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| how to write effectively |
I'm convinced, however, that a small number of grammar essentials have the biggest impact on our students' work and it's these we should be concentrating upon. They are (in order of importance):
Sentence variety: simple, compound, complex
Connectives
Paragraph organisation
Tense
Direct / indirect speech
Descriptive detail (modification)
Topic sentences
Of these the single most important is sentence variety. This is what will most powerfully help your students to make the most improvement in their writing. Your weakest writers will have a shaky hold on sentence structure, sometimes missing out full stops or joining sentences (wrongly) with commas - like this:
The play is interesting but it's difficult to know what's always going on, it starts on a battle field then Macbeth sees some witches
Your grade 3 writers will probably write in compound sentences (sentences joined by and, but or or), like this:
The play is dramatic at the beginning and the first thing we learn is that Macbeth is a successful soldier and how he has killed someone from the "nave to the chops"
Your grade 4/5 writer will have learnt the power of sentence variety:
Macbeth begins the play as a hero. His aggressive approach to the battle saves his country and begins his obsession with power. Fighting without fear, he shows himself to be completely ruthless.
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