Lesson 11  -  Choppy Sentences


Tennessee Blueprint - 5th Grade

Assessed - Select the best way to combine sentences to provide syntactic variety within context.


Assessed - Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence-combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, and introductory phrases and/or clauses).


Developing - Combine simple sentences into compound sentences.


Developing - Combine sentences using compound subjects and/or predicates.



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In this lesson you will learn how to combine choppy sentences by adding modifying words and phrases.


Rule 4:  Sometimes one sentence will do in place of two.


Mama baked muffins. They were delicious.
Mama baked delicious muffins.


Rule 5:  Using phrases in sentences lets you say more - with less.


Billy's birthday present was a new lantern.
It was from his Mama and Papa.
Billy's birthday present from his Mama and Papa was a new lantern.