Year Two

  • This is a suggested sequence of lessons only. Once a lesson objective has been taught, the skill/concept needs to be revised regularly and embedded into curriculum content. Sentence-level writing is best taught in the context of student writing, and curriculum content drives the rigor of the writing activities.

    All lessons are in PowerPoint format so they can be edited and expanded upon. We find the best opportunity to embed the skill/concept into curriculum content is during the ‘You Do’ phase of a lesson.

    Depending on the skill & conceptual knowledge of your students, you may wish to use lessons from earlier grades.

    Remember: The Writing Revolution sentence strategies should be continually revised and embedded into content after teaching them explicitly.

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Lessons:

Term 1

Identify sentence types: statements, questions, commands, exclamations. TWR strategy

Identify and define proper and common nouns and capitalise proper nouns.

Edit sentences for boundary punctuation (full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, capital for proper nouns & at the beginning of sentences).

Complete sentences when provided with but, because, so sentence stems. TWR strategy

Expand simple sentences (who/what? when? where? why?). TWR strategy

Identify and define adjectives.

Expand simple sentences with an adjective. TWR strategy

Identify and define adverbs.

Expand simple sentences with an adverb (to modify the verb in the sentence). TWR strategy

Term 2

Develop questions given a picture or text material (who, what, where, when, how). TWR strategy

Complete sentences when provided with a sentence stem containing one of the following conjunctions: before, after, if, when. E.g. After Lucy stepped out of the wardrobe, … TWR strategy

Complete sentences when provided with a sentence stem containing one of the following conjunctions: even though, although. E.g. Even though it was a hot day,… TWR strategy

Complete sentences when provided with a sentence stem containing one of the following conjunctions: before, after, if, when , even though, although. TWR strategy

Convert fragments to sentences. TWR strategy

Unscramble sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations- bolded first word. TWR strategy

Term 3

Identify and insert subject and object pronouns within a sentence

Identify and insert possessive adjectives within a sentence (can be combined with next lesson)

Identify and insert possessive pronouns within a sentence

Combine 2-3 short declarative sentences (using pronouns and conjunctions). E.g. Tim likes broccoli. Tim Likes beans. Tim does not like peas. -> Tim likes broccoli and beans, but he does not like peas. TWR strategy

Expand a simple sentence with a fronted adverbial phrase/adverb. E.g. Without a sound, Joe tiptoed to the kitchen. Carefully and nervously, Beth climbed the ladder of the Faraway tree.

Separate words in a list using commas.

Develop sentences: statement, question, command, exclamation- based on a picture or story. TWR strategy

Term 4 - will be completed by October 2023

Define subjects and predicates and identify within clauses.

Complete sentences when provided with a sentence stem containing one of the following conjunctions: since, whenever. TWR strategy

Complete sentences when provided with a sentence stem containing one of the following conjunctions: since, although. TWR strategy

Use modal verbs within a sentence

Identify and use regular and irregular past tense verbs in a sentence.

Identify and use regular and irregular plural nouns within a sentence (e.g. sheep).