English Sentence Variation Using Alan Peat's Emotion Word Comma Sentences

Emotion Word Comma Sentences.

I put this worksheet (among others) together after watching Alan Peat Writing Exciting Sentences at the start of my career.

I have used Emotion Word Comma in this resource.
I begin by explain WHY it is a good sentence and how the sentence is structured.

Examples of Emotion word comma sentences follow for reference.

There are 3 tasks.

1. Scaffolded to support children in gaining understanding.
2. More independence in the crafting of the sentences but featuring a word bank.
3. An opportunity to write their own sentence in this style.

There is an opportunity for self evaluation and reflection at the end.

Teaching point: I often find two misconceptions when introducing this type of sentence.

1. Some children write an adverb to open rather than an adjective. This is still a correct sentence and would indeed show variation in writing as well as altering the impact of the sentence, but from a grammatical point of view, it is a teaching point to ensure children know the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
2. There should be a full sentence after the emotion word which makes sense regardless of the word before the comma.
   Sometimes children write a sentence such as
   *Delighted, he was to open the letter. *
   Instead of
   Delighted, he opened the letter.

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