Sentence Openers Planning Mat

About this printable

This printable is an A4 sentence-openers planning mat with labelled boxes for Time, Place, Manner, Feeling/Emotion and four rhetorical/technique boxes (Show, don't tell; Contrast; Cause/Reason; Extra ideas). It includes spaces for Topic/Text, Purpose, a short writing goal, a free-write area for 'My sentence openers', a simple checklist for editing, and a 'Next step' line. Use it as a scaffold during modelled or independent writing to encourage varied leads and quick editorial checks.