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Background | |
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Writing Basics | |
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The Writing Process | |
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The Importance of the Sentence | |
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Sentence Variations | |
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The First Sentences | |
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Syntactic Control | |
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Syntactic Control Difficulties | |
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What Is Sentence Combining? | |
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Sentence-Combining Basics | |
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Part-to-Whole Learning | |
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Theoretical Principles | |
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Practical Benefits of Sentence Combining | |
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Sentence Combining versus "Real" Writing | |
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Raising Metalinguistic Awareness | |
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Sentence Combining versus Other Types of Writing Instruction | |
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Teaching and Assessment | |
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The Cognitive Challenge of Combining Sentences | |
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Types of Sentence-Combining Exercises | |
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Cued Exercises | |
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Open Exercises | |
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Checking Accuracy | |
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Whole-Discourse Exercises | |
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Ramping Up Cued and Open Exercises | |
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Transfer to Connected Writing | |
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Content Sources for Exercises | |
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Teaching Sentences | |
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Sentence Basics 1 | |
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Sentence Basics 2 | |
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Sentence Basics 3 | |
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Teaching Sentence Combining | |
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The Three Segments of Sentence-Combining Lessons | |
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The Value of Discussion | |
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"Mistakes" | |
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Oral Practice | |
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Your Role as the Teacher during Discussions | |
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Scheduling Practice Sessions | |
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Where to Schedule Sentence Combining in a Writing Workshop | |
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Sentence-Combining Best-Practice Suggestions | |
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Student Grouping | |
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Peer Conferencing | |
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Wong's Peer Conferencing Arrangement | |
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Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies | |
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Assessment | |
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Grading's Effect on Learning Environments | |
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Four Comparative Metrics | |
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Sample Unit of Instruction, Practice Activities, and Exercises | |
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Sample Unit of instruction | |
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Lesson 1 | |
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Lesson 2 | |
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Lesson 3 | |
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Lesson 4 | |
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Practice Activities | |
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A Tale of Two Combinations | |
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Ten Different Ways | |
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Sentence Spread-Out | |
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Index Cards | |
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Sentence Mix-Up | |
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Note Rewrite | |
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The Editor | |
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The Proofreader | |
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Teamwork | |
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FANBOYS | |
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Paragraph Doctor | |
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Where Does It Belong? | |
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Paragraph Challenge | |
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Sentence Hunt | |
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Journaling | |
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Which Is Better? | |
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Artist Study | |
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Prewriting and Prereading | |
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Story Starters | |
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Common Grammatical Terms and Exercise Sequence | |
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A List of Common Grammatical Terms | |
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Exercise Sequence | |
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Word-, Phrase-, and Clause-Length Exercises | |
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Coordinate Structures | |
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Adverb Structures | |
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Noun Modifiers | |
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Noun Substitutes | |
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Free Modifiers | |
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Exercises with Multiple Grammatical Elements | |
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Sentence Construction with Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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Sentence Construction with Prepositional Phrases | |
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Sentence Construction with Coordinators | |
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Sentence Construction with Adjective Clauses | |
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Sentence Construction with Adverb Clauses | |
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Sentence Construction with Appositives | |
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Sentence Construction with Participial Phrases | |
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Sentence Construction with Absolutes | |
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Sentence Construction with Noun Phrases and Noun Clauses | |
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Paragraph-Length Exercises | |
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Exercise 1 | |
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Exercise 2 | |
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Exercise 3 | |
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Exercise 4 | |
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Exercise 5 | |
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Exercise 6 | |
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Exercise 7 | |
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Exercise 8 | |
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Exercise 9 | |
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Exercise 10 | |
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Exercise 11 | |
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Exercise 12 | |
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Exercise 13 | |
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Exercise 14 | |
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Exercise 15 | |
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Exercise 16 | |
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Exercise 17 | |
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References | |
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Index | |