Lesson 6: Using compound sentences to describe the events in a text
Learning Intention: Students are learning to understand narrative structures and that they can be told through a range of modes and media.
Success Criteria:
Students can:
identify the beginning, middle and end in a narrative
sequence ideas in a text
use time connectives to sequence events in a text
group and use vocabulary to clarify meaning
use prepositional phrases to indicate place
write compound sentences with the conjunction ‘and’
understand that narratives can be told using different modes and media
recount events in a narrative using symbols, pictures, words and numerals.
Remind students that narratives can be told through different modes.
Such as orally, picture books, video, animation, plays, puppet shows, and role play.
Activity: In small groups or pairs, invite students to recreate The Three Little Pigs with puppets, blocks or other resources. Remind students that the story has a beginning, middle and end.
Revisit the learning fromLesson 3 about compound sentences using a conjunction to join 2 ideas. Discuss how the conjunction ‘and’ can be used to form a compound sentence.
Ask students to share two ideas from the role-play activity and to verbalise as a compound sentence using the conjunction ‘and’.
Different coordinating conjunctions can be used to create compound sentences.
Draw, Talk, Write, Share
Co-construct writing a compound sentence using the conjunction ‘but’ to describe different events in the text. For example:
The first little pig built a house of straw, but the wolf blew it down.
The second little pig built a house of sticks, but the wolf blew it down.
Compare how the conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘but’ effect the meaning in a compound sentence. For example:
The third little pig built a house of bricks, and the wolf could not blow it down.
Students draw a picture of an event at the end of The Three Little Pigs. These might include the wolf climbing down the chimney or the wolf running away.
Students write a compound sentence using the conjunction ‘but’ to describe an event at the end of the story. For example:
The wolf ran away, but the pigs lived happily ever after.
Too hard? Jointly construct a compound sentence using ‘and’ or ‘but’.