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Improve sentence combining skills, review text comprehension, and prepare for writing assessments with targeted exercises. Enhance understanding of grammar and sentence structure. Homework includes presentation preparation.
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May 10, 2010Conventions Day 3 • In the fourth sentence of paragraph 1, what is the intended meaning of both instances of the word “its?” • What does “its” actually mean? • Find the place in the text where “its” is actually used correctly. • Explain why it is correct.
Today we will: • Practice sentence combining. • Begin work on Act II project! • Read! • Divide work.
Read the following sentences.Combine them! • I am really enjoying a novel called Cold Mountain. • Charles Frazier wrote Cold Mountain. • Cold Mountain is a Civil War novel.
Now, pick the best way to combine the sentences. • I am really enjoying a Civil War novel which is by Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain. • I am really enjoying Cold Mountain, a Civil War novel by Charles Frazier. • A novel by Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain, that I am really enjoying, is a Civil War novel. • Cold Mountain, which is a Civil War novel, is by Charles Frazier, and I am really enjoying it.
Try combining these sentences. • Jogging by yourself is enjoyable. • It is a healthy form of exercise. • You can become familiar with your neighborhood.
Which is the best sentence? • You can become familiar with your neighborhood when jogging by yourself, which is an enjoyable and healthy form of exercise. • Jogging by yourself is an enjoyable, healthy exercise and a good way to become familiar with your neighborhood. • Jogging is an enjoyable and healthy form of exercise through which you can become familiar with your neighborhood and do by yourself. • An enjoyable and healthy form of exercise is jogging, which you can do by yourself, and you can become familiar with your neighborhood.
Mini-Assessment Writing B • Review the questions you missed. • Choose up to three questions you missed. • On your score sheet document: • Record the question number and what that question required the student to do. • Explain why the correct answer is correct. • Explain why you think that question caused you difficulty. Remember to save in our class folder!
Homework • Prepare presentation. Due on Tuesday, May 18.