Conclusion to Word Groups

Whew! We made it!

That's the end of the word groups lessons.

Hopefully you've seen from doing this lesson that you've learned a lot, and that what you've learned can help you analyse writing, identify patterns, and make your own creative and editorial choices.

You've also seen that there are times when this kind of analysis can get confusing, and that sometimes it's easy to be mistaken, and sometimes there is no one correct answer.

And finally you've seen that text doesn't have one single pattern—you can find multiple patterns and structures depending on how deep you want to go on particular word groups.

Where did the snippets come from?

Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden

Tomorrow, When the War Began is the first book in John Marsden's epic Tomorrow series, about 5 friends who return from a camping trip in the outback to discover that Australia has been invaded.

Boy by Roald Dahl

Boy is Roald Dahl's memoir of his childhood, featuring sweet-shops, mean old ladies and a Great Mouse Plot. We also used snippets from Roald Dahl's novel the Fantastic Mr Fox, about a fox who cleverly outwits a band of farmers.

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

R.J. Palacio's Wonder follows the school life of a boy, Auggie, who has an extraordinary facial difference, and is attending a mainstream school for the first time in grade 5.

That's it! If you've made it this far, well done! You've climbed a mountain!

See you next time!