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Interactive whiteboard resources – Syntex

The syntax explorer

> Launch Syntex: the syntax explorer [Members only] Syntex is a really accessible way of playing around with word order and punctuation. Launch the program, type in a sentence and experiment! Explore how speech punctuation works, or investigate how words and clauses can be moved about in a sentence, or added, or taken out ... It's a versatile, visual tool for sentence level work.

Syntex basics

Drag a tile to a new position in the sentence and it will click into place. You can join tiles together by clicking on the border between tiles, and separate them again by clicking on the little upside down triangle.

Use the menu at the bottom to create new tiles, add colour, or change the initial letter on a tile to upper or lower case.

More classroom-ready Syntex activities

Making your own Syntex activities

1. Launch Syntex.
2. Type or paste your text into the box.
3. The default options will give you a scratchpad space and editing tools. If you don't want these, change the 'Scratchpad', 'Punctuation Palette' and 'User can create new tiles' options.
4. Choose your font size.
5. Decide whether you want your tiles in order (the default option) or sorted into alphabetical order.
6. Click on Explore syntax.

> Launch Syntex: the syntax explorer [Members only]