Sentence Opener
Developed by
Sue Wilkinson
Primary Literacy Consultant
Learning and Achievement Service Sheffield
The balloon deflated and sank to
the ground.
Add an adverb opener.
How?
The skaters glided across the ice.
Add a simile opener – As…
Add a simile opener – Like…
The flames swept through the forest.
Add an adjective opener.
They held on tightly to the hand rail.
Add an “ing” opener.
Feeling scared and apprehensive, …
They held on tightly to the hand rail.
Add a single word.
Excited,…