I have not worked with "sentence combining" but I have done an activity with students that I call "Silly Sentences" or "Sentence Quest" which gives them an opportunity to play with words and sentences. I wrote it up as a lesson for Read-Write-Think a few years ago. Check it out if you're interested:
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=6 Renee Goularte On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:14 AM, Michelle TeGrootenhuis wrote: > > In the book "Best Practices in Literacy Instruction" (2nd Ed) edited by > Michael Pressley, there's a chapter entitled, "Building a sound Writing > Program" and on page 145 of that chapter the author states, "Studies > show > that teaching formal grammar to students has 'a negligible or even > harmful > effect on improving students' writing'...The only isolated skills > teaching > that does seem to show a positive effect on writing is teaching > students how > to combine sentences." (in other words, teach grammar in CONTEXT of > students' writing.) > > After reading that a few years ago, I purposely incorporated some > sentence > combining lessons into my 2nd grade writer's workshop and the kids did > very > well with the activities and the lessons had some carry over. I did > these > lessons in the spring after introducing adjectives and adverbs, but I > think > I'm going to begin the year with sentence combining this year (I'm > moving to > 5th grade) and make sure to intersperse these lessons throughout the > year > for maximum effect. > > Anyone tried this throughout the year? Have you seen carry over and > improved > writing as a result? > > -Michelle TG, 5th IA > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~ Voltaire _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
