Sentence Structure Mini Lessons for Middle School ELA Writing | 6th Grade 7th Grade

Make sentence structure FUN with these interactive writing mini lessons for Middle School ELA.

Our middle school ELA students often come to our classrooms thinking that sentence structure is boring, confusing, complicated . . . and that's if they even know what sentence structure is!

Thankfully, it doesn't have to be that way.

✨This fully editable slide deck includes 80 teaching slides to show students (in an interactive, kinesthetic, FUN way) how to use a variety of sentences correctly in their writing.✨

How does it work?

For each sentence structure term, students view . . .

➡️A slide that explains the CORRECT way to write

➡️A slide that explains what NOT to do

➡️3 Example slides with instructions for how to vote on whether the example is CORRECT or INCORRECT - these voting instructions are often active, a bit noisy, or even silly

➡️Answer slides

These interactive mini lessons break up the monotony of a typical slide presentation. Students actually look forward to the writing lesson each day!

Which sentence structure terms are included in this slide deck?

• Subject
• Predicate
• Coordinating Conjunction
• Subordinating Conjunction
• Independent Clause
• Dependent Clause
• Simple Sentence
• Compound Sentence
• Complex Sentence
• Compound/Complex Sentence

Does your school use different terminology?

Maybe you have students with physical limitations?

✨Don't worry! All 80 slides are completely editable in Canva so they can meet your students' specific needs.✨

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What will I receive if I purchase these writing lessons?

You will receive a pdf with a link to a Canva document that includes all 80 writing slides. When you click on that link, you will be directed to edit that template. You can use the slides as they are or edit them to meet your needs.