Sentences

Tools for building better sentences and tips for fixing broken ones.
 * Sentence toolkit **

//**Lesson 1: Introducing fragments and simple sentences**//

- sentence variation can make writing more interesting - recognizing different sentence types in a model - a complete sentence has: a subject, a verb, a complete thought, correct capitalization/punctuation
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//**Lesson 2: Review & practice**//

- recognizing fragments vs. complete sentences - knowing when it is appropriate to use fragments
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Some [|games] for more practice

//**Lesson 3: Expanding simple sentences**//

- expanding simple sentences - using compound subjects - using compound verbs
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[|Adding adjectives and adverbs to te basic sentence unit]
 * More info and practice:**

//**Lesson 4: Reviewing sentence expansion**//

- recognizing prepositional phrases - varying order of adjectives, adverbs & prepositional phrases 
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//**Lesson 5: Introducing compound sentences**//

- an independent clause is a complete sentence - joining two independent clauses = a compound sentence - knowing different ways to make combine sentences into compound sentences - avoiding common problems: comma splice & run-on (fused) sentences
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//**Lesson 6: Reviewing compound sentences**//

- using different conjunctions for specific purposes - making choices about how to join sentences - Practice [|activity] run-on sentences or complete sentence? - When do you need a comma? Learn more [|here].
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//**Lesson 7: Introducing complex sentences**//

- independent vs. dependent clauses - punctuation & correct use of commas > roleplay with clauses

//**Lesson 8:** **Reviewing complex sentences**//

- making complex sentences - punctuating correctly - varying sentence structure to show meaning
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- review [|activities] and [|quizzes] - a few [|exercises] to check your understanding of connecting words. - test your understanding of compound, complex and compound-complex sentences with [|these exercises]


 * Appositives & Relative clauses**

- sophisticated ways to modify nouns


 * Parallelism**

- adding a series to the subject or verb