Effective Sentence Combination Techniques for Better Writing Clarity

1. May 12, 2010Organization Day 5 • How does the author organize the tool information in this essay? • Is this an effective organizational tool? Why or why not? • How would the essay’s clarity be affect if the bulleted items were rewritten as a paragraph?

2. Today we will: • Practice sentence combining. • Read silently. • Find two or three sentences in your reading that your could successfully combine. • Be prepared to show your classmates. • Prepare presentation • Have you summarized your assignment? • Have you chosen an important speech to share? • Are there any important characters?

3. Combine the following sentences. • Dorothea Lange was hired by the government. • She photographed migrant workers. • She did this during the Great Depression.

4. During the Great Depression, Dorothea Lange was hired by the government to photograph migrant workers. • Dorothea Lange was hired by the government, and she photographed migrant workers, which she did during the Great Depression. • During the Great Depression, Dorothea Lange photographed migrant workers, and she was hired by the government. • Dorothea Lange, who photographed migrant workers, was hired by the government, and this was during the Great Depression.

5. Combine the sentences. • I entered my new school. • My mother was with me. • I was whistling and smiling.

6. Whistling and smiling, my mother entered my new school with me. • Entering my new school, my mother was with me, whistling and smiling. • As I entered the new school with my mother, I was whistling and smiling. • I entered the new school with my mother because I was whistling and smiling.

7. Homework • Remember when your presentation is due. • Tomorrow and Friday we will be doing HSA preparation.