Combining sentences joining sentences by coordination independent clause clause. The two most important activities in sentence combining are a the initial creation of a. Does the sentence flow, or is it marked by awkward interruptions. Sentence combining and paragraph building by william strong. Sentence combining exercise, on pages 56 of the pdf, mining the klondike gold for stories. Combine the sentences to make compound and complex sentences. The techique i found in the first section of coaching writing is the focus of. Connecting and combining in sentence and paragraph writing by helen mills. Pay close attention to the new sentences created so you can start making longer, smoother sentences. William strong is the author of sentence combining 4. Does the sentence clearly express an idea without wasting words. Do the various parts of the sentence fit together logically. Sentence combining and generative rhetoric by william l.
A composing book william strong v utah state university mcgrawhill, inc. How to combine sentences to produce a compound sentence. Next i introduced each grammatical structure by giving the students short sentence combining exercises often made up on the spot using the students own names and information about them for the sentences. William strong, random house, 1981 william strongs new book, sentence combining and paragraph building, is humane, carefully made, and highly useful. A composing book random house, 1973, in its complexity and purpose. Las vegas high school 201011 writing workshop combining sentences.
Coordination is a method of combining independent clauses by using sentence connectors. It includes directions for a paired student activity led by the teacher. Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. A textbook required for the course was a slim volume called the elements of style, whose author was the professor himself. Sentence combining types and examples saddler, 2005. Tiered sentence combining tillamook bay community college. 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. Students attempt to combine each set of simple sentences into one sentence of their own, without reference to. Best of all, if after reading an ebook, you buy a paper version of sentence composing for college. The interface is elegant and powerful but very easy to use. Bill strong presents a broader application of sentence combining as the basis for.
Las vegas high school 201011 writing workshop rpdp. Sentence combining a composing book william strong 1. This results in a compound sentence that can improve the. 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. Sentencecombining types and examples saddler, 2005. Summarizing the wealth of recent research on sentence combining as an effective method of. 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 exercises excerpted from william strong s sentence combining. I then guided them into writing the structures before we named and defined them. Surely by eighth grade i thought, my students must have mastered the ability to create interesting sentences. This book is designed to help you prepare for the verbal and reading sections of many assessment and entrance exams. Sentence combining with pirates ereading worksheets. Examples of sentence solutions are presented in the answer key. This activity greatly improved my students ability to revise their writing.
William strong is professor of secondary education at utah state university, director of the. By completing the 501 sample items offered here and by studying their answer explanations, you will develop the skills necessary to tackle each type of sentence completion question. Sections of this module marked with an asterisk should be completed by learners wanting to complete the baueng 6. Sentence combining a composing book william strong on. The seagull flew over my head and landed on the roof. If the server does not provide a quick download, then we remove it from the list. Every english teacher at my high school has heard me praise william strong s work, and several have adopted his strategies. In later exercises, using sentence scrambling and sentence imitating, you will be given the structure for the sentence parts and will provide only the content. 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. William strongs first and second edition of sentence combining. Combine each pair of sentences into a single sentence.
Simple sentence combining activity keys to literacy. 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. Complex sentences sentence combining free language stuff. William strong directs the utah writing project at utah state university, where he teaches courses in writing, english education, and contentarea literacy. A series of workbooks for esl students by eugene hall, published by. Capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for names. On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite the following sentences into one smooth sentence.
The book i recommend all the time related to sentence combining and other related instructional practices is bruce sadlers. Combining sentences with and superteacherworksheets. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Complex sentences sentence combining four types of. Pdf improving sentence writing ability through sentence. Combining sentences with and when two sentences have the same subject, you can combine the predicates with the word and. 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. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet. Download 3 free shakespeare study guides in addition to other free. This exciting new developmental writing text uses a writing process framework and stresses a collaborative approach, while providing students with skill instruction through extensive. Defining sentence combining sentence combining is the process of integrating two or more related sentences into one sentence.
Often i will start off my sentence combining introduction by asking my class, what makes a. Sentence combining transparency82 remind students that they can improve short, choppy sentences by combining them to create more interesting sentences and that different conjunctions convey different meanings. Combine by using a compound sentence or complex sentence. Sentence structures combine each set of simple sentences below to produce the kind of sentence speci. 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. William strong wrote another book about writing development, coaching writing, that i purchased at a writing workshop. The book was known on the campus in those days as the little book, with the stress on the word little.
Coordination once you have mastered the basics of correct usage in written english, you will want to express yourself in increasingly complex ways. The free version of fliphtml5 provides users with basic features, allowing users to convert a pdf file to a page flipping book. 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. Simply put,sentence combining involves putting short,choppy sentences together to make more interesting,readable ones. 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. Students will physically manipulate the simple sentences into compoun. When two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine the subjects with the word and.
Here are a few of the many ways to combine sentences. This sentence combining exercise will help your child, too. William strong, random house, 1981 william strong s new book, sentence combining and paragraph building, is humane, carefully made, and highly useful. If you continually use short sentences in your writing, your paragraphs will sound very choppy.
Writing skills practice book for efl american english. It supports diagramming by word as well as diagramming at a phrase level. You will have to add, delete, change, and rearrange words. Louis san francisco auckland bogota caracas sbon london aanhrid mpvirn fltu mil m. Option 3 conjunctive adverbs there are many choices. In the new book strong works with combining but also with problems of. Eric ed274985 creative approaches to sentence combining. The diagramming module in bibleworks provides all features needed for diagramming analysis of biblical text. Hell read the sentences in the article and come up with ways to rewrite the article to make it better, by combining sentences.
It is intended to improve integrated readingwriting skills such as. A composing book, 2nd edition cosmos by carl sagan paragraph one 1. Improving sentence writing ability through sentence combining practice, article pdf available january 2007. I follow directions given by bill strong in his book creative. Oct 20, 2015 if the server does not provide a quick download, then we remove it from the list. Sentence combining workbook pdf sentencecombining workbook uses sentencecombining techniques to help students develop confidence in their writing at the sentence level. 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. Combine parts from column one and column two to create sentences. The techique i found in the first section of coaching writing is the focus of sentence combining a composing book. In addition, access to the advanced features like page editor to add video and audio is forbidden. This sentence structure product includes 11 cutapart simple sentence strips in a story and 7 conjunctions fanboys plus the semicolon. Back then, i discovered the first edition of a book by william strong titled sentence combining. Each set of sentence germs in the the call of the wilds sentences.
Improving sentences via sentence combining instruction. Sentence combining, part two texas state university. The sentence construction difficulties of less skilled writers are discussed and the effect sentence combining may have on those skills is. Complex sentences sentence combining four types of sentences.
The work suggests there is no right way to write and outlines stylistic choices available. Combining sentences allows writers to avoid unnecessary repetition, provide emphasis, and improve sentence variety. Incorporating sentence combining into the advanced composition class gary a. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Creative approaches to sentence combining by william strong. New to this edition are two endoftext appendices on sentence combining,the writing. Sentence combining workbook pdf sentence combining workbook uses sentence combining techniques to help students develop confidence in their writing at the sentence level. These worksheets will help you practice sentence combining. The study has used mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative. Besides authoring many articles and teaching resources on sentence combining and writing, he is the consulting author in composition for writers choice glencoemcgrawhill, 2001 and. Sentence combining a composing book william strong. A composing book are no longer in print, but the 3 rd edition 1995 still is mcgrawhill. Worksheets originated as part of one sentence in the call of the wild.
Letter from birmingham jail 1 a u g u s t 1 9 6 3 letter from birmingham jail by martin luther king, jr. From the birmingham jail, where he was imprisoned as a. 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 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.
How to combine sentences to produce a compound sentence 1. After you have combined the sentences, circle whether you created a compound or complex sentence. Bibliography of sentence combining and the teaching of writing 216 index. Export a ris file for endnote, procite, reference manager. This study assesses teaching writing skills to the second language learners by utilizing benchmarking strategies of classroom. Be the first to ask a question about sentence combining. Building skills through reading and writing by deborah dean sentence combining occurs in two different ways. A sentence combining workshop william strong on amazon. In the process, students learn the importance of sentence variety in improving syntax. Here, though, with sentence combining you are given the content, and you provide the sentence structure in.
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