DRESS UP SENTENCES and SENTENCE OPENERS



DRESS UP SENTENCES and SENTENCE OPENERS

Dress Up Sentences are 6 different ways you can make your sentence structure different, so you’re not always writing sentences the same way.

Sentence Openers are 6 different ways you can start your sentences differently, so you’re not always starting your sentences the same way.

Your task will be to work through this assignment to learn the 6 Dress Ups and 6 Sentence Openers. As this is a supplement to your Writer’s Workshop, we will not be spending much time on this. Instead, you will be expected to work through this yourself and we will have mini-lessons on this information at the beginning of each Writer’s Workshop class.

There will be an assessment on how well you include Dress Ups and Sentence Openers in your writing.

Dress Up Sentences

1. Because Clause

A because clause is words added to a sentence that begins with the word “because.”

Example: The crowd surged through the door because it was excited to begin class.

Activity: Rewrite the following sentences adding a Because Clause.

|Original Sentence |Re-written Sentence with Dress Up |

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|Orlando Bloom is a great actor. | |

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|Dogs make good pets. | |

2. Strong Verb

A verb is an action word. A verb can always go after the word “I”.

Example: I sprint

A strong verb is an action word that is original and not used too often. Strong verbs replace boring verbs. You can often find a stronger verb by using a thesaurus.

Example: Mark runs to school.

Mark sprints to school. (Mark gallops to school)

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Activity: Rewrite the following sentences replacing the boring verb in bold italics with a strong verb.

|Original Sentence |Re-written Sentence with Dress Up |

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|“This is so easy”, thinks Billy. | |

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|Sally said the classroom is cold. | |

3. Quality Adjectives

Adjectives are words that described nouns (person, place or things)

Example: The dog devoured his food.

The ravenous, hungry dog devoured his tasty, delicious food.

Some adjectives are better choices than others: Poor Quality

sad miserable

happy ecstatic

tall immense

Activity: Rewrite the following sentences with at least two quality adjectives in front of each noun in

bold italics.

|Original Sentence |Re-written Sentence with Dress Up |

|The homework was left on the bus. | |

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|The student was sent to the principal’s | |

|office. | |

4. Who / Which Clause

A clause is an extra addition to a sentence. A Who / Which Clause is one that begins with the word WHO or WHICH and describes a person or thing. Who/Which Clauses should be written directly after the word being described.

Examples: Orlando Bloom is an actor.

Orlando Bloom, who is adored by Ms. Perras, is an actor.

Orlando Bloom read the fan letter.

Orlando Bloom read the fan letter which was written by his biggest fan.

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Activity: Rewrite the following sentences with a “who” or a “which” clause at the appropriate place.

|Original Sentence |Re-written Sentence with Dress Up |

|My friend went to Hawaii. |(who) |

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|Hockey is my favourite sport. |(which) |

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5. “LY” ADVERBS

Adverbs are words that describe verbs. They answer the questions “when”, “where”, and “how”.

Many adverbs end in “LY” and can be put in a variety of places in a sentence.

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Examples: The boy sprinted quickly.

The boy quickly sprinted.

Quickly, the boy sprinted.

Activity: Rewrite the following sentences with an LY adverb in front of or behind the verb in bold italics.

|Original Sentence |Re-written Sentence with Dress Up |

|The baker dropped the cake. | |

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|Competitors in the marathon raced to the | |

|finish line. | |

6. WWW.ASIA

WWW.ASIA is an acronym used to represent words that can be placed in sentences

W = when A = as

W = where S = since

W = while I = if

A = although

WWW.ASIA words usually begin a clause, so they are considered additions to a sentence. WWW.ASIA clauses can be placed anywhere in a sentence.

Examples: When I do my homework, I receive excellent grades.

I enjoy traveling to Hawaii where the climate is hot.

The puppy, since it is only 6 weeks old, must remain with its mother.

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Activity: Rewrite the following sentences with a WWW.ASIA phrase.

|Original Sentence |Re-written Sentence with Dress Up |

|School is fun. | |

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|Summer holidays are boring. | |

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SENTENCE OPENERS

Sentence Openers are 6 ways to begin sentences. This means that sentence openers refers to the first word written in a sentence.

1. Subject

A subject sentence opener is a sentence that begins with “who” or “what” the sentence is about.

Example: Orlando is a famous actor.

Trees swayed dangerously in the wind during the storm.

Activity: Create sentences with a subject sentence opener by using the words provided.

|Words |Sentence with Sentence Opener |

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|Pets fur shed | |

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|swing tire backyard | |

2. Prepositional

A prepositional sentence opener is a sentence that begins with a preposition. Prepositions are words

like:

|Above |Across |After |Before |Below |

|Beside |During |Inside |Near |On |

|Over |Through |Underneath |Until |With |

|Without | | | | |

Example: Inside the car was a dog.

Below the tree, a squirrel scurried.

Without practice, students find school difficult.

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Activity: Using the preposition provided, write a sentence with that word as a prepositional sentence

opener.

|Word |Sentence with Sentence Opener |

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|Behind | |

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|Underneath | |

3. “LY”

An “LY” sentence opener is a sentence that begins with an “LY” word.

Example: Quickly, Sally dashed down the hallway.

Furiously slashing at the antelope, the tiger caught its prey.

Lovingly, the bird cuddled its mate.

Activity: Using the LY Adverb provided, write a sentence that includes that word as an LY sentence

opener.

|Word |Sentence with Sentence Opener |

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|Surprisingly | |

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|Suddenly | |

4. “ING”

An “ING” sentence opener is a sentence that begins with an “ING” word.

Example: Counting the students during spirit week was fun.

Laughing while she worked, Betty enjoyed her job.

Surrounding the teacher were her amazing students.

Activity: Using the ING word provided, write a sentence that includes that word as an ING sentence

opener.

|Word |Sentence with Sentence Opener |

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|Skiing | |

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|Singing | |

5. Very Short Sentence (“VSS”)

A “VSS” sentence opener is a sentence that is 5 or less words.

Example: Benji found his home.

“Be quiet!” yelled Ms. Perras.

Keep up.

Activity: Using the word provided, write a sentence that includes that word in a VSS sentence opener.

|Word |Sentence with Sentence Opener |

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|Pumpkin | |

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|Skeleton | |

6. Clausal

A clausal sentence opener is a sentence that begins with a word that begins a clause. This is similar to the WWW ASIA dress up words and the Because Clause.

Example: Because I was late for school, I received detention.

While I meant to study, I forgot and failed the test.

Since we left, everyone has missed us.

Although the dog was beautiful, he did not win the award.

Activity: Using the Clausal word provided, write a sentence that includes that word as clausal sentence opener.

|Word |Sentence with Sentence Opener |

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|Since | |

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|If | |

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