Our Selecting Sentences activity is based on the picture book, The Peasant Prince by Li Cunxin. It allows students to demonstrate their understanding of compound and complex sentence structure. The science of reading has proven that teaching syntax concepts, such as the structure of compound and complex sentences, helps improve students’ reading and writing.

Students will require some prior knowledge of sentence structure to complete this task, as they are required to compose both compound and complex sentences that include suitable conjunctions, correct comma placement and pronouns.