A tell-tale trait of an emerging or struggling writer is this: they have a tendency to completely over-rely on short-simple-declarative sentences.
To get students to have better voice, rhythm, flow -- I explicitly teach students Strunk and White's Rule # 18 (the concept that there are 12 sentence types and 20 different patterns to craft each type).
In today's video, I address patterns 1-5.
Each pattern has 5 corresponding Etch-A-Sketch slides to unpack how to wield and craft the pattern (kind of like Monkey-See-Monkey-Do ... I model the pattern 5 times ... students follow my lead).
In the description of the video, you can find access to all the featured slides plus a copy of Strunk & White "Write It Right."
Over the coming days, I'll make videos for the remaining patterns.
Happy teaching and happy writing!
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