Subordinating Conjunctions & Complex Sentences Lesson Plan
Student Goal: I can identify and use subordinating conjunctions to create complex sentences.
Student Goal: I can identify and use subordinating conjunctions to create complex sentences.
Optional extra exposition stimulus for Data Tracking, or a new Big Write topic. Great link to Father’s Day.
Optional extra exposition stimulus for Data Tracking, or a new Big Write topic.
Bring the Olympics Alive with Themed Literacy Activities
Pack 4 in the Oral Language Warm-Up cards is here!
Help your students switch on their brains to learning and start your lessons with oral language.
Have your student practice creating detail and description in this fun game – What’s In The Box?
Pack 3 in the Oral Language Warm-Up cards is here!
Help your students switch on their brains to learning and start your lessons with oral language.
The VCOP Dice templates are a versatile resource to allow you to create your own differentiated resource to support students developing their literacy skills in a fun way.
Modelling Breakdown Buddies with be easier with our example guides for both teachers and students.
Develop Breakdown Buddies with these Intensive Student Analysis Templates that build from personal to peer feedback.
Writing and Oral Language Reflective Journal template pack for self-analysis, peer analysis and teacher feedback.
GHaSP stands for Grammar, Handwriting, Spelling and Punctuation – Our editing basics
GHaSP stands for Grammar, Handwriting, Spelling and Punctuation – Our editing basics
GHaSP stands for Grammar, Handwriting, Spelling and Punctuation – Our editing basics
GHaSP stands for Grammar, Handwriting, Spelling and Punctuation – Our editing basics
Teach your students to understand and identify the different sentence types and their structures.
Do your students know that the key to effective writing is identifying purpose and audience?
Empower students to become active participants in their writing journey, by equipping them with analysis and goal-setting skills.
Effective learning is not possible without reflection, (Boud, Keogh & Walker, 1985).
An extended support mat of connectives to help students select the right connective for the right purpose.
Support Home Talk for Big Write with this tips pack and editable fridge magnet.
Support Home Talk for Big Talk with this tips pack and editable fridge magnet.
Support your parent and carer community in running Home Talk to prepare for Big Write.
Support your parent and carer community in running Home Talk to prepare for Big Talk.
A customisable roll-out example for schools in their first year of ‘whole school’ implementation.
Encourage student-centred learning with T.A.G feedback for self-assessment or Breakdown Buddies.
An introduction to coordinating conjunctions.
A Big Write reflective journal template for self-analysis, peer analysis and teacher feedback. A filled-in example is also included.
In order for students to be able to use VCOP to enhance their writing, they first need to be able to identify the different elements in a variety of texts.
This checklist is designed to assist with analysis of narrative texts.
This checklist is designed to assist with the analysis of a recount text.
This checklist is designed to assist with the analysis of an exposition text.
Over 50 lesson ideas to help you to integrate VCOP into your English planners through reading and oral language.
This document is the complete Victorian English curriculum for 7-10 that has been highlighted to show example VCOP links that are present in the curriculum. We hope this will help deepen your understanding of how to integrate VCOP into your lessons.
This document is the complete Victorian English curriculum for F-6 that has been highlighted to show example VCOP links that are present in the curriculum. We hope this will help deepen your understanding of how to integrate VCOP into your lessons.
This document is the complete Victorian English curriculum for A-D that has been highlighted to show example VCOP links that are present in the curriculum. We hope this will help deepen your understanding of how to integrate VCOP into your lessons.
The VCOP elements highlighted in the Australian National Curriculum in General Capabilities – Literacy version 9.0
The VCOP elements highlighted in the Australian National Curriculum in General Capabilities – Critical and Creative Thinking Version 9.0
Writing goals table for intensive student analysis.
Editable writing goals pencil display for intensive student analysis.
A Question and Answer Relationship guide to developing a deep-level connection to learning.
Can you use different bricks from the connective wall to extend your sentences, paragraphs and ideas?
A mix of simple and complex sentences can create a lot of voice in your text, but many students struggle to expand their sentences. Use this poster to explicitly teach LDD and watch how quickly their writing takes off.
Pack 2 in the Oral Language Warm-Up cards has a Verb and Adverb Focus- Help your students switch on their brains to learning and start your lessons with oral language.
A short video by the VCOP Kids to help your students to use the because word to add more detail.
These example sentences can be used as an introduction to explaining connectives for a purpose, as well as introducing up-levelling.
A support mat of connectives to help students select the right connective for the right purpose.
A fun addition to your writing sessions to encourage student to enhance their writing.
A fun addition to your writing sessions to encourage student to enhance their writing.
A fun addition to your writing sessions to encourage student to enhance their writing.
This checklist is designed to assist with analysis of a recount text.
This checklist is designed to assist with analysis of an exposition text.
This checklist is designed to assist with analysis of narrative texts.
The VCOP Pyramid mat is designed to be a table support, and game resource to help students enhance their writing or oral language.
Blank VCOP Pyramid to differentiate language.