Comm 11/12 Evergreen Unit 5

Mix long and short sentences. Create a variety of lengths in your sentences.

MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM
LONG SHORT LONG SHORT

Grammar- SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX

Have a variety of styles- vary lengths of sentences.

Mix the sentence styles up. A little bit of this- a little bit of that.

Short, choppy simple sentences- not beautiful, or elegant.

The park is alive with motion today. Joggers pound up and down the boardwalk.

Joggers pound up and down the boardwalk in the park which is alive with motion today.

The park is alive with joggers pounding up and down the boardwalk today.

Old folks watch them from the benches while couples who row boats which are green and wooden across the lake.

Old folks watch them from the benches while couples row green wooden boats across the lake.

Sentence combining exercises!! Very useful for becoming comfortable building sentences. It is the best way to learn how to write sentences.


Begin a paragraph with a question. 
Grabbers- 

Exclamation points !

When should use exclamation points?

Watch out for the bear!
Shut up!

Avoid them!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Vary the Beginnings of Sentences

1. Two deer moved silently across the clearing.
Silently, two deer moved across the clearing.
Across the clearing, two deer moved silently.

GRAMMAR STYLE

Making our writing beautiful.

3. Proofread your writing always.
Always proofread your writing.

4. Children of alcoholics often marry alcoholics.
Often, children of alcoholics marry alcoholics.
Children of alcoholics marry alcoholics, often. ??

oftenly XXX
often
frequently


PRACTICE 3
1. Slowly/ Carefully/ Quickly/ Gently/ Gingerly, the detective approached the ticking suitcase.
3. Quickly/ Luckily/ Happily/ Joyfully/ Joyously/ Finally, she received her cheque for $25000 from the 6/49.
4. Finally/ Sadly / Unfortunately / Fortunately / Quickly / Immediately / Heavyheartedly, he left the beach.