VCOP Openers

Use the VCOP Openers resource to introduce students to different, and more interesting, ways they can begin sentences. This takes them past the common sentence starters, 'I', 'They', 'She', 'He' and 'Then' and broadens their writing to include far stronger sentence starters such as:

Begin with a position word

• Use a connective
• Use an adjective
• Use an 'ed' opener
• Use an 'ing' opener
• Use a time connective
• Use an adverb
• Use a preposition
• Use the word, 'as'