What will help you to work out the order of your writing?
Thinking about how your ideas will develop in each paragraph
Thinking about what you want to write about
Thinking about how you will finish the writing
How would you normally start and end a piece of writing?
With a short snappy sentence
With an introductory and concluding paragraph
By introducing yourself to the reader
What is the job of the first sentence in a paragraph?
To indicate to the reader about the topic of the paragraph
To develop an idea
To show that you have thought about what you will write about
What role do signposting connectives have within a piece of writing?
To create different variety of sentences
To signal and direct the reader through each stage of the text
To finish each paragraph
What is a transition sentence?
A sentence that links to the next idea
A sentence that is different from the paragraph and stands out
A sentence that interests the reader
What is the purpose of the first and last sentence of a paragraph?
To end and start a paragraph
To show that you know how to paragraph
To introduce and link ideas between paragraphs
Which of the following are effective ways to vary sentences within your writing?
Writing long sentences to give a lot of information
Using connectives, adverbs or a simile
Using nouns within sentences to make your writing easier to understand
Why is sentence variety important?
So your writing looks different to other people's writing
So you don't get bored whilst you write
To entertain the reader and make your writing interesting to read
Why should you build on sentences within your writing?
To explain or develop your ideas
So that the sentences are longer
So that you can use connectives
What can help to develop sentences further?
Sentence starters
A wide range of vocabulary
Sentence variety