Answer:
Combining sentences encourages a writer to take two or more short, choppy sentences and combine them into one effective sentence. By learning this skill, students enhance their writing style. 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.
Why use sentence combining?
It teaches students to use a variety of sentences in their writing.
It helps improve the overall quality of the writing by increasing the amount and quality of the revision
The process encourages interesting word choices and transition words.
How to use sentence combining
Teachers should guide students through the sentence combining process. When introducing the skill, begin by asking students to combine two sentences. Move to using three or more sentences once students have more experience. As students develop skill working with sentences provided by the teacher, they can learn to combine sentences within their own writing.
Sadler (2005) provides a possible sequence of sentence-combining exercises. A few of the steps are listed here.
Inserting adjectives and adverbs
Example:
The girl drank lemonade.
The girl was thirsty.
The thirsty girl drank lemonade.
Producing compound subjects and objects
Example:
The book was good.
The movie was good.
The book and the movie were good.
Producing compound sentences using conjunctions (for example: and, but)
Example:
The weather was perfect.
The girls were playing soccer.
The weather was perfect, and the girls were playing soccer.
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After several modeled and shared lessons, encourage students to combine sentences from their own writing. Take a minute or two at the end of your writer's workshop to ask students to share any sentences they combined. Discuss ways the revision improved the quality of the writing.
Step-by-step explanation:
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