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A Sentence a Day Program Overview
The Sentence a Day program involves students in daily practice of writing individual sentences, focusing on correct sentence structure and sentences that
make sense.
WES1.10 Produces simple texts
WS1.10 Produces texts using the
WS2.10 Produces texts clearly,
WS3.10 Uses knowledge of sentence
that show the emergence of the
basic grammatical features and
effectively and accurately, using the
structure, grammar and punctuation
grammar and punctuation needed
punctuation conventions of the text
sentence structure, grammatical
to edit own writing.
to achieve the purpose of the text.
type.
features and punctuation conventions
of the text type.
Use flash cards of high frequency
Use flash cards or desk top lists of
words and words requested by the
high frequency words and words
students to make sentences
requested by the students to make
sentences.
1. I am… individual names
1. Subject-verb-object
1. Subject-verb-object
1. Subject-verb-object
Simple sentences
Simple sentences.
Simple sentences
[Mum bought a book. I like apples.
Very few sentences are this
straightforward.]
2. I am …..a boy …a girl
2. Statements
2. Statements
2. Questions
[… are sentences that end in a full
stop & just put information out
there.]
3. I can …..
3. Add a verb & object to a subject
3. Add a verb & an object to the
3. Commands
[Mum… made dinner.]
subject
[Mum + drives + a Mazda.]
4. I can see a/an ……
4. Capital letters & full stops.
4. Capital letters & full stops.
4. Compound sentences
[Capital letters do not always come
after ? or ! They come at the end of a
sentence.]
5. I like ……..
5. Correct word order
5. Correct word order
5. Sentences
[Plural when speaking in general:
I like cats. Single must have
this/that/these/those/the before the
noun.]
6. Mum can….
6. Questions
6. Questions
6. Questions
[Modal verbs always help a main
[… are sentences we use when we
verb. I can play. I might
want to know something. They end in
remember.]
a question mark.]
7. Dad can ……..
7. Write a question.
7. Write a question.
7. Subject & predicates
[To find the subject: find the verb
then ask, ‘Who or what is doing the
verb?’ The answer is the subject.
The verb and the rest of the sentence
are the predicate.]
8. Look at the ……..
8. Statements
8. Statements
8. Time and place phrases.
[These are usually adverbial phrases:
groups of words beginning with a
preposition and with no verb. at the
park, after lunch.]
9. Look at my ………
9. Questions
9. Questions
9. Compound sentences – who,
which
10. Here is a/an ……….
10. Holiday sentences
10. An enjoyable outing
10. Compound sentences & time and
place phrases
11. Here is the ………
11. Sentence starters.
11. Sentence starters.
11. Compound sentences – two verb
groups
12. I can go to ……..
12. Question starters
12. Question starters
12. Adverbs
[Most common: 5Ws, How, Can,
Do/Does, Having Vbs, Being Vbs,]
13. It is ……….
13. Common nouns
13. Common nouns
13. Adjectives.
[All non-special ‘person/ place/thing’
words. To check if a word is a noun
or something else, try putting THE in
front of it. If you can, it’s a noun.]
14. This is ………
14. Proper nouns
14. Proper nouns.
14. Direct & quoted speech
[That is…]
[All special ‘person/place/thing’
[When we write what was said and
words. They start with a capital
who said it. “I’m hungry,” said
letter.]
Jack.]
15. It can ………
15. Questions – common nouns
15. Questions – common nouns
15. Inverted sentences.
16. A ______ can ________
16. Questions – proper nouns
16. Questions – proper nouns
16. Change word order.
17. He can ………
17. Common nouns
17. Common nouns
17. Adjectives
18. She can ………
18. Verbs
18. Question into statement
18. Adverbs
[Verbs are doing words. They can be
[To get a Yes/No answer or to get a
action, saying, thinking/feeling, or
full sentence answer.
linking.]
We are going to the park.
Are we going to the park?
When are we going to the park?]
19. I went ……….
19. Verb groups
19. Verbs
19. Descriptive sentences.
[Verbs made up of more than one
word: am going, are hoping to buy,
would not have been able to eat.]
20. I’m ………
20. Verb group
20. Descriptive sentences.
21. My ………
20. Adjectives
[Words that describe/add information
to nouns: red, three, handsome, this,
my.]
21. Compound sentences
[… are made up of 2 simple
sentences joined by a comma
followed by a co-ordinating
conjunction (F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.)]
21. Noun – verb agreement
[She has NOT She have]
22. I saw ……..
22. Supplementary sentence starters
22. Adjectives
21. Dependant & Independent
clauses
[Independent clauses are simple
sentences that can function on their
own.
I like pizza, but I don’t like
spaghetti.
Dependent clauses usually begin
with a conjunction (because) or a
relative pronoun (who) and do not
make sense on their own. They must
be attached to an Independent
Clause.
I don’t go to the beach, because I
can’t swim.]
22. Complex sentences [… consist of
an independent clause and a
dependent clause.]
23. Enriching sentence
23. I go to ……..
24. A dog can …….
25. There is …….
[There are …]
26. Using adjectives
27. Recount
Evaluation:
23. Adverbs
[… add information to verbs,
adjectives, other adverbs – most
simple ones tell when/where/how and
degree.
He eats quickly.
He eats too quickly.
She is going home.
That car is very red.
24. Adverbial phrase
[A group of words without a verb,
that adds information to the verb –
most simple ones tell us
when/where/how the verb happened,
and start with a preposition.
He is swimming at the beach.
I’ll be home at 5 o’clock.
Stir the mixture with a fork.]
25. Adverbial phrase
26. Adjectives.
27. Compound sentences - and
28. Compound sentences - but
29. Compound sentences – and, but,
30. Compound sentences - because
32. Compound sentences - while
33. Exclamations [… are sentences
that show heightened emotion –
surprise, anger, shock – and end with
an exclamation mark.]
34. Commands [… are sentences that
begin with a verb, that we use to ask
or tell someone to do something.
They are not always orders.
Put your books away.
Come and sit on the floor.
Be quiet!]
35. Supplementary sentence starters
24. Adverbial clauses [… are clauses
that add information to verbs – they
must include a verb.
I’m going to the shops to buy my
mum a present. Answers the
question WHY?]
25. Complex sentence
26. Adjectival clauses [… are
clauses that add information to
nouns – they must include a verb.
I’ll show you the book that I bought
yesterday.
27. Complex sentence
28. Complex sentence
29. Similes
30. Supplementary sentence starters