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English III

English III. “It’s a Momentum Monday!” February 17, 2014 Mr. Houghteling. AGENDA. Stop/Go and Sentence combining practice. “American Griot ”—keyed up!. Sentence Combining.

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English III

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  1. English III “It’s a Momentum Monday!” February 17, 2014 Mr. Houghteling

  2. AGENDA • Stop/Go and Sentence combining practice. • “American Griot”—keyed up!

  3. Sentence Combining A. For each of the sentence groups, use STOP/GO techniques to indicate sentences or sentence fragments (draw on the handout!)  B. Then, for each of the sentence groups, combine the short or incorrect sentences together to make a longer, more elaborate sentence. You may COMBINE, REARRANGE, EXPAND, and SUBTRACT. ** You must combine the sentences in at least TWO different ways.** Utilize different sentence openings and combination patterns.

  4. Sentence Combining—Monday 1. The alligator has a broad rounded snout the crocodile’s narrow snout comes to a point in front. 2. North America has mountains it also has deserts another region is the Great Plains the Great Plains is a source of much of the agriculture in North America.

  5. Sentence Combining—Monday 1A. The alligator, which has a broad, rounded snout, looks different from the crocodile, whose narrow snout comes to a point in front. 1B. Unlike the alligator’s broad, rounded snout, the snout of the crocodile is narrow and comes to a point in front.

  6. Sentence Combining—Monday 1C. The alligator has a broad, rounded snout; conversely, the crocodile has narrow snout which comes to a point in front. 1D. Although many people get them confused, one difference between an alligator and a crocodile is their snouts: the alligator’s is broad and rounded while the crocodile’s is narrow and pointed.

  7. Sentence Combining—Monday 2A. North America is very diverse: it has mountains, deserts, and the Great Plains, the source of much of the agriculture in North America. 2B. The source of much of the agriculture in North America is the Great Plains region, which is very different in climate from the mountain and desert regions.

  8. Conjunctive Adverbs—for use with CI ; CI • accordingly, furthermore, moreover, similarly, also, hence, namely, still, anyway, however, nevertheless, then, besides, incidentally, next, thereafter, certainly, indeed, nonetheless, therefore, consequently, instead, now, thus, finally, likewise, otherwise, undoubtedly, further, meanwhile.

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  11. Sentence Combining—Tuesday 3. A movie producer wanted to be historically accurate the movie producer hired a historian to evaluate the script.    4. In 1600 most settlers in North America were English one important minority was French.

  12. Sentence Combining—Wednesday 5. Quebec is in Canada and was settled by the French some people claim that Quebec wants to become independent of Canada. 6. Most desert animals have small bodies most animals of the grasslands are large.

  13. Sentence Combining 7. Larry said he was starving perhaps that is why he ate three sandwiches he was sick afterwards.

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