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Stack the Deck

Stack the Deck. Lesson 2. Combining and Rearranging Ideas. Combining and Rearranging sentences: Adds voice to your writing Helps with fluidity/cadence Gives the writer control over EMPHASIS Common writing problem: Subject Verb Object sentences (SVO) Ex: Jimmy grinds his teeth

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Stack the Deck

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  1. Stack the Deck Lesson 2

  2. Combining and Rearranging Ideas Combining and Rearranging sentences: Adds voice to your writing Helps with fluidity/cadence Gives the writer control over EMPHASIS Common writing problem: Subject Verb Object sentences (SVO) Ex: Jimmy grinds his teeth S V O

  3. Idea words and glue words Idea words: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and interjections Glue words: articles, coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, and prepositions Do you see why it is important to know your parts of speech? Label the parts of speech in this sentence: A small boy fell into the pond and swam to safety.

  4. What is the problem? A small boy fell into the pond and swam to safety. It is a subject (boy) verb (fell) object (pond) sentence. Try rearranging the sentence so that it is not an SVO…you may change forms of words but keep the meaning the same!

  5. You try The following sentence is in SVO format. In your notes, in the next 3 minutes, try to rearrange the sentence in as many ways as possible. Keep the meaning the same. Sidney left for the bus stop twenty minutes early the first day of school, hoping that he was going to the right bus stop. Put up your fingers – How many did you get?

  6. Where is the emphasis? The first day of school, Sidney left twenty minutes early for what he hoped was the right bus stop. Hoping he was going to the right bus stop, Sidney left the house twenty minutes early for the first day of school. Twenty minutes early, Sidney left for the bus stop on the first day of school, so he could find the right bus stop.

  7. Glue words, WH words, and ING words Sometimes we need to use different words to combine ideas. These are subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, and verbals. Glue words – (subordinating conjunctions) after, although, when, since. WH words – (relative pronouns) who, whom, whose, which, that ING words – (gerunds) Swimming is a good exercise (present participle) The turtle chased the swimming boy

  8. Write it out! Turn to a partner sitting next to you. Work with your partner on the sentences given to you on page 7. Combine the sentences using glue words, WH words, or ING words. Complete sentences 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Then rearrange the sentences 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 on pages 8-9 LABEL YOUR COMMAS! You will not be turning these in, so you may simply add them to your notes.

  9. Dead Verbs We want you to SHOW versus TELL in your writing. Certain verbs are relied upon too much and limit vivid writing.

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