KS3 Basic Literacy: Sentence Types

A straightforward lesson that follows on from:

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/lower-ability-ks3-what-is-a-sentence-12053604

It includes:

• A starter in which learners identify the missing features of a range of sentences. These features are categorised as either ‘missing subject’, ‘missing verb’ or ‘missing verb or more’. There is also the option of ‘no errors’. Slides 1-2 contain the sentence ready for correction, so it would help to have access to an interactive board.
• An introduction to simple, compound and complex sentences. Learners read an example of each type and see if they can work out how they are different.
• A guide sheet that explains the nature of simple, compound and complex sentences.
• Learners then identify whether sentences A-J are either simple, compound or complex and have a go at writing their own complex sentences, choosing from a list of subordinating conjunctions.
• The lesson concludes with a game involving five different pictures. The impetus is on learners to come up with a sentence in relation to each picture, with a simple sentence being worth 1 point and a complex sentence being worth 3. The instruction is, ‘Look at the picture, think of a sentence, raise your hand.’

This lesson should take about an hour and is aimed at lower-middle ability learners. It could be used as a cover lesson.