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REWARDS WRITING
  • Sentence Refinement

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  • Anita Archer, Ph.D.
  • Mary Gleason, Ph.D.
  • Steve Isaacson, Ph.D.
  • Published by Sopris West
  • Go to www.rewardsreading.com or
  • www.sopriswest.com

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REWARDS WRITINGSentence Refinement
  • Multi-module writing program
  • Intermediate and Secondary Students
  • Modules on
  • Sentence Refinement
  • Informational Writing
  • Persuasive Writing
  • and other genres
  • Procedures consistent with Writing Next (Graham
    Perin, 2007)

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REWARDS WRITINGSentence Refinement
  • Sentence Refinement
  • Supplementary program
  • 75 mini-lessons
  • 20 to 30 minutes a day

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REWARDS WRITINGSentence Refinement
  • Goals
  • Students will be assisted in
  • 1. selecting more precise, interesting words,
    (Word choice)
  • 2. improving the quality, sophistication, and
    variety of their sentences, and
  • (Sentence Fluency)
  • 3. editing sentences and paragraphs.

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REWARDS WRITINGSentence Refinement (Paragraph
of 6th grader)
  • My father and I wanted to go fishing. We went to
    the campgrounds. We put up a tent. We put out our
    sleeping bags. We set up a camp kitchen. Then we
    went fishing. We fished every day. I caught 11
    trout. My father caught 24 trout. It was a good
    trip.
  • Little variety in sentence length or complexity,
    good deal of repetition, limited word choice.

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REWARDS WRITINGSentence Refinement (Desired
outcome)
  • For several years, my father and I had dreamed
    of fishing together. In August, we traveled to
    the Cascade Mountains to fulfill our dream. My
    father reserved a campsite at a beautiful,
    secluded lake. When we arrived at our spot, we
    quickly assembled a small pup tent, spread out
    our warm down sleeping bags, and fashioned a
    temporary outdoor kitchen. When we finished
    creating our camp, we headed for the lake with
    our sturdy fishing poles. By the end of the week,
    I caught 11 humongous trout by using marshmallows
    for bait. My father is an experienced fisherman,
    so he caught 24 trout that week. The highlights
    of the trip were spending a whole week in the
    mountains with my father and catching my first
    trout.
  • Better word choice, additional information,
    sentences combined, more sophisticated
    sentences.

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REWARDS WRITINGSentence Refinement
  • Three major strands
  • 1. Sharpening Your Word Choices
  • 2. Polishing Your Sentences
  • 3. Editing Your Paragraph

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  • See the Tour of Book page.

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REWARDS WRITINGSharpening Your Word Choices
  • Goal--
  • Students will
  • select more precise words,
  • move away from overused words, and
  • match subjects and verbs.

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REWARDS WRITINGSharpening Your Word Choices
  • Students select words that are more precise,
    grammatically correct, and more interesting by
    using the Word Choice Help Book.
  • He walked into the big building.
  • He wandered into an enormous department store.

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REWARDS WRITINGSharpening Your Word Choices
  • Students edit sentences by replacing common,
    overused adjectives.
  • nice, big, bad, pretty, hot, little, smart, cold,
    good, happy, terrible, funny, dirty, wonderful,
    scared, sad, old, clean, mean, hard

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REWARDS WRITINGSharpening Your Word Choices
  • Students edit sentences by replacing common,
    overused verbs.
  • made, liked, walked, ran, ate, took, grew, got,
    went, saw, knew, used, gave, let, said, had,
    lived, talked, found, stayed, wanted, put,
    helped, build, thought

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REWARDS WRITINGSharpening Your Word Choices
  • Students will also
  • replace general nouns with specific nouns
    (building vs. department store) and
  • check subject-verb agreement.

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REWARDS WRITINGSharpening Your Word Choices
  • See examples.

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing your Sentences
  • Goal --
  • Students will polish sentences
  • by combining ideas into one sentence
  • OR
  • by expanding sentences through answering
    questions such as when, where, why, and how.

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing Your Sentences
  • Sentence-Combining Activities
  • Recommended in Writing Next
  • (Graham Perin, 2007)
  • Have positive effect on students writing
  • (Evans, Venotozzi, Bundrick, McWilliams, 1988
    Howie, 1979 Kanellas, Carifio Dagostino, 1998
    Pedersen, 1977 Saddler Graham, 2005 Stoddard,
    1982)

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing Your Sentences
  • Sentence-Combining Activities
  • Students start with a stem sentence and combine
    it with one to four other sentences.
  • Try out the following items with your partner.

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing Your Sentences
  • Start Linda grabbed a seat.
  • Add Bobby grabbed a seat.
  • Add The seats were adjoining.
  • Add The seats were on the bus.
  • Add The bus was crowded.
  • Create

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing Your Sentences
  • Start As the cubs grow fur, they spend periods
    of time outside the den.
  • Add The fur is thicker.
  • Add The periods of time are short.
  • Add The den is warm.
  • Add The den is protective.
  • Create

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing Your Sentences
  • Start Jared will finish shopping for school
    supplies.
  • Add He will shop this afternoon.
  • Add He will shop at the mall.
  • Create

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing Your Sentences
  • Start Everyone ate birthday cake.
  • Add The birthday cake was chocolate.
  • Add Everyone ate vanilla ice cream.
  • Add Everyone ate candy.
  • Create

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing Your Sentences
  • Start Porcupine caribou are large mammals.
  • Add Porcupine caribou are hoofed mammals.
  • Add They live in northern Canada.
  • Add They live in eastern Alaska.
  • (Use that to make one sentence.)
  • Create

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REWARDS WRITINGPolishing Your Sentences
  • See examples.

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REWARDS WRITINGEditing your Paragraph
  • Goal -- Students will edit paragraphs by using a
    strategy called SCORE.
  • Sense (sounds good)
  • Combining ideas
  • Omitting unnecessary words or sentences
  • Replacing overused words, less precise words, or
    grammatically incorrect words
  • Expanding sentences through questions such as
    when, where, why, and how

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REWARDS WRITINGEditing Your Paragraph
  • Revising The writer focuses on the big picture
    by asking questions such as Did I include all
    the necessary information or arguments? Is my
    product well-organized? Do I need to move or
    delete any sections of my product?
  • Editing The writer focuses on the quality of the
    sentences.
  • Proofreading The writer carefully checks the
    conventions, including punctuation, spelling, and
    capitalization.

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REWARDS WRITINGEditing Your Paragraph - SCORE
Strategy
  • S Sound good? (Does your paragraph sound good?
    Do your sentences sound good?)
  • C Combine? (Could you combine sentences into
    one sentence so that the paragraph is more
    interesting and has fewer repeated words?)
  • O Omit? (Could you omit words, phrases, or
    sentences because they dont go with the topic or
    add to the quality of your paragraph?)
  • R Replace? (Could you replace overused words,
    less precise words, or grammatically incorrect
    words?)
  • E Expand? (Could you create more complete,
    interesting sentences by answering some of the
    following questions in when, where why, and
    how?)

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REWARDS WRITINGEditing Your Paragraph
  • See examples.
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