New to this edition are two endoftext appendices on sentence combining, the writing. If the words do not go together in a sentence, he covers. Improving sentences via sentence combining instruction. Sections of this module marked with an asterisk should be completed by learners wanting to complete the baueng 6. Sentence combining workbook pdf sentencecombining workbook uses sentencecombining techniques to help students develop confidence in their writing at the sentence level. The second grammar module, parts of the sentence, presents information and exercises to accompany the objectives of baueng 6. If you were unable to properly combine sentences, each sentence would be very short, simple and boring. Every english teacher at my high school has heard me praise william strong s work, and several have adopted his strategies. The work suggests there is no right way to write and outlines stylistic choices available. 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. William strong s first and second edition of sentence combining. Option 3 conjunctive adverbs there are many choices. Sentence combining exercise, on pages 56 of the pdf, mining the klondike gold for stories. A comparison of two methods for teaching sentencecombining to.
Sentence combining a composing book william strong on. Simple sentence combining activity keys to literacy. The discussion of sentence combining as a development technique excited my teaching, but i dont have time or energy to prepare sentences for use with the technique. Sentence combining techniques irsc academic support center.
The book i recommend all the time related to sentence combining and other related instructional practices is bruce sadlers. Often i will start off my sentence combining introduction by asking my class, what makes a. Around the same time, interest in sentence combining was heightened by other emerging sentence level pedagogies, especially the. Oct 22, 2018 this exercise will introduce you to sentence combiningthat is, organizing sets of short, choppy sentences into longer, more effective ones. Eric ed274985 creative approaches to sentence combining. Simply put, sentence combining involves putting short, choppy sentences together to make more interesting, readable. Phonemic areness 5 min sondspellinlendin 5 min ihreenc ords 5 min copriht william sadlier nc ll rihts reserved.
Creative approaches to sentence combining by william strong. Combining sentences with and superteacherworksheets. William strongs first and second edition of sentence combining. An alternative to traditional forms of grammar instruction, sentence combining gives students practice in manipulating a variety of basic sentence structures. Pinball machines combine the following sentences into an effective descriptive paragraph. Maite special thanks to all the sites represented in this tutorial stop. William strongs most popular book is sentence combining. Twentythree stimulating papers, including essays by peter elbow, donald murray, and william strong, selected from the more than sixty presented at the second miami university. Sentence combining tillamook bay community college. Improving sentences via sentence combining instruction bruce saddler when i first began teaching writing in middle school my temptation was to believe that any sentence level writing instruction was a waste of time.
Part one once you have mastered writing a clear, grammatically correct simple sentence a sentence that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought, you can begin to improve your writing by practicing combining sentences. Review coordinating conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs, to see the relationships you can show when combining sentences. Combine each pair of sentences into a single sentence. Daiker, andrew kerek, and max morenbergs the writers options. Sentence combining, part two texas state university.
Archive contents of syntax in the schools, renamed in 2005 as. 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. Creative approaches to sentence combining, by william strong. Sentence combining a composing book international editions 1994 exclusive rights by mcgrawhill book co. Sentence combining a rhetorical perspective, donald a. Sentencecombining types and examples saddler, 2005. If you continually use short sentences in your writing, your paragraphs will sound very choppy. A composing book 1973 this uniquely practical handbook of flowcharts and succinct clinical information is a timesaving aid to the quick and accurate assessment of 200 common signs and symptoms. Sentences and sentence fragments macmillanmcgrawhill. If you have written a series of simple sentences, try alternate methods of combining them to vary the pace of the paragraph look at the following example.
Before you go any further, please remember to read everything. Combining sentences joining sentences by coordination independent clause clause. William strong has 48 books on goodreads with 238 ratings. Writing skills practice book for efl american english. The teaching of english as a second language has undergone radical changes in recent years, and nowhere have these changes been more evident than our and livtrsltles. This tutorial is completely based on reading and understanding all the material at each step. The techique i found in the first section of coaching writing is the focus of sentence combining a composing book.
Combining sentences allows writers to avoid unnecessary repetition, provide emphasis, and improve sentence variety. Use sentence combining worksheets to practice how to combine sentences. The war against grammar, reprinted from wisconsin interest. This book cannot be reexported from the country to which it is consigned by mcgrawhill. 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. Here are a few of the many ways to combine sentences. Be the first to ask a question about sentence combining.
A grammar bibliography scholarly studies, textbooks, and. Sentences and sentence fragments mcgrawhill school division tell which are complete sentences and which are sentence fragments. Books and textbooks on grammar in relation to writing. A bar near a college campus would be incomplete without a row of pinball machines. A composing book are no longer in print, but the 3 rd edition 1995 still is mcgrawhill. Combining sentences with and when two sentences have the same subject, you can combine the predicates with the word and. This exercise will introduce you to sentence combiningthat is, organizing sets of short, choppy sentences into longer, more effective ones. After you have combined the sentences, circle whether you created a compound or complex sentence. Students attempt to combine each set of simple sentences into one sentence of their own, without reference to. Sentence combining types and examples saddler, 2005. Prompt children to expand on one sentence by adding descriptive details or combining two ideas using and e. When two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine the subjects with the word and. A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence. If they make a good sentence, he writes the sentence on his paper.
William strong wrote another book about writing development, coaching writing, that i purchased at a writing workshop. The two most important activities in sentence combining are a the initial creation of a combination and b the discussion or. These worksheets will help you practice sentence combining. Books by william strong author of sentence combining. You can combine short sentences by using phrases as well as clauses. Style andreadabilityinbusinesswriting styleand readabilityin. Strong, 1986 type of sentence sentence combining example multiple compound sentence. A series of workbooks for esl students by eugene hall, published by.
Each set of sentence germs in the the call of the wilds sentences. Improving sentence writing ability through sentence combining. An excellent extended discussion of sentence combining is william strongs linguistics and writing, chapter five in perspec tiveson researchand scholarshipin compositionmla forthcoming. Pay close attention to the new sentences created so you can start making longer, smoother sentences. On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite the following sentences into one smooth sentence. Of all the skills you can develop to improve both your grammar and style, perhaps the most effective. Coordination once you have mastered the basics of correct usage in written english, you will want to express yourself in increasingly complex ways.
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. Sentence combining with pirates ereading worksheets. Tiered sentence combining tillamook bay community college. It is intended to improve integrated readingwriting skills such as. Nov 01, 1982 aims to help writing students strengthen their writing skills through combining short sentences together to make interesting, readable ones. Pdf improving sentence writing ability through sentence. Worksheets originated as part of one sentence in the call of the wild. Strong presented such a compelling case for this method that i was convinced to give.
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. Seven key characteristics of strong phonics instruction. Combine the sentences to make compound and complex sentences. 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. 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.
Building skills through reading and writing by deborah dean sentence combining occurs in two different ways. William strong developed another method of using sentencecombining, in. Surely by eighth grade i thought, my students must have mastered the ability to create interesting sentences. Tiered sentence combining, atlas, 2014 2 purposes and acknowledgements tiered sentence combining is the result of contributions from minnesota student achievement in reading mn star participants over several years. Complex sentences sentence combining four types of sentences. Her yearly salary, medical benefits, and vacation time are sufficient. Las vegas high school 201011 writing workshop combining sentences. A textbook required for the course was a slim volume called the elements of style, whose author was the professor himself. Styleandreadabilityhas both the strengths and the weaknesses char. Drawing from his well known methodology, bill strong presents a broader application of sentence combining as the basis for teaching writing with the writers toolbox. Complex sentences sentence combining four types of. Archive contents of syntax in the schools, renamed in 2005.
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. Coordination is a method of combining independent clauses by using sentence connectors. As a method of teaching writing, sentence combining grew out of studies in transformationalgenerative grammar and was popularized in the 1970s by researchers and teachers such as frank ohare and william strong. Combine parts from column one and column two to create sentences. Improving sentence writing ability through sentence combining practice, article pdf available january 2007 with 7,956 reads how we measure reads. Hassan adarob rated it it was amazing dec 21, 2012. Doing grammar, 1991, max morenberg, 0195064275, 9780195064278.
Scott rush university medical center chicago, il nickola wolf nelson western michigan university kalamazoo, mi abstract clinicians can use sentence combining tasks to assess students written language needs. Early storm warning imply heavy rains and strong winds. The book was known on the campus in those days as the little book, with the stress on the word little. Sentence combining a composing book william strong. 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. This results in a compound sentence that can improve the. The approach to grammar through meaning and function rather than structure, originally developed by michael halliday in england. A composing book exercise 1 combine the following sentences 1. The first half of the booklet provides background information on sentence. Combine by using a compound sentence or complex sentence. Billy is an unhappy child because he has many problems, such as doing poorly in.
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