Complex Sentences Year 6 Unit Plan

Teach students to identify independent and dependent clauses, distinguish simple, compound and complex sentences, choose subordinating conjunctions for precise relationships, punctuate opening dependent clauses, reorder clauses, repair fragments and run-on sentences, and vary sentence structures for effect.

The unit includes a 27-page PDF (table of contents plus 26 resource and answer pages), a 22-slide editable teaching presentation and a 22-slide editable quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs. Printable worksheet, assessment and rubric pages are black and white; the display, card sort and game resources are supplied in colour. Matching answer pages are included.

What's included

• Presentation: Complex Sentences (22 editable slides)
• Complex Sentence Toolkit colour display
• Clause Connections Card Sort (2 colour pages)
• Sentence Strategy Challenge game board and task cards
• Worksheet 1: Clause Detective (2 practice pages + answers)
• Worksheet 2: Connect Ideas with Meaning (2 practice pages + answers)
• Worksheet 3: Transform and Reorder (2 practice pages + answers)
• Worksheet 4: Complex Sentence Craft (1 practice page + answer)
• Worksheet 5: Edit for Variety and Effect (1 practice page + answer)
• Quiz: Complex Sentences (22 editable slides)
• Assessment: Complex Sentence Mastery (2 pages + answers)
• Rubric: Complex Sentences Year 6 (5 performance levels)

Suitability

Year 6 English; grammar; writing; sentence structure; classroom, intervention or home-learning use.

Format and licence

Digital download only. Includes PDF and editable PPTX files. No physical item will be shipped. Licensed for use by the purchasing teacher in one classroom; additional educators require additional licences.