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Rainbow Writing at St Giles School Rainbow writing is a strategy that we are using in our school in an attempt to raise standards in writing. It was originally developed as a simple focused approach to effective sentence construction. The philosophy underpinning Rainbow Writing is extremely simple. The method used encourages children to see writing in different colours, which is a particularly engaging approach for bi-lingual pupils, boys and right-brain dominant learners. The art of writing comes, for a young child, when they see the impact of using and combining different words and constructing sentences to create a range of effects for a reader. Rainbow writing illustrates this point to children in the most simplistic manner. Through the combination of different word colours, children and teachers have a shared way of analysing writing of editing and improving sentence structure and of achieving a high level of ‘writing voice’ in the future. Rainbow Writing Summary of Key Colours Red words are WOW doing words (verbs). For example: hopped, swam, peeped, stared Purple words are WOW descriptive words (adjectives). For example: large, bright, spotless, happy, curly, ginger Blue words are WOW connectives. For example: when, if, so, because, but, as well as Orange words are WOW openers. For example: time words – First, Next, After that, Later, That evening, At bedtime, Green words are additional phrases and clauses. For example: The young girl, with the cunning smile, was… The old man, who felt ill, decided to … Grey sentences are boring. We want to make them bright and colourful by adding the word colours above. You can make sentences exciting by adding 2 or more word colours. You can make a 6 colour sentence by adding ALL the colours. Activities to do at home- Rainbow Writing Challenges: Use Rainbow Writing to change the grey sentence to a sixcolour sentence. 1. The boy was walking down the path. Can you change the verb? Can you drop in adjectives and adverbs? Can you drop in connective words or phrases? Can you add a power opener? Can you drop in additional information or clauses? 2. The girl saw a map on the floor. Can you change the verb? Can you drop in adjectives and adverbs? Can you drop in connective words or phrases? Can you add a power opener? Can you drop in additional information or clauses? 3. The cottage was quiet. Can you change the verb? Can you drop in adjectives and adverbs? Can you drop in connective words or phrases? Can you add a power opener? Can you drop in additional information or clauses? 4. He heard a noise. Can you change the verb? Can you drop in adjectives and adverbs? Can you drop in connective words or phrases? Can you add a power opener? Can you drop in additional information or clauses? Examples of Orange openers: First, Then, After that, Next, Later Following this, Last of all, Finally, Examples of red verbs: Enjoy, Horrify, Dined, Gasped, Screech, Leap, Howl Examples of purple words Thunderous, Attractive, Aggressive, Sensitive, Quick-witted, Nervously, Patiently Examples of blue words: When, whatever if meanwhile nonetheless for while when therefore however Examples of green words/phrases: Which had recently… With a battered leather coat… Which the caretaker had just left… Who had recently… Sitting in the cold and damp…