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Sentence Fluency
Week 1: Combining Sentences
Week 1: Combining Sentences
Convention: Commas in compound sentences
Convention: Commas in compound sentences
- Make your writing flow by combining short, choppy sentences into compound sentences.
- When you combine sentences to make your writing flow, be careful not to form rambling or run-on sentences.
- When you revise your writing, look for ways to make it flow better by using compound sentences.
- Use compounds sentences to make your writing flow more smoothly
Week 2: Writing Complex Sentences
Week 2: Writing Complex Sentences
Convention: Commas in complex sentences
Convention: Commas in complex sentences
- Complex sentences help your writing flow. A complex sentence is an independent clause and a dependent clause joined by a subordinating conjunction
- When writing a complex sentence, you can start with either the dependent clause or the independent clause. Choose the way that sounds most natural.
- Use complex sentences to help your writing flow more smoothly.
Week 3: More Ways to Combine Sentences
Week 3: More Ways to Combine Sentences
Convention: Compound subject-verb agreement
Convention: Compound subject-verb agreement
- Make your writing flow by combining short, choppy sentences into sentences with compound subjects.
- Make your writing flow by combining sentences with the same subjects.
- Use compound subjects, compound predicates, and other phrases with conjunctions to make your writing flow.
Week 4: Varying Sentence Beginnings
Week 4: Varying Sentence Beginnings
Convention: Comma review
Convention: Comma review
- Vary the way your sentences begin so your writing doesn’t sound choppy and repetitive.
- To vary the way your sentences begin, you can start with different subjects, add introductory or transition words, or rearrange sentence parts.
- When you revise your writing, look for ways to vary your sentence beginnings to improve the flow.
- Begin your sentences in different ways to keep your reader interested and engaged.
Week 5: Writing a Smooth Paragraph
Week 5: Writing a Smooth Paragraph
Convention: Correcting run-on sentences
Convention: Correcting run-on sentences
- To write a smooth paragraph, vary the types of sentences you use. Include simple, compound and complex sentences.
- Use transition words and phrases to improve the flow of sentences throughout your paragraphs.
- Include different kinds of sentences to write smooth-sounding paragraphs.
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