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The bell rang.

Hello . WITHOUT TALKING, open your Writer’s Notebook and draw a line. Combine these TWO sentences in as many ways as you can think of to make ONE longer interesting sentence. The students cheered. The bell rang. SENTENCE FLUENCY. varying sentence types. The TRAITS OF WRITING.

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The bell rang.

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  1. Hello WITHOUT TALKING, open your Writer’s Notebook and draw a line. Combine these TWO sentences in as many ways as you can think of to make ONE longer interesting sentence. The students cheered. The bell rang.

  2. SENTENCE FLUENCY varying sentence types

  3. The TRAITS OF WRITING CONVENTIONS IDEAS ARE including including SENTENCE FLUENCY ORGANIZATION Checking Spelling including including VOICE Finding a Topic Well-Built Sentences including and WORD CHOICE and Creating a Lead Focusing the Topic including and Varying Sentence Types Establishing a Tone and Sequence/Transition Words Applying Strong Verbs and Conveying a Purpose Selecting Striking Words/Phrases

  4. Think About: • Do I include different kinds of • sentences? • Are some of my sentences complex? • Are some of my sentences simple? • Did I intermingle sentence types, one to the next?

  5. A CLAUSE (sentence part w/ subject and verb) can be or INDEPENDENT (stands alone) DEPENDENT (cannot stand alone) “She began the new book…” “When she began the new book…”

  6. 4 types of sentences Simple 1 independent clause The students chose a book. The students chose a book, and the teacher read it. Compound 2 or more independent clauses While the teacher read, the students chose a book. COMPLEX 1 independent + at least 1 dependent Compound-Complex 2 or more independent clauses+ 1 dependent While the teacher read, the students chose a book and the principal walked in.

  7. In your personal reading/AR book… Find an example of each of the four types of sentences we talked about today.

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