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Sentence Saga Literacy Activity (Silly Sentences)
Words and punctuation marks are jumbled everywhere. It’s your task to combine them into sentences that make sense!
Combine different words to make as many sentences as you can. Write the new sentences in your book. Don’t forget to use correct punctuation and grammar.
You can also add in your own words to the blank cards. These new words could be people, places or things (nouns).
Moving on:
Once you have finished, choose an extension card and complete the activity.
- Story: Make a short story using the sentence saga cards. Remember to use correct punctuation.
- Alliteration: Make sentences with alliteration using the sentence saga cards
- Rhyme: Make sentences that rhyme using the sentence saga cards.
- You: Make a sentence about yourself using the sentence saga cards.
Print, cut and laminate this resource so you can use it during literacy rotational activities.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- EN1-9B
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
- EN2-8B
Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter
- EN2-9B
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
- EN3-6B
Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCELA246
Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose, audience and context, including tense and types of sentences
- VCELA190
Recognise that different types of punctuation, including full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, signal sentences that make statements, ask questions, express emotion or give commands
- VCELY267
Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation
- VCELA214
Understand that simple connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with two or more clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction
- VCELA261
Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreement
- VCELA352
Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinion
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACELY1661
Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements, for example illustrations and diagramsElaborationsref...
- ACELA1467
Understand that simple connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with two or more clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunctionElaborationslearning how to express ideas using compound sentences (Skills: Literacy, Criti...
- ACELA1478
Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose and context (for example, tense and types of sentences)Elaborationsbecoming familiar with typical structural stages and language features of various t...
- ACELA1481
Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreementElaborationsknowing that a clause is basically a group of words that contains a verb (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative ...
- ACELY1683
Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuationElaborationsusing glossaries, print and digital dictionaries and spell check to edit spelling, realising that spell check accuracy depends on understanding ...
- ACELA1449
Recognise that different types of punctuation, including full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, signal sentences that make statements, ask questions, express emotion or give commandsElaborationsusing intonation and pauses in response to pu...
- ACELA1525
Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinionElaborationsidentifying (for example from reviews) the ways in which evaluative language is used to assess the qualities of the variou...
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