And for starters
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And for starters
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We made a list of common ways to change the openings and tried using them ourselves. A simple game to reinforce this in the classroom would be to provide a simple sentence (Farid ate the ice-cream) and ask the children to vary the opening. Here are the ways we found to vary the openings of sentences:
Adverb: Greedily, Farid ate the ice-cream.
Connective: First of all, Farid ate the ice-cream.
Adjective: Poor Farid ate the ice-cream.
Preposition: By the river, Farid ate the ice-cream.
Bossy Verb: Eat the ice- cream, Farid!
Simile: As quick as a tick, Farid ate the ice-cream.
‘Ing’ clause: Hoping to please his friends, Farid ate the ice-cream.
‘Ed’ clause: Exhausted from the run, Farid ate the ice-cream.
One word: Saddened, Farid ate the ice-cream
Pie Corbett is a literacy consultant
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