Alan Peats sentence types are already used in 22 countries. Now, for the first time, they are available as an app with genre-links and in-built interactivity.The Alan Peat Pocket App of Exciting Sentences provides teachers and parents with 25 consistent-language sentence types, clearly explained and right there on either iPad or iPhone instantly at hand.The app includes an Introduction to the sentence types with THREE sets of examples for each sentence: generic examples; genre-specific examples (both fiction and non-fiction) and Mathew Sullivans Introductory language/ Intermediate language/ Higher order examples.Additionally the App includes a Developmental Continuum designed to help schools and parents to understand when (and how!) to best introduce the sentence types ideal for whole school approaches to grammar.For ease-of-use the app also features a Sentence Grammar Glossary using plain English to explain complex grammatical features of sentences, with the useful addition of embedded teaching tips.Finally the app also allows users to make and save their own personal notes/ lesson plans directly in-app. You can also back them up to Dropbox and email them directly from the app: two handy tools for networks of schools seeking to share ideas and planning!
Full Specifications
What's new in version 1.1
The first update to 'The Alan Peat Pocket App of Exciting Sentences' adds several useful variations (with examples) of the 'Verb, person' sentence types. We will be adding further free updates of variants on other sentence types and invite teachers and pupils to email their own variants on the sentence types to info@alanpeat.com with subject 'Sentence Type Variant'Examples will be used in future updates and contributors will be named in the app!
General
ReleaseJune 2, 2014
Date AddedJune 2, 2014
Version1.1
Operating Systems
Operating SystemsiOS
Additional RequirementsCompatible with iPhone 4. iTunes account required.