Learners practice sentence combining at increasingly difficult levels throughout a week. They begin with nouns and verbs and build to contrasts, parallels, etc. 

Concepts

parallel structure, sentence structure, sentence combining, syntax, linguistics

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Additional Tags

linguistics, noam chomsky, syntax, parallel structure, sentence combining, sentence structure, ccss.ela-literacy.l.11-12.3, l.9-10.1., programs

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Classroom Considerations

•  Provides a long explanation and description of the teaching strategy; scroll to the bottom of the document to find the exercises

Pros

• Activity is based on Chomsky's generative grammar concepts

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.11-12.3.a