1. VCOP

2. Vocabulary
Connectives
Openers
Punctuation

3. VOCABULARY
We are going to learn to
steal interesting and
ambitious vocabulary.

4. Harry gave Hermoine a thunderous glare as he stalked haughtily past her.
The ball whizzed past his head at a staggering speed.
The house was old and dilapidated and Sophie approached it cautiously.
The horse stood majestically in the luscious green field.

5. WOW WORDS stern grated exhausted timidly rapidly debate reassured
vision
shelter
murderous
peak
unfortunate
outspoken
wasteland
chandelier
communication
yelp
WOW WORDS
anxiety
ego
explosion
ecstatic
experience
marvellous
silhouette
ladle
doubtful
companion
fierce
panic
vibration
echo
ally
longing
revolting
glinted
prefer
emotion
dread
corpse
capture
dine

6. use different ways to join our sentences together.
CONNECTIVES
We are going to learn to
use different ways to join
our sentences together.

7. The girl had a pet rabbit and the boy had a pet dog.
Bart was sick because he ate too many sweets.
I like to play football but I don’t like to play cricket.

8. CONNECTIVES and besides because but if also however despite when
so as to
even though
as well as
although
while
then so
after
never the less

9. use different ways to open
OPENERS
We are going to learn to
use different ways to open
our sentences.

10. Eventually she scrambled unsteadily to her feet.
In addition to this, there was a disgusting odour hanging in the air.
At last everyone had a balloon and they were ready to go.
Meanwhile Roger had hidden his sweets under the bed.

11. OPENERS Soon… Sometimes… The … So… Next… In addition to this… Also…
First…
Besides…
After a while…
OPENERS
Despite…
At last…
I felt that…
Having decided…
Afterwards…
Before very long…
Eventually…
Even though…
Due to…
Because…

12. use different punctuation in
We are going to learn to
use different punctuation in
our sentences.

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PYRAMID
THE
PUNCTUATION
PYRAMID .
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14. Now you know the basics
you're ready to be
a VCOP detective...