Build a Silly Sentence

Build a Silly Sentence

Games & Activities

English Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas

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Description

Your students will have fun creating silly sentences with these silly sentence cards while also reinforcing the knowledge that a simple sentence includes nouns and verbs to answer questions such as who, what and where.

Suitable for

Fast Finishers
Relief Teachers

Lesson Structure

Individual Activity
Rotations / Group Work

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Curriculum Codes

AC9E1LA06 9

Understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea

AC9E1LA07 9

Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)

ACELA1451 8.4

Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘What state is being described?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances

ACELA1452 8.4

Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)

Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies

Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

EN1-RECOM-01 new

Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning

EN1-CWT-01 new

Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure

Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances

Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)

Differentiation

Modifications

Some students may benefit from working with a more able partner to assist with reading the cards.

EXTENSIONS

Students can use a mini whiteboard to place their sentence cards and add adjectives to make their sentences more detailed.

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