A composing book, 2nd edition cosmos by carl sagan paragraph one 1. In the new book strong works with combining but also with problems of. A grammar bibliography scholarly studies, textbooks, and. Combining sentences not only lends variety to your writing but also helps the reader to follow the direction of your argument smoothly. Combine parts from column one and column two to create sentences. Coordination once you have mastered the basics of correct usage in written english, you will want to express yourself in increasingly complex ways. The first half of the booklet provides background information on sentence combining, exploring the basis for the claim that sentence combining enhances sentence writing by drawing on builtin. William strong developed another method of using sentence combining, in his text sentencecombining, that eliminated ohares clue words and. Tiered sentence combining is the result of contributions from minnesota student achievement in. Sentence combining exercises excerpted from william strong s sentence combining. Sentence combining a composing book william strong 1. Combining sentences encourages a writer to take two or more short, choppy sentences and combine them into one effective sentence.
Besides combining the two clauses, the relative pronoun acts as the subject or object of the verb in the relative clause. This is a simple book report form your students can use as a reading response or to show comprehension of the text. A textbook required for the course was a slim volume called the elements of style, whose author was the professor himself. Independent practice, in which students combine sentences independently and then their work is discussed and supportively evaluated by the whole class. Sentence combining workbook pdf sentence combining workbook uses sentence combining techniques to help students develop confidence in their writing at the sentence level. Summarizing the wealth of recent research on sentence combining as an effective method of teaching students to tighten and vary their written sentences, this booklet explains how and why sentence combining works. Tiered sentence combining tillamook bay community college.
Sentence structures combine each set of simple sentences below to produce the kind of sentence speci. This exciting new developmental writing text uses a writing process framework and stresses a collaborative approach, while providing students with skill instruction through extensive sentence. The interface is elegant and powerful but very easy to use. Combining sentences with and when two sentences have the same subject, you can combine the predicates with the word and. Sentence combining skill is something that will develop over several short practice sessions and should be considered as one component of an overall writing program. Improving sentences via sentence combining instruction.
That is, these writers sentences often follow a simple, stereotyped format. A composing book exercise 1 combine the following sentences 1. Sentence combining and embedding free language stuff. A composing book william strong v utah state university mcgrawhill, inc. When two sentences come together as one, they are called a compound sentence. Wartime inventions b now name the types of sentences used in the paragraph above. A listing of types and examples of sentence combining appears below in table 1. Option 3 conjunctive adverbs there are many choices. Surely by eighth grade i thought, my students must have mastered the ability to create interesting sentences.
Thanks so much for such excellent teaching material. Be the first to ask a question about sentence combining. The hints in parentheses tell you how to start the subordinate clause. The book was known on the campus in those days as the little book, with the stress on the word little. I will share the material with my colleagues at machabeng international college of lesotho. The sentence construction difficulties of less skilled writers are discussed and the effect sentence combining may have on those skills is. Often i will start off my sentence combining introduction by asking my class, what makes a. The techique i found in the first section of coaching writing is the focus of sentence combining a composing book. Being able to combine sentences can help you write more smoothly. Sentence combining workbook uses sentence combining techniques to help students develop confidence in their writing at the sentence level and practice communicating their ideas. We can combine these two clauses using a relative pronoun. The teaching of english as a second language has undergone radical changes in recent years, and nowhere have these changes been more evident than our and livtrsltles. William strong s first and second edition of sentence combining.
These compound sentences worksheets are for students at the beginner and intermediate level. Sentence combining tillamook bay community college. Many times you can say things in one sentence better than you can say them in two. A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence. Pinball machines combine the following sentences into an effective descriptive paragraph. Our compound sentences worksheets are free to download and easy to access in pdf format. Strong, william summarizing the wealth of recent research on sentence combining as an effective method of teaching students to tighten and vary their written sentences, this booklet explains how and why sentence combining works. William strong directs the utah writing project at utah state university, where he teaches courses in writing, english education, and contentarea literacy. Coordination is a method of combining independent clauses by using sentence connectors. Back then, i discovered the first edition of a book by william strong titled sentence combining.
Strong, 1986 type of sentence sentence combining example multiple compound sentence. If you continually use short sentences in your writing, your paragraphs will sound very choppy. Improving sentences via sentence combining instruction bruce saddler when i first began teaching writing in middle school my temptation was to believe that any sentence level writing instruction was a waste of time. Its easytouse interface helps you to create pdf files by simply selecting the print command from any application, creating documents which can be viewed on any computer with a pdf. You will have to add, delete, change, and rearrange words. William strong is the author of sentence combining 4. It is intended to improve integrated readingwriting skills such as. A composing book random house, 1973, in its complexity and purpose. Sentence combining, part two texas state university.
These worksheets will help you practice sentence combining. Use combining in a sentence combining sentence examples. Instead of longer sentences, the reported value of sentence combining was in making sentences and whole discourse better through employing a variety of syntactic forms with the end goal being clarity of thought instead of complexity. Complex sentences sentence combining four types of sentences. Part one once you have mastered writing a clear, grammatically correct simple sentence a sentence that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought, you can begin to improve your writing by practicing combining sentences. A command is a sentence that tells someone to do something. By learning this skill, students enhance their writing style. William strong wrote another book about writing development, coaching writing, that i purchased at a writing workshop. Books by william strong author of sentence combining. An exclamation is a sentence that expresses surprise, excitement, or a strong feeling. Las vegas high school 201011 writing workshop combining sentences. On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite the following sentences into one smooth sentence.
Sentence combining classroom strategies reading rockets. The court is equally divided on the question of whether the decision of the court of appeals should be affirmed or reversed. A series of workbooks for esl students by eugene hall, published by. Connecting and combining in sentence and paragraph writing by helen mills. Complex sentences sentence combining four types of. The concept of word tiers was developed in the late 1980s by isabel beck, margaret mckeown, and. Part two sentences can also be combined by using modifying words, prepositions and prepositional phrases, infinitives or infinitive phrases, participial phrases, gerunds, appositives, and absolute phrases. A comparison of two methods for teaching sentencecombining to. Improving sentence writing ability through sentence combining. Relative pronouns are words used to combine two clauses into one. Sentence combining and generative rhetoric by william l. Students are able to explore a variety of ways to say something in writing and learn that there is not a single right way to express their point. This results in a compound sentence that can improve the.
Creative approaches to sentence combining by william strong. Inserting phrases combine the following short sentences by inserting the phrase in italics into the first sentence. Combine the following sentences with a coordinating conjunction for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Besides authoring many articles and teaching resources on sentence combining and writing, he is the consulting author in composition for writers choice glencoemcgrawhill, 2001 and. Combine the following short sentences by turning the second sentence into a subordinate clause and attaching it to the first. Strong presented such a compelling case for this method that i was convinced to give. The book i recommend all the time related to sentence combining and other related instructional practices is bruce sadlers. The discussion of sentence combining as a development technique excited my teaching, but i dont have time or energy to prepare sentences for use with the technique.
A composing book 1973 this uniquely practical handbook of flowcharts and succinct clinical information is a timesaving aid to the quick and accurate assessment of 200 common signs and symptoms. This activity greatly improved my students ability to revise their writing. Simple sentence combining activity keys to literacy. It is also available in pdf format, but that file is even larger, nearly 3. William strong has 47 books on goodreads with 230 ratings. Sentences worksheets compound sentences worksheets. Not only were many of the students writing sentences that were short, simply. William strong s most popular book is sentence combining. Sentence combining exercises excerpted from william strongs sentence combining. Sentence combining types and examples saddler, 2005. Eric ed274985 creative approaches to sentence combining. By completing the 501 sample items offered here and by studying their answer explanations, you will develop the skills necessary to tackle each type of sentence completion question.
When two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine the subjects with the word and. An alternative to traditional forms of grammar instruction, sentence combining gives students practice in manipulating a variety of basic sentence structures. This book is designed to help you prepare for the verbal and reading sections of many assessment and entrance exams. The diagramming module in bibleworks provides all features needed for diagramming analysis of biblical text. Pdf995 makes it easy and affordable to create professionalquality documents in the popular pdf file format. William strong, random house, 1981 william strong s new book, sentence combining and paragraph building, is humane, carefully made, and highly useful.
Combine each pair of sentences into a single sentence. In strongs book i read that sentence combining provides controlled practice in. Combining sentences joining sentences by coordination independent clause clause. Tiered sentence combining, atlas, 2014 2 purposes and acknowledgements tiered sentence combining is the result of contributions from minnesota student achievement in reading mn star participants over several years. It was actually created in the 1960s but not used widely despite strong evidence supporting its. Sentence combining and paragraph building by william strong.
Despite appearances, the goal of sentence combining is not to produce longer sentences but rather to develop more effective sentences and to help students become more versatile writers. Combining sentences with and superteacherworksheets. A compound sentence always use a connecting word such as. William strongs first and second edition of sentence combining. Simply put, sentence combining involves putting short,choppy sentences together to make more interesting,readable ones. Pdf improving sentence writing ability through sentence. This highly regarded text helps developmental writing students strengthen their writing skills and understand some of the stylistic choices available to them in written english. Hints in parentheses tell how to change word forms. A bar near a college campus would be incomplete without a row of pinball machines.
The first half of the booklet provides background information on sentence. I like grilled pork, but i dont like spicy rice cake. It supports diagramming by word as well as diagramming at a phrase level. A composing book are no longer in print, but the 3 rd edition 1995 still is mcgrawhill.
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