Daily Sentence Structures - 2nd edition: 15 minutes a day towards better writing!

I would recommend this book to any educators, both at school and home educators, looking to help children overcome their fear of writing. One of the reason many children disengage with writing is that they are overwhelmed by demands that far outweigh their current skill level. What follows, understandably, is disengagement, dislike and even phobia of writing. That should ring alarm bells in any educator. By year 3 they are expected to write topic paragraphs and even ads independently. Many pupils, especially Send pupils, are still struggling with basic knowledge as this hasn't been fully understood and consolidated in previous years. A bit like expecting someone with one year ballet experience to perform The Nutcracker in front of an audience. Yet no progress can ever be made unless the basics are fully understood and become second nature. What is a sentence? What is a simple sentence? How can I enhance it? In my experience of teaching my adhd son, knowledge needs to make sense to them. The won't learn arbitrary rules unless they make sense. This book does just that, goes back to the fundamentals and works up to higher level writing.

At first glance I thought this was for younger children. After giving the book a chance, it has proved to be a good resource on learning how to creatively write. At £16 and such a slim book, it's a little costly so I hope it proves to be worth the purchase. We have only started on the first few pages, but so far, so good!!

I bought this to help me teach sentence structure and have daily practice for my ESOL entry level students. However it is really geared to creative writing and will work well with my higher level groups getting to grips with descriptive narratives.I would have like some examples of simple sentences that were verb heavy rather than just looking at feelings, but I can easily come up with some PowerPoints to use.This is really a good find I would recommend this even for GCSE students as starter activities to review grammar and sentence structure and develop their creative writing skills.

Using as an intervention program for my year 5 children. Progress is obvious. Easy to give to a TA to deliver from.

An invaluable resource. A systematic structure, gradually reintroducing known sentence structures and breathing new life and purpose into them. Allows children whose knowledge and practice has been affected by lockdown or simply maturity.