog came along the road.
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The woman ate the stuff.
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The man looked at the things in the shop.