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Teacher's guide to effective sentence writing

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This practical book provides explicit instructions for teaching sentence-level skills to students who have difficulties in this area. The author explains the key role of sentence combining in the writing process and presents effective techniques for instruction and assessment. Numerous sample lessons, practice activities, planning tips, and grammatical pointers make it easy for teachers to incorporate sentence combining and construction into the writing curriculum at all grade levels (2-12). Accessible and engaging, the book helps teachers and students experiment with different ways to arrange thoughts and produce meaningful written work. This title is part of the What Works for Special-Needs Learners Series, edited by Karen R. Harris and Steve Graham. - Publisher.

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Guilford Press
Language
English

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Cover of: Teacher's Guide to Effective Sentence Writing
Teacher's Guide to Effective Sentence Writing
2017, Guilford Publications
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Cover of: Teacher's guide to effective sentence writing
Teacher's guide to effective sentence writing
2012, Guilford Press
in English
Cover of: Teacher's Guide to Effective Sentence Writing
Teacher's Guide to Effective Sentence Writing
2012, Guilford Publications
in English

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Table of Contents

Part I. Background
1. Writing Basics
2. The Importance of the Sentence
3. What Is Sentence Combining?
Part II. Teaching and Assessment
4. The Cognitive Challenge of Combining Sentences
5. Types of Sentence-Combining Exercises
6. Teaching Sentences
7. Teaching Sentence Combining
8. Student Grouping
9. Assessment
Part III. Sample Unit of Instruction, Practice Activities, and Exercises
10. Sample Unit of Instruction
11. Practice Activities
12. Common Grammatical Terms and Exercise Sequence
13. Word-, Phrase-, and Clause-Length Exercises
14. Exercises with Multiple Grammatical Elements
15. Paragraph-Length Exercises
References
Index

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Series
What works for special-needs learners
Copyright Date
2012

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808/.042071
Library of Congress
LB1576 .S228 2012, LB1576.S228 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 176 p.
Dimensions
26 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25393562M
ISBN 13
9781462506774, 9781462506828
LCCN
2012025799

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16726550W

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