Resources for Postcards

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Resource 1.1aSelf-portrait with bandaged ear by
Vincent van Gogh 1889

• The man is indoors. He is wearing a coat and a
  hat with black fur on the front. The side of his
  face has a bandage on it. He is thinking back to
  an accident he just had. He is probably in
  shock. He is staring out of the picture like a
  madman. His face is pale. He has lost a lot of
  blood. He will probably collapse in a minute.

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Resource 1.1bWhat do you notice about the words
at the start of every sentence?

• The man is indoors. He is wearing a coat and a
  hat with black fur on the front. The side of his
  face has a bandage on it. He is thinking back to
  an accident he just had. He is probably in
  shock. He is staring out of the picture like a
  madman. His face is pale. He has lost a lot of
  blood. He will probably collapse in a minute.

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Resource 1.2Targets for this unit of work

• Vary my sentences in length and structure
• Use a wider range of connectives to show the
  links between my ideas
• Use commas correctly in long sentences

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Resource 2.2aTo vary my sentences I can start
with

• an -ed
• Click here for an example

• Exhausted, the man slumped onto the chair.

• an -ing
• Click here for an example

• Looking through the window, the girl gazes out at
  the world.

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Resource 2.2bTo vary my sentences I can start
with

• a connective
• Click here for an example

• Because he has been wounded, the soldier lies on
  the battlefield beneath the rearing horses.

• a subordinate clause
• Click here for an example

• As it was every day, the train was jam-packed
  with commuters.

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Resource 2.2cTo vary my sentences I can start
with

• an adverb
• Click here for an example

• Hurriedly turning away, the man shoves the money
  into his pocket.

• a prepositional phrase
• Click here for an example

• Underneath the tree, two men are deep in
  discussion.

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Resource 3.2Changing sentences

• The boy got into the car because it was raining.
• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

• Change the main verb
• Change the connective
• Start with an adverb
• Add a subordinate clause
• Start with a subordinate clause
• Start with a prepositional phrase
• Move the subordinate clause
• Click the commands to see the sentence change.

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Resource 3.3aWind surfers
Image courtesy of www.stockxpert.com
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Resource 3.3bWind surfers

• Although the sun beat down, the sea was the
  colour of slate. Just the two of us were there,
  working the wind and the waves between the
  horizon and the shore, while the white foam
  boiled from the water under our speeding surfers.
  The wind was crazy. I was thinking that I must be
  crazy too, but it sure felt good, flying off the
  wave crests and into the grey-blue sky.

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Resource 4.1 Image courtesy of
www.freeimages.co.uk
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Resource 5.4aWe use commas

• before but in compound sentences
• Click here for an example

• The girl walked out the door, but the boy got
  into the car.

• to separate the subordinate clause from the main
  clause when it starts a sentence
• Click here for an example

• As the boy got into the car, the girl walked out
  of the door.

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Resource 5.4bWe use commas

• after a connective that links across or between
  sentences
• Click here for an example

• The girl walked out of the door. Meanwhile, the
  boy got into the car.

• around additional information in a sentence that
  can be removed without affecting meaning
• Click here for an example

• The girl, throwing on her coat in a hurry, walked
  out of the door.

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Resource 5.4cWe use commas

• to separate items in a list
• Click here for an example

• The girl finished her coffee, threw on her coat,
  grabbed her bag and walked out of the door.

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Change the main verb

• The boy got into the car because it was raining.

• The boy scrambled into the car because it was
  raining.

• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

• The girl stormed out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

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Change the connective

• The boy got into the car because it was raining.

• The boy got into the car while it was raining.

• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

• The girl walked out of the door although her
  mother was talking.

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Start with an adverb

• The boy got into the car because it was raining.

• Hurriedly, the boy got into the car because it
  was raining.

• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

• Suddenly, the girl walked out of the door while
  her mother was talking.

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Add a subordinate clause

• The boy got into the car because it was raining.

• The boy got into the car because it was raining,
  even though he had a coat.

• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking, because she was rude.

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Start with a subordinate clause

• The boy got into the car because it was raining.

• Because it was raining, the boy got into the car.

• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

• While her mother was talking, the girl walked out
  of the room.

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Start with a prepositional phrase

• The boy got into the car because it was raining.

• Like a panic-stricken chimp, the boy got into the
  car because it was raining.

• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

• In a foul temper, the girl stormed out of the
  door while her mother was talking.

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Move the subordinate clause

• The boy got into the car because it was raining.

• The boy, because it was raining, got into the
  car.

• The girl walked out of the door while her mother
  was talking.

• The girl, while her mother was talking, walked
  out of the door.

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