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Beyond Fragments and Run-Ons Empowering ELs with

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MABE 2018 Annual Institue May 10th, 2018

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StudentNam

e:_________________________________________Grade:_________CELDT:_______________

Date:______________

STRENGTHS

Effectivelanguageusedem

onstrated.

GOALS

Readytolearn.

DISCOURSELEVEL

Forexample:

•Conversation-disagreeing,

buildingupideas,etc.

•Textorganization–

sequence,transitions,etc.

•Register–formalor

informalappropriatefor

task&audience

SENTENCELEVEL

Forexample:

•Sentencestructure–

simple,com

pound,

complex,run-on,

fragments,etc.

•Agreement-subject/verb

•Useofverbs–past-tense,

future,conditional(e.g.

would),etc.

WORDLEVEL

Forexample:

•Wordchoice–action

verbs,nouns,adjectivesto

describecharacters,

specificacademic

vocabulary,etc.

•Wordconfusions–

ask/told,he/she/his,etc.

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Nam

e: _________________________________________________ Teacher: _________________ Date:____________________

1.Original Sentence:

We are learning to expand sentences

2.W

rite one or two clauses that you w

ill add to the original sentence:

Where?

(in • on • at • to • by • near • far from • behind • in front of • under • beside • through • _________________)

at the 2018 MABE Annual Institute

How

? (by • through • w

ith• _______________________________________________________________)

by adding new clauses

Why?

(because • since • in order to • so • due to • ____________________________________________)

in order to strengthen our writing

When?

(before • after • during • while • w

henever • when • as soon as • on • at • in • __________________)

as subtitue teachers teach our students

3.R

evised Sentence:

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Nam

e: _

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Tea

cher

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ate:

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1.O

rigi

nal S

ente

nce:

2.W

rite

one

or

two

clau

ses t

hat y

ou w

ill a

dd to

the

orig

inal

sent

ence

:

Whe

re?

(in

• on

• at •

to •

by •

near

• fa

r fro

m •

behi

nd •

in fr

ont o

f • u

nder

• be

side

• thr

ough

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How

? (b

y • t

hrou

gh •

with

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Why

? (b

ecau

se •

sinc

e •

in o

rder

to •

so •

due

to •

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Whe

n?

(bef

ore

• afte

r • d

urin

g •

whi

le •

whe

neve

r • w

hen

• as s

oon

as •

on

• at •

in •

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3.R

evise

d Se

nten

ce:

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Nam

e: _________________________________________________ Teacher: _________________ Date:____________________

1.O

riginal Sentence:

2.W

rite one or two clauses that you w

ill add to the original sentence:W

here? (in • on • at • to • by • near • far from

• behind • in front of • under • beside • through • ________________)

How

? (by • through • w

ith• ______________________________________________________________)

Why?

(because • since • in order to • so • due to • ___________________________________________)

When?

(before • after • during • while • w

henever • when • as soon as • on • at • in • ________________)

Contrast: (but • yet • although • despite • w

hile • unlike • rather than • however• ________________)

3.R

evised Sentence:

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