Sunday, 20 November 2011

Kernel sentences

Show how sentences can be built up by gradually adding adjectives, adverbs etc.  Depending on the skill level of the learners phrases and clauses could be added.
Start with a simple sentence.  Identify the subject, verb and object.

e.g. The learner wrote a sentence.
The young learner wrote a sentence.
The young learner wrote a long sentence.
The young learner carefully wrote a long sentence.
The young but thoughtful learner carefully and quickly wrote a long complex sentence.
The young but thoughtful learner carefully and quickly wrote a long complex sentence as the tutor explained what needed to be done.

For less able learners construct the sentences, print the different parts of speech in different colours- stick to those different colours as a visual cue- ask learners to build sentences and then swap some of the words that you have supplied for their own.

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