Description
Expanding sentences is a key skill students need to master to extend their individual sentence writing skills. We want students to transition from writing simple sentences toward more complex, detailed sentences. But, they won’t get there unless we explicitly teach them what we are looking for. And why not turn it into a game?
This interactive, digital resource targets an important writing skill: working on expanding sentences. This product includes slides to explicitly teach students how to expand sentences prior to gameplay. Our digital sentence expansion writing game is completely interactive, making it the perfect resource for virtual tutoring or to play as a class on your projector/smartboard.
This resource includes:
- Teaching slide for pre-teaching/review prior to gameplay
- Student-friendly directions
- Interactive, clickable board game with workable spinner and moveable game pieces
- Linked sentence slides that act as “cards” during gameplay
- Fun, BONUS space slide “cards” to keep engagement high (i.e. move ahead 3 spaces, lose your next turn)
Benefits of this resource:
- Your students will be able to practice expanding upon basic sentences, allowing them to transfer this skill into their writing practice as they shift from writing simple to more complex sentences.
- NO PREP – open this digital resource and you have a ready-made resource right at your fingertips
- Academically engaging
- Great for distanceor in-person learning
Who should purchase this resource?
- Teachers looking for ALL IN ONE, NO-PREP digital resources that are both engaging and beneficial for student learning.
- Teachers looking for resources that can easily be differentiated for learners of all abilities.
- Teachers looking for activities that support student understanding of sentence structure and boost writing skills!
Here’s what a fellow educator had to say about this resource:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a wonderful resource to use for literacy support with my high school EL students! Really glad to have purchased it. — Courtney C.
Standards & Topics Covered
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.F: Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
