Lesson 40 of 88 · Sentence Building
⭐ 30 XP🧱 Sentence WorkshopSentence Building: Ask a Question
Turn these words into a question: I, planted, tiny, seeds, in, the, garden, yesterday.
🎯 Your mission
Build a sentence that stands up by itself.
⚡ The twist
Read it out loud. Your ear catches what your eye misses.
Warm-up scribble
Write a sentence about your hand without using the word 'hand'.
Mentor sentence
🧱 "It was raining." → "Rain hammered the windows like an angry visitor."
Instructions
Turn these words into a question: I, planted, tiny, seeds, in, the, garden, yesterday. Start with a question word (who, what, where, when, why) and end with a question mark.
Word Bank
Creative Writing
Turn these words into a question: I, planted, tiny, seeds, in, the, garden, yesterday. Start with a question word (who, what, where, when, why) and end with a question mark.
Writing Prompt:
Turn these words into a question: I, planted, tiny, seeds, in, the, garden, yesterday. Start with a question word (who, what, where, when, why) and end with a question mark.
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Why this matters in real life
Every text, every email, every note — it's all sentences. Better sentences = clearer life.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find a sentence in a book that you wish you'd written. Copy it down.
For the dinner table
“Read me your best sentence. Why is it good?”
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