Sentence Variety by Mr. Ridley

This resource was inspired by Mr Bruff's videos. I created a PowerPoint which helps students (Year 7 to 11) vary their sentence starters and make their writing more engaging. When teaching - I talk about how important sentence variety is outside of school too (jobs, interviews, applications etc.). I always change the starter, so it doesn't have to be the one on the slide. Students build up to a quality piece of writing where (in this case) a number of my Year 8 Set 2 class were able to reach level 7. Help sheets for differentiation also included. Big Picture and Learning Objectives can be adapted.