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Directions: Look through your composition notebooks and/or other writing you’ve done.
Choose any 10 sentences that you have written this year. Copy them onto the lines
below.
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Directions: Using the 10 sentences you copied on the previous page, fill in the charts
below. Then, answer the reflection questions at the bottom of the page.
Chart #1
The way you begin your sentences:
How many sentences begin with… tally marks What percentage is this?
an article? ____/10 = ____/100 = ____
(a, an, the) %
a pronoun?
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(I, he, she, we, him, her, me, us,
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they, them, this, that, mine, theirs)
a noun? ____/10 = ____/100 = ____
(person, place, or thing) %
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another type of word
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Chart #2
The number of words you use in a sentence:
How many sentences have… tally marks What percentage is this?
4 words or less? ____/10 = ____/100 = ____%
5 – 8 words? ____/10 = ____/100 = ____%
9 – 12 words? ____/10 = ____/100 = ____%
13 or more words? ____/10 = ____/100 = ____%
Reflection Questions:
1. Is there a certain way that you begin a lot of your sentences? How many words do
you usually use in your sentences?
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2. What have you learned about yourself as a writer?
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Directions: Using the 10 sentences you have written on page #2, identify whether each
is a simple sentence, a compound sentence, or a complex sentence by circling the
appropriate label. Then, give a reason for your answer.
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Directions: Look above, and think about how much variety you use in
your writing. I want you to have LOTS of variety in your writing, which
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means using the different types of sentences in your writing all the time.
Below, I want you to write about your favorite memory using a variety of
sentences. Include at least 4 compound and 4 complex sentences
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to write about a moment in your life that was the happiest. Be sure to
include lots of details that show the setting and what it really felt like to
be there, but most importantly, include at least 4 compound and 4
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Compound
complex sentences.
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