Journal:

Journal on a holiday tradition that you/your family have either during Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas.

Describe what you do, when, how, & why.

Hold onto this. We will circle back around to it later.

EQ: HOW CAN I REVISE MY SYNTAX (SENTENCE STRUCTURE) TO CREATE

VOICE AND INTEREST IN MY WRITING?

Varying Syntax

WE WILL START WITH THE “I AM A SIMPLE SENTENCE/WHO IS A

PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR IDEA?”

Review of Jargon: I Am/Who Is

REMOTE CONTROLS

Identification Practice:

Let’s look back at your journals.

Underline your subjects & verbs.

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Where are they located?

At the beginning of your sentences?

This is a typical speech pattern in English:S + V + all the rest!

Revision of Syntax

Let’s change up the rhythms & start w/ something else besides the subject!

Typical: The athlete walked to the bench slowly after his defeat.

Adverb: Slowly, the athlete walked to the bench after his defeat.

Prepositional phrase: After his defeat the athlete walked slowly to the bench.

Participle: Defeated, the athlete walked slowly to the bench. OR

Recovering from his defeat, the athlete walked slowly to the bench

Infinitive: To recover from his defeat, the athlete walked slowly to the bench.

Let’s practice.

Revise this sentence.

The excited child ran swiftly through the crowded amusement park to reach his favorite ride.

Adverb:Prepositional phrase:Participle:Infinitive:

Leaders of Groups 1 -4 Leaders of Groups 5-7

Table 1 – WillTable 2 – Nicole Br.Table 3 – DylenTable 4 – Wilson

Table 5 – ThomasTable 6 - Grant Table 7 - Rickey

Writers Workshop (3-4/group)

REVISE THE SYNTAX OF ONE SENTENCE PER PARAGRAPH IN YOUR LAST ESSAY.

Writer’s Workshop Assignment:

Steps:

Pick a sentence/paragraph.

As a group work on revising one sentence/person until all have one done.

Then start another round of revision until finally all five paragraphs have one sentence revised (5 rounds total).

Let’s circle back again to your journal.

Pick one of the sentences in the paragraph to revise the syntax.

Choose a different way to start that sentence: adverb, prepositional phrase, participle, or infinitive.

Label the method you chose.

EXIT SLIP

Click icon to add pictureEvaluate: What was the hardest part of syntax revision?Why was it difficult?What could make it easier?