This section will explore some of the techniques we ordinary writers use to combine sentences. Circuit publications, 1998 english language 97 pages. Creative approaches to sentence combining theory and research into practice strong, william on. Expanding sentences powerpoint and printables by deb. Answers combine the two sentences to create a complex sentence. This highly regarded text helps developmental writing students strengthen their writing skills and understand some of the stylistic choices available to them in written english. This book is by no means stolen and is available for resale. It can act as the subject or the object of the verb in the principal clause.
Wartime inventions b now name the types of sentences used in the paragraph above. Expanding and combining sentences speech therapy articulation. Sentencecombining skills guide to grammar and writing. Combine each pair of sentences into one simple sentence by using nouns or phrases in apposition. Students learn to construct more elaborate sentences adding one element at a time. After cedric had complained to the race officials, he blasted bobby with a radar gun.
To make sure everyone knows the lesson goal we chant. These two sentences can be combined into one sentence. Tiered sentence combining, atlas, 2014 6 tiered sentence combining is based on these sources of evidence in the following ways. Because we saw a shark in the water, we were very scared. Improving sentences via sentence combining instruction. Name combining, expanding and reducing sentences ccss. Or, have a student complete half the amount of sentences per assignment. Sentence boundary errors are also commonly known as runon sentences, comma splices, and fused sentences. Combining sentences worksheets combining sentences compound subject and verbearly elementary worksheet combining sentences to join ideasmiddle grades worksheet combining sentences with coordinating conjunctions2nd5th grades worksheet combining sentences with items in a seriesmid to late elementary worksheet. After taping each successive arrow onto the anchor chart, i expand the sentence by addressing the question implied by each arrow. Sentences have to be combined to avoid the monotony that would surely result if all sentences were brief. Ideas included in short sentences can becombined by moving a key word from onesentence to the. If you have written a series of simple sentences, try alternate methods of combining them to vary the pace of the paragraph.
It recommends an explicit and integrated instructional process. You have four options for combining two complete sentences. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Combining sentences encourages a writer to take two or more short, choppy sentences and combine them into one effective sentence. Being able to combine sentences can help you write more smoothly. But when combining two nouns or verbs, you dont need a comma. Sentence combination handout howe center for writing. Lesson 226 parts of the sentence verbals participles. The following tutorial allows you to study each of the most common combining techniques through activities, brief but informative text, and lots of interactive exercises and quizzes. Combine the two sentences to create a complex sentence. By learning this skill, students enhance their writing style. Second quiz on combining sentences guide to grammar. Phrases are groups of words that do not contain a verb.
By using a noun clause a noun clause does the work of a noun. Repetition of a single, simple sentence pattern draws attention to itself, not to. First grade lesson stretching sentences betterlesson. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. Daily grammar lesson 226 parts of the sentence verbals. As you engage in sentence combining activities, you will learn how to vary sentence structure in order to change the meaning and style of what you write. Provide these students with examples of two independent sentences to combine during paired time, and support them as needed. Joining two sentences using nouns in apposition english. The concept of word tiers was developed in the late 1980s by isabel beck, margaret mckeown, and. When we saw the shark in the water, we were very scared. Combining sentences 1 practice write your answers on the lines and then print this page. In the paragraph below, either the subject or the predicate are repeated in various sentences. Look at the product code on each worksheet to discover which of our many books it came from and build your teaching library. Students will be shown a way to build interesting descriptive sentences using colour cues.
Despite appearances, the goal of sentence combining is not to produce longer sentences but rather to develop more effective sentences and to help students become more versatile writers. Use sentence combining worksheets to practice how to combine sentences. It is the act of making one smoother, more detailed sentence out of two or more short, choppy sentences. Coordination techniques for writing compound sentences are. Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, readerlistener interest, and style.
The cat and dog were scratching and biting each other. Five examples of a compoundcomplex sentence pen and the pad. A bar near a college campus would be incomplete without a row of pinball machines. Mar 22, 2020 the following exercise will give you an opportunity to apply the techniques for combining sentences effectively discussed in the article cohesion strategies.
In these worksheets, students are given a few paragraphs of text made up of many short sentences. Simply put, sentence combining involves putting short, choppy sentences together to make more interesting, readable. Tiered sentence combining tillamook bay community college. Combining subordinate and independent clauses in one sentence. At a more technical level, sentence combining is concerned. Creative approaches to sentence combining theory and research into practice. Simply put, sentence combining involves putting short, choppy sentences together to make more interesting, readable ones. For students who talk or write in simple, uninteresting ch. These worksheets will help you practice sentence combining. Likewise if a student produces sentences that are overly complex. Talking in sentences from sentence to narrative teaching kids of all ages to ask questions expanding and combining sentences pronoun practice pack. The effect of sentencecombining and kernelidentification.
Basically, i am connecting expanding sentence to these bracelets they love, so i am connecting something new to something they are familiar with. We were very scared when we saw a shark in the water. Click here to view and print this free reading worksheet activity. Sentence combining, part two texas state university. The book i recommend all the time related to sentence combining and other related instructional practices is bruce sadlers teachers guide to effective sentence writing 2012, guilford press. Sentence combining classroom strategies reading rockets. The best sentences combine different elements in all sorts of patterns. Another resource but more expensive than the sadler book is sentence combining workbook, 4 th edition by altman, caro, metgeegan, and roberts. In the textarea below each group of sentences, combine all of those sentences into one effective sentence containing only one independent clause. This set includes an additional complimentary printing practice and coloring page. Strong, william summarizing the wealth of recent research on sentence combining as an effective method of teaching students to tighten and vary their written sentences, this booklet explains how and why sentence combining works. When two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine the subjects with the word and. Pay close attention to the new sentences created so you can start making longer, smoother sentences. This week we finish up expanding, combining and reducing sentences and move onto dialects.
Combining sentencessentence combining is making one smoother,more detailed sentence out of two or moreshorter sentences. This results in a compound sentence that can improve the formality and sophistication of your writing style. The instructor completes several sentence combining examples in front of the group, using a thinkaloud approach to show his or her thinking process in successfully combining sentences. Combine each pair of sentences by using a comma and the conjunction and, but, or or. An alternative to traditional forms of grammar instruction, sentence combining gives students practice in manipulating a variety of basic sentence structures. Eric ed274985 creative approaches to sentence combining.
Sentence combining, simply stated, is the strategy of joining short sentences into longer, more complex sentences. A compoundcomplex sentence contains a combination of two types of sentence structures. Of all the skills you can develop to improve both your grammar and style, perhaps the most effective and useful is sentence combining. An essential component of literate language competence is the ability to comprehend and formulate complex sentences to communicate about relationships among propositions or chunks of content. The following sentences share either the same subject or the same verb. The chapters in this book survey the patterning of negative utterances in natural languages, spanning such foundational issues as how negative sentences are realized crosslinguistically and how that realization tends to change over time, how negation is acquired by children, how it is processed by adults, and how its expression changes over time.
Combining with key words combining with phrases combining with longer sentences 3. Apr 11, 2011 the conjunctions or, eitheror and neithernor can be used to combine two simple sentences into one. Students will combine two short sentences and write one complete sentence. How to combine sentences to create compound sentences. Pinball machines combine the following sentences into an effective descriptive paragraph. Free grammar and writing worksheets from k5 learning. Sentence combining california state university, northridge. When combining sentences into a compound sentence, you need a comma before the coordinating conjunction, for example. How to join two or more simple sentences into a single. Place a comma before the coordinating conjunction to avoid a runon sentence. Lesson 206 and is used as an adjective adjectives modify or affect the meaning of nouns and pronouns and tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify. Challenge students to combine more than two sentences with the same subject or predicate, using commas correctly.
Here is a collection of our printable worksheets for topic combine, expand, and reduce sentences of chapter knowledge of language in section grammar a brief description of the worksheets is on each of the worksheet widgets. Expanding and combining sentences by toomey, marilyn m and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Language curriculum support introducing print awareness introducing the language of literacy the language of math for young learners. Students are asked to combine the short sentences where appropriate into longer sentences to make the text read more smoothly. Then, use the answer key at the end of the document to evaluate their progress. These are used when two alternative facts or statements have to be presented.
A paper containing sentences of one short pattern bores both the writer and the reader for two reasons. Sentence combining as an instructional technique involves combining two or more kernel sentences into a longer, more complex sentence containing such structures as adjective and adverbial modifiers, phrases, and dependent clauses. Combining sentences with and super teacher worksheets. With openended sentence work, students are given a set of short, simple sentences often called kernel sentences which they are asked to combine in any way they can. The pizza was delicious, and the cake was mediocre. Combine two sentences with a coordinating conjunction to form a compound sentence. Fanboys for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so when using conjunctions, you are combining two independent clauses ic with a comma and then a conjunction. This epacket has 7 activities that you can use to reinforce the standard ccss l. Coordination is a method of combining independent clauses by using sentence connectors. Combine each pair of sentences with the word and to make a new sentence. This book is a used library book and may contain the librarys name, barcode, markings etc.
When youre finished, click on grammars version to see how we would have written that sentence. Fun writing activities writing prompts 2nd grade kindergarten writing prompts writing prompts for writers picture writing prompts sentence writing cool writing writing sentences 6th grade writing. If you were unable to properly combine sentences, each sentence would be very short, simple and boring. The subject describes who or what the sentence is about, and the verb describes the action. Provide cued examples of critical information by underlining specific words within the. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. The concept of word tiers was developed in the late 1980s by. Many times you can say things in one sentence better than you can say them in two. Compound sentences connect with the use of a coordinating conjunction. Sentence combining and postcard project rubric deluxe postcard 4 points able to combine sentences that are interesting, express a clear message, and are easy to understand follows the postcard formatting and gives a personal response to the concert addresses intended audience appropriately. Combining sentences to avoid sentence boundary errors some of the most common and problematic mechan ical errors are known as sentence boundary errors. Oct 22, 2018 this exercise will introduce you to sentence combiningthat is, organizing sets of short, choppy sentences into longer, more effective ones.
For example, wood substitutes and recycled materials are becoming more available. Sentence variety can be introduced to the beginning of sentences by starting a sentence with an adverb, starting a sentence with a prepositional phrase, or by inverting the subject and verb. Use sentences from familiar books and stories that the students have read. It offers strategies and exercises for combining short sentences into longer, more complex ones. A sentence composing approach does much more than name the tools. These sentences can be combined in many interesting ways, depending on what idea is put into the independent clause. A participle is a verbal a verbal is a verb form used as some other part of speech. Guides for particular types of sentence combinations are given. Two simple sentences can be combined into a compound sentence by using the conjunction or. The individual sentences must be of equal significance. Sentence combining skill is something that will develop over several short practice sessions and should be considered as one component of an overall writing program. Part two sentences can also be combined by using modifying words, prepositions and prepositional phrases, infinitives or infinitive phrases, participial phrases, gerunds, appositives, and absolute phrases. The group class followed the same curriculum, but the sentence combining exercises were presented in a slightly different form. Creative approaches to sentence combining theory and.
These errors are all variations of the same problem. Help students realize that a simple sentence includes one subjectverb combination, correct capitalization, and punctuation. Combining sentences to avoid sentence boundary errors. However, the goal of sentence combining is not to produce longer sentences but rather to develop more effective sentencesand to help you become a more versatile writer. This activity greatly improved my students ability to revise their writing. The following examples, show the independent clauses and subordinate clauses joined to create longer, more interesting sentences. After writing the final sentence on the anchor chart, we contrast it with the original vague sentence, and we discuss how the reader is able to accurately visualize the scene after reading the revised sentence. I find this helps my students understand and enjoy the lesson. Compound sentences combine two independent clauses, a type of clause that completes a full thought.
The activities in grammar books naming of sentence parts and parsing of sentences dissect dead sentences. Students should then complete sentence combining examples in pairs or groups, with. Students can practice sentence combining working through several pages of these activities. The techique i found in the first section of coaching writing is the focus of sentence combining a composing book. Combining sentences can be a great way to make writing more interesting. Complex sentences sentence combining four types of. For students who are already able to talk or write in simple, choppy sentences, this book will open gateways to success in language and literacy. Building skills through reading and writing by deborah dean sentence combining occurs in two different ways. Oct 19, 2010 change one of the simple sentences into a principal clause and the others into subordinate clauses.