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1. Does the word have more than one meaning? Can you use the word in a sentence? Can you relate the word to any of your subjects? Do you know the meaning of the word? Do you know how to spell it? Can you define the word to a friend? Innovative Skills Matter at HACA If you can use the word of the week in any of your lessons then you will be rewarded! Skills Matter at HACA

2. Sentence Openings Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA

3. It is very important when you are writing a series of sentences that the sentences do not all sound the same. Sentences that all sound the same are not interesting to a reader. To help with this problem, you can vary, which means “change” or “rearrange,” your sentence beginnings. You can vary your sentence openings by: 1. Use two adjectives Ripe, juicy peaches made my Grandmother’s pie the best. 2. Use an appositive Sheila, the smartest girl in the class, received an award. 3. Use an infinitive To win an award was a proud achievement for Natasha. 4. Use a prepositional phrase In the high tower, the princess waits for her prince to arrive. 5. Use parallel structure Handsome and fearless, the prince climbed the tower to his princess. 6. Begin with speech 7. Use an adverb 8. Use a verb Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA

4. Year 7 Task Try to start each of these sentences in a different way. Keeping the same basic meanings, aim to extend the sentence. I walked into the classroom. ______________________________________________________________________ The sun was shining on the sea. ______________________________________________________________________ My brother crashed his car. _______________________________________________________________________ Joe did some good work. ________________________________________________________________________ The cat caught a rabbit. ________________________________________________________________________ Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA

5. Year 7 Answers Possible Answers Walking into the classroom, ............ Shining down on the sea, the sun was as bright as ever! Stupidly, my brother crashed his car. Afraid of being told off, Joe did some good work. Like a tiger catching its prey, the cat caught a rabbit. Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA

6. Year 8 Task Create a sentence in each column. The first has been done for you. Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA

7. Year 9 Task Make this paragraph sound more interesting by varying the sentence openings This is a beach. It is a sunny day. There are some clouds in the sky. The sky is blue. The sea is green. The girl is jumping on to the sand. She is smiling. She has blond hair and a green swim suit. She is wearing sunglasses. The boy in the white shorts is jumping too. He is her little brother. There are three people down by the water. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA

8. Year 9 Answers Possible Answer Shining down, the sun glittered across the beach. Fluffy clouds moved in the bright blue sky. Colours of green merged to form the sea. Wearing a green swimsuit and smiling, the blond haired girl jumped up and down on the sand. Reflecting in her sunglasses was her little brother, who was also jumping in the sand. Down by the water were three more figures. Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA

9. Year 10 Task Have a go at rewriting this paragraph, improving the sentence openings. I can hear the market sellers shouting at the tops of their voices to attract the attention of the shoppers. I walk through the crowded market place, where people are pushing and shoving each other and muttering under their breath. I smell exotic aromas coming from the food stalls. I pass the fish stall, which reminds me of the sea. I can almost taste the salt on my tongue. I stop to buy a souvenir from one of the brightly coloured stalls. I make my way towards a stallholder yelling, ‘Candyfloss’. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA

10. Year 10 Answers Sample Answer Shoutingat the tops of their voices, the market sellers are trying to attract the attention of the shoppers. To reach the other side of the square, I make my way through the crowded market place, where people are pushing and shoving each other and muttering under their breath. Exotic aromas drift from the food stalls, making my mouth water. AsI pass the fish stall, I can almost taste the salt on my tongue; it reminds me of the sea. Briefly, I stop to buy a souvenir from one of the brightly coloured stalls, when I hear a stallholder yelling, ‘Candyfloss’. I head straight over. Skills Matter at HACA Skills Matter at HACA