Grammar for Writing

Learning Objective:

How sentences can be joined using conjunctions.

A conjunction helps us join two short sentences together to make a longer one.

The cat is brown.

The cat is fat.

The cat is brown and the cat is fat.

Conjunction

With more precise writing we have to think about using other conjunctions.

Read the following letter with your partner. Focus on the underlined words.

Dear Mr Agard and Ms Nichols,

I like the book you wrote called Caribbean dozen. I say one of the poems while I am skipping. I’ve been saying that poem since I was four but now I say the version in your book. I look at the book everyday so that I can learn the last verse. Mrs Bradley reads us poems when we have finished our work. Martin likes the one about the chocolate bars because it is only five words long. I like writing poems though I’m not as good at it as Sheena. I am better if nobody bothers me. I could write you a poem about my friend’s hamster or I could draw Mrs Bradley’s cat for you. I like the picture of the rabbit and I like the poem too. I want a rabbit but I am not allowed one. Love fromGina

Well Done!

Made by :* Abdullah Mahmoud

Well Done!

Made by :* Abdullah Mahmoud