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10 Combining Sentences

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Combining Sentences

Start-Up Activity

Display these sentences:

  • Apple pie is juicy.
  • Apple pie is sweet.
  • Apple pie is fun to eat.

Ask students how these short ideas can be combined into one longer sentence. Then have each student write three short sentences about a favorite food. Display some of these sentences for further sentence combining. Next, read and discuss the chapter introduction.

Think About It

“Verbs are the action words of the language and the most important.”

—William Sloane

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.4

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Four Ways to Combine Sentences

Page 51 lists four ways to combine sentences: using a series, using compound subjects or verbs, and using key words. After reading and discussing each method, provide sentences for students to combine in these different ways. Start with the sentences from this activity:

  1. The soup is chunky. The soup is spicy. The soup is hot.
  2. Saturday was cold. Saturday was cloudy. Saturday was rainy.
  3. My dad plays the guitar. My brother plays the guitar.
  4. Thanksgiving is an important holiday. Fourth of July is an important holiday.
  5. My sister makes jewelry. My sister sells jewelry.
  6. On our vacation, we swam every day. On our vacation, we fished every day.
  7. Our team wore new uniforms. We wore them yesterday.
  8. Our dog ran away. He ran away last night.
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