Types of Sentences Posters - Large Text

Recognises that there are different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter

Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies

Thinks imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information and ideas and identifies connections between texts when responding to and composing texts

Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances

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

Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreement

Understand that the meaning of sentences can be enriched through the use of noun groups/phrases and verb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases

Understand the difference between main and subordinate clauses and that a complex sentence involves at least one subordinate clause

Investigate how complex sentences can be used in a variety of ways to elaborate, extend and explain ideas