Smart English Survival Animal survival part one Aiming

Smart English: Survival Animal survival (part one) Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 14

Smart English: Survival – Animal survival (part one) Learning objective: To understand how to vary sentence structure for effect (WAF 5) Learning outcome: To write a paragraph, using a variety of sentence structures to engage the reader Success criteria: AF Level 5 / All students can … WAF 5 Vary sentence length, structure and Alternate between simple and subject for clarity and emphasis complex sentences for purpose and effect Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 14 Level 6 / Most students can … Level 7 / Some students can … Deliberately design sentences for purpose and effect

Smart English: Survival – Animal survival (part one) Sentence types Simple An independent clause that expresses a complete idea. A simple sentence contains a subject and a verb. For example: The lights on the ship flickered. x e l p m o C A complex sentence contains at least one main, independent clause and a subordinate clause. For example: Although the waves were thrashing against me, I managed to sink myself into the lifeboat. Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 14

Smart English: Survival – Animal survival (part one) Key Simple Complex The elements allowed me to go on living. The lifeboat did not sink. Richard Parker kept out of sight. The sharks prowled but did not lunge. The waves splashed me but did not pull me off. I watched the ship as it disappeared with much burbling and belching. Lights flickered and went out. I looked about for my family, for survivors, for another lifeboat, for anything that might bring me hope. There was nothing. Only rain, marauding waves of black ocean and the flotsam of tragedy. The darkness melted away from the sky. The rain stopped. Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 14

Smart English: Survival – Animal survival (part one) I was hungry. Although I felt seasick, I could smell the boy … Aiming for Levels 5 to 7, Lesson 14