Think of a sentence.
Say the sentence.
Can I add more detail?
Write the sentence.
Read the sentence.
Punctuation - Job Descriptions
Capital letter: starts sentences, names, titles and places.
Full stop: ends sentences.
Question mark. goes at the end of a question, doesn’t it?
Exclamation mark: shows shock! surprise! amazement!
Comma: separates items in a list. Wraps itself, when
needed, around clauses.
“Speech marks go around words spoken,” said the teacher.
if, so, while, though, since
Use these words in your sentences
to make them superior!
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Good writers, though, know just
when to use them.
Moves in where letters
move out!
can’t, won’t, shouldn’t,
don’t, wouldn’t, shan’t,
couldn’t, hasn’t, it’s,
would’ve
Superior Connectives
If you use these words, you’ll be
a superior sentence writer!
Remember to use them so that
you can impress your friends and
teacher.
They are waiting to be used
while you think of what to
write.
Since you’ve started to use
them, your writing is amazing!
Which
and
Who.
Can you
use these
two?
Super Sentence Starters
First, Then, Next, So, Last, But, The last time, Soon, At last, If,
Another time, Because, After
Another thing, After a while, Although, Afterwards, Before,
Eventually, Sometimes, Often.
Apostrophes
The Amazing
Flying
Comma!
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Detail! Detail!
Add detail to improve your writing.
The princess was so happy that she had found her handsome,
w e a l t h y p ri n c e .
T h e su n , s h i n i n g d o w n o u t o f a b r i g h t b l u e sk y , c h e e r e d u s u p .
The dog, quick as a flash, ran out of the shop with a string of
sausages in his mouth!
Shows what belongs to
who or what!
John’s book
The dog’s tail (1)
The cats’ tails (2+)
children’s
women’s
men’s
Time Connectives
In the beginning,
At first,
One fine day,
Later that day,
In the wink of an eye,
Suddenly,
A few minutes later,
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Later,
Next,
The next morning,
A few weeks later,
After a while,
Soon afterwards,
Finally.
Paragraphs
Start a new paragraph when there is:
•
A change of topic
• A jump in time
• A change of place
• A new speaker
Amazing
Adjectives
gigantic,
enormous, huge,
tiny, minute,
strange, weird,
peculiar,
freezing, icy,
boiling,
frightening,
nerve-wracking,
spooky, friendly,
menacing,
beautiful, silent,
calm, peaceful,
boisterous,
grumpy, evil,
fantastic, lovely,
fruity, tasty,
bitter,
disgusting,
Neat Nouns
Astounding Adverbs
Powerful Verbs
happiness, joy,
sadness, fear,
transport,
shelter, baggage,
vehicle,
companion
astronaut,
atmosphere,
courage, villain,
competitor
spectator,
visitor, ogre,
professor,
scientist,
specialist,
explorer,
portrait, statue,
attic, iceberg,
valley, mountain,
ocean, landscape.
quietly, silently,
bravely, gracefully,
energetically,
suspiciously,
angrily, sulkily,
sadly, sneakily,
faintly, stupidly,
strongly, weakly,
happily.
laughing loudly,
grinning
unpleasantly,
running swiftly,
sleeping soundly,
gazing longingly,
sighing wistfully,
talking secretly,
stomping angrily,
dancing elegantly,
retorted,
b l u n d e re d ,
stumbled,
w h i n g e d , so a r e d ,
rocketed,
slammed,
catapulted,
glided, tip-toed,
crept, hollered,
bumbled, bashed,
thrashed,
l a u n c h e d , f ro z e ,
pa ni ck e d , p e l t e d ,
gi ggl ed ,
sn i g g e r e d ,
pi nch e d ,
thumped,
stomped, fiddled,
su g g e st e d .
Use speech marks correctly.
“Take me to your leader,”
the little green man whistled in a
metallic voice.
HAVE FUN!
BEI N G A
W R IT E R IS
C O O L!
“My mum’s out. You’ll have to
come back later,” replied Billy
looking rather surprised.
Ask your reader a question.
What do you think happens
next?
Can you imagine how . . . ?
Have you ever wondered . . .?
What a silly Billy, don’t you
agree?
Well, you’ll never guess what
happened next?
You know what boys are like,
don’t you?
Well, what would you do?
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