Combining Sentences

Lesson VI
Bell Work: TLW write an introductory paragraph to a 3.5 essay.
Objective: TLW combine short choppy sentences to create grammatically
correct, informative sentences.
Formative Assessment: Sentence combining
Sentence combining
Separate Sentences Combined Sentences
The tide came up. It washed away The tide came up and washed
our sand castle. away our sand castle.
It was a huge sand castle. It had It was a huge sand castle with a
a moat around it. moat around it.
We had hoped to visit the rock. The We had hoped to visit the rock
Pilgrims had landed there. The area where the Pilgrims had landed.
was blocked off.
Summative assessment: (Prentice Hall Literature p. 446, 988, teacher handouts)
Ticket out the Door: Write a compound sentence
Homework: Teacher created activity