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Sensational Sentences Key principles
Teach sentence types individually
Practice sentence types to the point of mastery
Link to curriculum content
Use Slow Writing to embed
Retrieval practice of previously learned sentence types<br>
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1. Comma Sandwich
The expanse of trees, which shifted in darkness, fully surrounded me.
2. More, More, More Sentence / Less, Less, Less Sentence
The less the light trickled through, the less it caught the thin branches, the less it touched the oddly shaped rocks at the feet of the trees.
3. Comparative, More, More Sentence
Every step forward, the darkness grew deeper, more complete, more worrying.
4. Semi-colon Split
The birds had long since disappeared; there was no open space for even the smallest of birds.
5. Colon Clarification
There was the faintest of sounds that seemed to touch the space between the trees: it was my own breathing.<br>
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6. Three Verb Sentence
The monstrous fungi billowed, swelled, rose up and up, surrounding the base of every tree.
7. Not, Nor, Nor Sentence
Not a single animal, not the rabbits I had seen on the meadow, nor the mice whispering in the grass, nor even the spiders and beetles came so deeply into the forest’s reach.
8. Prepositional Push Off
Beneath the thirty or forty feet of the trees’ rise, the world seemed to have come to an end.
9. Never Did Than
Never did a place so disturb me, than this alien, lifeless place.
10. The Writer’s Aside
The familiar world – as you can imagine – was a million miles away.<br>
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11. The So So Sentence
There was the faintest glimmer of light, so small, so distant, it didn’t seem to exist.
12. The Big Because
Because it was the first patch of sunlight, the relief I felt was edged with a little dismay.
13. But None More Than Sentence
But no creature more than this great bear would begin to think that they didn’t belong right here.
14. Past participle start (–ed)
Covered with the darkness of the forest itself, the bear seemed to carry the weight of the trees on its back.
15. Whoever/ Whenever/ Whichever
Whoever had been here before, whenever they had been there, the marks they left were almost swallowed by the forest.<br>
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16. Adjective Attack
Steep and intimidating, the sudden rise of the forest floor ahead of me caused me to pause.
17. End Loaded Sentence
After having walked for several hours, getting more and more lost, only losing my way again and again, the choice of paths filled me with dread.
18. Present participle start (–ing)
Having no possibility of getting back to where I came from, the way ahead seemed suddenly less daunting.
19. The As If Pivot
Then there was a sudden profusion of ferns caught in the sunlight, as if the forest was now a hundred miles away.
20. The As If Avalanche
It was as if the flush of bright green filling the glade was smiling at me, reaching out to embrace me, beckoning me to come forward, wishing me well.<br>
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21. Three Adjective Punch
Fraught, tired, confused, I was no longer the same person who walked innocently into the forest.
22. Almost, Almost, When
I was almost at the far end of the forest, almost free, when I caught sight, in the distance, of yet another huge stretch of dark pine trees.
23. Repeat and Reload
My plan to pass through the forest and to spend some time with my thoughts was both naïve and astute: naïve in that I had no idea how the forest would absorb my thinking completely, astute in that what I really needed was to lose myself completely.
24. Let Loose Sentence
There was a sudden warmth to the deep blackness that held me, the glossy tree trunks, the criss-crossing of a million dark branches, the thicker boughs barring my way, the undersides of the leaves obscuring the sun, and the crowns of all the trees flickering in the light of a faraway day.
25. Simile Start
Like a bird knocked out of the sky, I was thrown to the ground as though for the last time.<br>
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26. Or & Or Sentence
The rain fell in stops and starts, or else it drifted between the trees, and small drops trickled along black branches, or slowly seeped into everything, the rain slowly filling up all the black and empty space that surrounded everything.
27. Without Without
Without a hope, without any idea of where I was going, I wandered aimlessly but now with a lighter step.
28. Adverb Snap
Thankfully, the forest would always be there for me.
29. Double Adverb Snap
Slowly, carefully, I scrambled down the sheer rockface.
30. Last word; first word
The end was close. Close, but still each minute seemed an eternity.<br>
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Write a description based on this picture: 7.2 The Art of Storytelling
1. Comma Sandwich
2. More, More, More Sentence / Less, Less, Less Sentence
3. Comparative, More, More Sentence
7.3 Signs and Symbols
4. Semi-colon Split
5. Colon Clarification
6. Three Verb Sentence
7.6 Art of Rhetoric
7. Not, Nor, Nor Sentence
8. Prepositional Push Off
9. Never Did Than
10. The Writer’s Aside 8.2 Gothic fiction
11. The So So Sentence
12. The Big Because
13. But None More Than Sentence
8.3 War Writing
14. Past participle start (-ed)
15. Whoever/ Whenever/ Whichever
16. Adjective Attack
8.5 Dystopian fiction
17. End Loaded Sentence
18. Present participle start (-ing)
19. The As If Pivot
20. The As If Avalanche
8.6 The Art of Debate
21. Three Adjective Punch
22. Almost, Almost, When
23. Repeat and Reload 9.2 British Press
24. Let Loose Sentence
25. Simile Start
9.3 Exploring Identity – Short Stories
26. Or & Or Sentence
27. Without Without
28. Adverb Snap
29. Double Adverb Snap
30. Last word, first word<br>
