Guided Activity: Practicing Sentence Variety



Guided Activity: Practicing Sentence Variety

Creative Beginnings

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Kernel Sentence: I lost my homework.

|Directions: |Use the kernel sentence and the designated modifier at the beginning of the sentence to create a new sentence. Be |

| |sure to use the correct punctuation. |

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|Modifier |Original Sentences |

|1. |WHEN | |

| |(adverb clause) | |

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|2. |AFTER | |

| |(adverb clause) | |

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|3. |ALTHOUGH | |

| |(dependent clause) | |

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|4. |BECAUSE | |

| |(dependent clause) | |

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|5. |TO | |

| |(infinitive phrase) | |

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|6. |-LY word | |

| |(adverb) | |

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|7. |-ED phrase | |

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|8. |-ING phrase | |

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Guided Activity: Practicing Sentence Variety

Mid-Sentence Modifiers

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Kernel Sentence: I lost my homework.

|Directions: |Use the kernel sentence and the designated modifier in the middle of the sentence to create a new sentence. Be sure |

| |to use the correct punctuation. |

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|Modifier |Original Sentences |

|9. |Renaming phrases | |

| |(appositives) | |

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|10. |-ED phrase | |

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|11. |-ING phrase | |

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Guided Activity: Practicing Sentence Variety

End of Sentence Modifiers

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Kernel Sentence: I lost my homework.

|Directions: |Use the kernel sentence and the designated modifier at the end of the sentence to create a new sentence. Be sure to |

| |use the correct punctuation. |

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|Modifier |Original Sentences |

|12. |-ED phrase | |

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|13. |-ING phrase | |

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Guided Activity: Practicing Sentence Variety

Combining Modifiers

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Kernel Sentence: I lost my homework.

Can you do this???

|Directions: |For bonus points, use the kernel sentence and a combination of modifiers at the beginning, in the middle, and at the |

| |end of the sentence to create a new sentence. Be sure to use the correct punctuation. |

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