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A Kinesthetic Makeover in Writing:

This resource explores kinesthetic learning within writing, focusing on enhancing essay quality at both the sentence and paragraph levels. It provides strategies for using participial and appositive phrases to create more dynamic sentences and guide students through interactive grammar activities that foster fluency. The review sections and practical examples help identify key elements in sentence construction, allowing for hands-on practice and improved writing skills. Ideal for educators seeking to integrate kinesthetic methods into their teaching.

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A Kinesthetic Makeover in Writing:

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  1. A Kinesthetic Makeover in Writing: Tearing Down and Rearranging to Reveal

  2. survey on learning styles

  3. What is kinesthetic learning?

  4. Improving Essays at the sentence level (Teresa) at the paragraph level (AnnMarie)

  5. Improving Essays: Sentence Level • via participial phrases • via appositive phrases

  6. Review: Appositive Phrases • re-identify • nouns, not adjectives

  7. Review Activity: Appositives • Bush Both Obama

  8. Review: Participles • changing a verb to an adjective • usually ends in –ing • can end in –ed or –en • twist twisting road • help helping hand • break broken glass • stun stunned silence

  9. Review Activity: Participial Phrases • Bart Simpson • caused the mishap. • exasperated Marge. • outsmarted Homer. • rode his skateboard in the street. • set the school on fire. • Causing the mishap, Bart Simpson__________. • Bart Simpson __________, causing the mishap.

  10. Kinesthetic Grammar

  11. Kinesthetic Grammar: Strong’s Research on Sentence Combining • *can help build sentence fluency • *NOT REAL WRITING—IS SKILL BUILDING THAT IS ADJACENT TO WRITING • *teacher should model decision making skills • *students move from oral rehearsal to written transcription

  12. Directions: Create _#_ sentences about Romeo and Juliet. Each sentence should contain appositive and participial phrases. Make deliberate choices regarding commas. Options: • Use sentence strips. • Create your own with some help from sentence strips. • Create your own. And for the grammarian warrior. . . • Create your own. Rewrite each sentence you create by moving, adding, or eliminating phrases. To what extent is the meaning of your sentence changed?

  13. Impact Nina • Before: Odysseus makes several heroic moves. Taking care of himself and crew for twenty years is amazing. • After: At Castle Rock the conch is broken, showing there is no more organization left on the island.

  14. Impact Isabella • Before: Taunting the Cyclops, Odysseus angers him and causes him to throw a “hilltop” after the boat.

  15. Impact Isabella, cont. • Post: While Romeo is in black most of the time, showing his brooding attitude about love, Juliet is almost always clothed in white, conveying her innocence and purity. • Post: In the [film] shot, the sun represents Juliet, or the filler of the void in Romeo’s dark heart.

  16. Variations *kindergarten *thesis *paragraphs

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