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. Conjunction

The cat is fat.

The cat is brown and the cat is fat.

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 from
Gina
Here is a list of the conjunctions we
have just read:

and, while, since, but, so

that, when, because,
though, if, and or.
Try and join these ‘simple’ sentences using the list
of conjunctions to make a ‘complex’ sentence.

The cat is brown. and, while,

since, but, so
His mother was brown. that, when,
because,
I like playing football. though, if,
and or.
I’m not as good as my friend.

I have not had much sleep.

My brother started to learn the drums.
 Well Done!
WELL DONE!
We understand how to write a complex
sentence using conjunctions.