Learning Objective To understand how to vary openings

Learning Objective: To understand how to vary openings to sentences. Learning Outcome: To write persuasively using a variety of sentence openers.

Assessment Objectives AO 5 and AO 6 Assessment Objective What the exam board say What it means AO 5 Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. - Organize information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts Clear understanding of audience, why you are writing and the form you are writing. Organized paragraphs for effect. Detailed information in paragraphs. AO 6 Ambitious words and different sentence Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures are used structures for clarity, purpose and confidently. Spelling is effect with accurate spelling and accurate and punctuation is accurate, controlled and sophisticated.

Cristiano Ronaldo earns £ 265, 000 per week. His annual salary is approximately £ 15, 334, 867. He plays football for Real Madrid. Is this fair? The average British soldier earns £ 28, 000 per year. It will take the soldier 547 years to earn Ronaldo’s annual wage. The average British GP earns £ 55, 000 per year. It will take the GP 279 years to earn Ronaldo’s annual wage.

Metaphor start Upgrade your Sentence! Teenagers are spoiled monsters. Triple noun colon Xboxes, i. Phones, Canada Goose jackets: today’s teenagers are completely spoiled. Double adjective start Adverb comma Brattish and impolite, today’s teenagers are spoiled rotten. Teenagers are spoiled. it isn’t/it is More, more Tackling the issue isn’t optional; it is our duty to ensure that we address the problem of spoiled teenagers. Your turn: upgrade this sentence: Truthfully, teenagers today are more spoiled than ever. Verb beginning The more we ignore the issue Ignoring the problem of of spoiled teenagers, the more spoiled teenagers is not going we contribute to the problem to solve anything. and the more serious the problem becomes. Footballers are overpaid.

Metaphor start Triple noun colon Upgrade your Sentence! Double adjective start Adverb comma Footballers are overpaid. It isn’t/it is Your turn: upgrade this sentence: More, more Footballers are overpaid. Verb beginning

‘Footballers are massively overpaid; their salaries would be better spent on healthcare and education. ’ You will now write a paragraph arguing FOR this opinion. Task: Slow writing your first paragraph: 1. Use the slow writing method to write your first paragraph jointly. Sentence 1: State your first persuasive point. Begin with ‘I believe…’ Sentence 2: Provide evidence to support your point. Use an opinion that sounds like a fact. Begin with ‘It is well-known that…’ Sentence 3: Use a short sentence rhetorical question. Sentence 4: Explain consequences, use an it is/ it isn’t sentence and a semi colon to link two ideas. Sentence 5: End your paragraph with a triple noun colon sentence that sums up the point of the paragraph. CHALLENGE: Can you develop a formula for slow writing your second paragraph? How to Slow Write: Split your page like this: Write your paragraph following the instructions in the bigger section.

Review and Reflect Review my learning pyramid Self Assess: Using the guidance below, highlight and annotate within the narrow section of your page what you have written and how effective you think it is: Sentence 1: State your first persuasive point. Begin with ‘I believe…’ Sentence 2: Provide evidence to support your point. Use an opinion that sounds like a fact. Begin with ‘It is wellknown that…’ Sentence 3: Use a short sentence rhetorical question. Sentence 4: Explain consequences, use an it is/ it isn’t sentence and a semi colon to link two ideas. Sentence 5: End your paragraph with a triple noun colon sentence that sums up the point of the paragraph

Upgrade this sentence! Metaphor start Double adjective start Triple noun colon Adverb comma Footballers are overpaid. It isn’t/it is More, more Verb beginning