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1 online resource (194 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
What Works for Special-Needs Learners
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What works for special needs learners.
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| Contents |
Cover; Front Matter; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part 1 -- Background; 1 -- Writing Basics; The Writing Process; 2 -- The Importance of the Sentence; Sentence Variations; The First Sentences; Syntactic Control; Syntactic Control Difficulties; 3 -- What Is Sentence Combining?; Sentence-C ombining Basics; Part-to-Whole Learning; Theoretical Principles; Practical Benefits of Sentence Combining; Sentence Combining versus "Real" Writing; Raising Metalinguistic Aw areness; Sentence Combining versus Other Types of Writing Instruction. |
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Part II -- Teaching and Assessment4 -- The Cognitive Challenge of Combining Sentances; 5 -- Types of Sentence-Combining Exercises; Cued Exercises; Open Exercises; Checking Accuracy; Whole-Discourse Exercises; Ramping Up Cued and Open Exercises; Transfer to Connected Writing; Content Sources for Exercises; 6 -- Teaching Sentences; Sentence Basics 1; Sentence Basics 2; Sentence Basics 3; 7 -- Teaching Sentence Combining; The Three Segments of Sentence-Combining Lessons; The Value of Discussion; "Mistakes"; Oral Practice; Your Role as the Teacher during Discussions; Scheduling Practice Sessions. |
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Where to Schedule Sentence Combiningin a Writing WorkshopSentence-C ombining Best-Practice Suggestions; 8 -- Student Grouping; Peer Conferencing; Wong's Peer Conferencing Arrangement; Peer-A ssisted Learning Strategies; 9 -- Assessment; Grading's Effect on Learning Environments; Four Comparative Metrics; Part III -- Sample Unit of Instruction, Practice Activities and Exercises; 10 -- Sample Unit of Instruction; Lesson 1; Lesson 2; Lesson 3; Lesson 4; 11 -- Practice Activities; A Tale of Two Combinations; Ten Different Ways; Sentence Spread-Out; Index Cards; Sentence Mix-Up; Note Rewrite; The Editor. |
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The ProofreaderTeamwork; FANBOYS; Paragraph Doctor; Where Does It Belong?; Paragraph Challenge; Sentence Hunt; Journaling; Which Is Better?; Artist Study; Prewriting and Prereading; Story Starters; 12 -- Common Grammatical Termsand Exercise Sequence; A List of Common Grammatical Terms; Exercise Sequence; 13 -- Word-, Phrase-, and Clause-Length Exercises; Coordinate Structures; Adverb Structures; Noun Modifiers; Noun Substitutes; Free Modifiers; 14 -- Exercises with MultipleGrammatical Elements; Sentence Construction with Adjectives and Adverbs; Sentence Construction with Prepositional Phrases. |
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Sentence Construction with CoordinatorsSentence Construction with Adjective Clauses; Sentence Construction with Adverb Clauses; Sentence Construction with Appositives; Sentence Construction with Participial Phrases; Sentence Construction with Absolutes; Sentence Constructionwith Noun Phrases and Noun Clauses; 15 -- Paragraph-Length Exercises; Exercise 1; Exercise 2; Exercise 3; Exercise 4; Exercise 5; Exercise 6; Exercise 7; Exercise 8; Exercise 9; Exercise 10; Exercise 11; Exercise 12; Exercise 13; Exercise 14; Exercise 15; Exercise 16; Exercise 17; References; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Sentences -- Study and teaching.
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English language -- Sentences -- Study and teaching. |
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English language -- Sentences. |
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching.
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching. |
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Learning disabled children -- Education.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing. |
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Learning disabled children -- Education. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric. |
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Learning disabled children. |
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Saddler, Bruce. Teacher's Guide to Effective Sentence Writing. New York : Guilford Publications, ©2012 9781462506774 |
| ISBN |
9781462506835 |
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1462506836 |
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1283598280 |
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9781283598286 |
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9781462506774 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1462506771 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781462506828 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1462506828 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
