Sentence Combining

I did take up the document from yesterday that asked for students to take a swing at combining sentences, but it wasn't for a grade, I just wanted to look through them quickly and eyeball trends (positive and negative).

While I was looking through those, students examined the official notes on Sentence Combining as a skill:
This is a link to the EOL notes sheet on Sent_Comb.

I also let students go ahead and complete Exercise 1, using the blanks on the back of the Notes sheet for their answers. Yes, I know I left 10 blanks, but you only need 5 to complete the exercise. Thanks, Jenny.

Tomorrow we'll review answers to those 5 practice exercises, as well as begin preparing for the upcoming Practice TCAP Writing Assessment taking place next week. Try to contain your enthusiasm.