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Teach students to create complex sentences by adding embedded clauses to expand and add detail with this complete teaching bundle. Students revise clauses and complex sentences, find the embedded clause with the lift-out test, choose who, which, whose or that to match the noun, place the commas and then build complex sentences of their own.

Combining a lesson plan, a 47-slide editable teacher presentation, three differentiated student activities with a bonus task, an exit ticket with interpretation guide and a hands-on card game, this curriculum-aligned bundle provides everything you need to teach the lesson from start to finish.

Built around the I Do, We Do, You Do model, students move from explicit teacher modelling to guided practice and independent application. They learn the words we need (clause, independent clause, dependent clause, complex sentence, embedded clause, elaborate), see each step modelled with a think-aloud, test and build sentences together on whiteboards, and then write complex sentences of their own.

What's included in this teaching bundle?

Teacher Slides (PowerPoint)

• 47 editable, ready-to-teach slides following the I Do, We Do, You Do structure
• Clear learning intention and success criteria
• Explicit explanations and worked examples for complex sentences, the lift-out test, who / which / whose / that and where the commas go
• Three scaffolds that run through the lesson: the lift-out test, the who / which / whose / that bank and a sentence frame for building
• Mini whiteboard, thumbs and finger-answer check-ins throughout
• Every question slide followed by an answer slide

Lesson Plan and Exit Ticket (PDF)

• Complete I Do, We Do, You Do lesson plan for a 45 to 60 minute lesson
• Diagnostic, formative and summative assessment points
• Key vocabulary, teacher notes and common misconceptions
• Check-ins for understanding linked to the matching slides
• Exit ticket (two per page) with an interpretation guide
• Class recording sheet to track results and plan next steps

Differentiated Student Activities (PDF)

• Activity overview to help you match each option to your students
• Three differentiated activities: Lift it out, Build it in and Clauses at work
• Students underline embedded clauses with the lift-out test, choose who, which or whose to match the noun, add embedded clauses between commas and rewrite paragraphs with a variety of sentence types
• Bonus task: six upgrades (turn six simple sentences into complex sentences)
• Answer key and marking guide with model answers and evidence criteria

Hands-On Activity: Clause Sandwich (PDF)

• Partner game: choose a noun card, find an embedded clause that fits it and an ending that makes sense, write the sentence with a comma on each side of the clause, then cover the middle card and read the rest aloud
• 12 noun cards, 12 embedded clause cards, 12 ending cards (colour-coded, with blanks) and a recording sheet
• Support and extension options so every pair can work at the right challenge
• Teacher page with set-up, a model round, talk prompts, differentiation and sample sentences

Ideal for upper primary classrooms, this bundle provides a structured approach to teaching embedded clauses, combining explicit instruction, guided practice on whiteboards, differentiated independent writing and an engaging hands-on card game.

Formats: PowerPoint and PDF

Aligned to Australian Curriculum: Understand how embedded clauses can expand the variety of complex sentences to elaborate, extend and explain ideas (AC9E6LA05)

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