Build a Better Sentence

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📚 Part 1: Plan Your Ideas

Choose a favourite animal: ______________________________

Word bank:

Nouns: animal, body, fur, feathers, scales, habitat, food, nest, paws

Verbs: lives, eats, moves, swims, flies, climbs, hunts, sleeps

Adjectives: furry, colourful, fast, gentle, strong, tiny, clever, noisy

1. Write the main idea. What is your paragraph mostly about?

2. Plan three details about your animal.

Detail 1: What does it look like? __________________________________________

Detail 2: Where does it live? ______________________________________________

Detail 3: What does it do or eat? __________________________________________

3. Build a sentence using the prompts.

My animal is __________________ because it is __________________.

It lives in __________________ and it __________________.

✏️ Part 2: Write Your Informative Paragraph

Write 4–5 sentences about your favourite animal. Begin with a main idea, then add related details.

4. Join two ideas with because or and.

My animal is interesting because _________________________________________________

It can __________________ and ____________________________________________________

5. Self-check your writing.

I used a capital letter at the start of each sentence.

I used a full stop at the end of each sentence.

I checked the spelling of tricky words.

I used interesting vocabulary.

My sentences stay on the topic.

🌟 Teacher Example

Example paragraph: The kiwi is a special bird from New Zealand. It has soft brown feathers and a long beak. Kiwis live in forests and sleep during the day. They use their beaks to find insects in the soil. Kiwis cannot fly, but they can run quickly.

Notice: The paragraph has a main idea, related details, capital letters, full stops, and interesting vocabulary.