Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[thomas]

On 7/4/07 10:15 PM, "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> She said it was mainly a revision strategy, but I can see it being used for
> a whole lot more than that.
> 
> She took a long drawn paragraph from Across Five Aprils.  She broke it down
> into its smallest pieces.  We combined it together and discussed the vision
> we were getting as we dealt with each part.  Finally we read the actual
> paragraph.  Not only was our sentence very close to the actual author's, the
> paragraph made complete sense.  She said if we did that with shared novels
> before we got to the complicated ones, they made much more sense to the kids
> and they are familiar.
> 
> I thought there would be books about this strategy.  I moved since the CATE
> conference and the paperwork is in a box somewhere on the back patio.
> Hopefully, I will find it before may daughters inherit it.
> Kim
> 
There is actually research that shows sentence combining does have an impact
on writing - not huge - but an impact nevertheless.  I did just what your
prof did with my 5/6 graders.  We would do usually one paragraph (or several
long sentences) from a novel we were reading.  I would look for interesting
sentence structure possibilities.  It was a great way  to discuss not just
simple grammar issues and choices and punctuation involved in putting
sentences together in particular ways, but also the author's style.

I also did one other paragraph (or several sentences) - also interesting
ones - where my students created their own sentences using the skeleton
grammatical structures of the given sentences.  My students loved this
activity, maybe even more than the sentence combining.  I long long ago read
a piece of research by James Christie which showed that being able to put
together (compose) particular sentence structures had an impact then on
being able to read them. His examples tended to be more like the "imitation"
I just described than the sentence combining but I think it would work the
same way.  Primary teachers have long been doing this with variations on
texts. "If I were in charge of the world, .."  and kids write their own
variations.  And we've been talking about that with music/songs!

They also loved then running into these spots in the story.  I think both
had an impact on their comprehension (a really close reading obviously) and
their writing. I saw a particularly big impact on their writing.  They no
longer settled for simple or compound sentences or even for adjective or
adverb clauses.  Rather they tended to use more sophistical structures like
nominative absolutes, appoisitives,  and so on - that kind of piling on of
details in sentences through phrases that is so much more characteristic of
sophisticated writing. I definitely didn't over do it. Most work on writing
came through writing workshop and most reading through reading - reading
workshop in all its glory!

Sally



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Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[Mlredcon]

thank you S ally for your explanation.  I would not call this strategy  
sentence combining.  It sounds more like sentence innovation-taking a  sentence 
from a text and making it your own.
Maxine



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Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[RASINSKI, TIMOTHY]

I love sentence combining and think it has been woefully neglected in our 
classrooms.   Here's some proof:
 
See the Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005, Vol 97, pp 43-54.
Title: The effects of peer-assisted sentence-combining instruction on the 
writing performance of more and less skilled young writers.
Authors: Bruce Saddler and Steve Graham
 
>From the abstract  'The authors examined whether instruction designed to 
>improve sentence-construction skills was beneficial for more and less skilled 
>4th-grade writers.  In comparison with peers receiving grammar instruction, 
>students in the exp treatment became more adept at combining simpler sentences 
>into more complex sentences.  For the exp students, the sentence combining 
>skills produced improved story writing as well as the use of these skills when 
>revising."
 
Timothy Rasinski 
404 White Hall 
Kent State University 
Kent, OH  44242 
330-672-0649 
Cell -- 330-962-6251 
FAX  330-672-2025 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
informational website: www.timrasinski.com 
professional development DVD:  http://www.roadtocomprehension.com/ 

  



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of thomas
Sent: Thu 7/5/2007 8:43 AM
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining






On 7/4/07 10:15 PM, "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> She said it was mainly a revision strategy, but I can see it being used for
> a whole lot more than that.
>
> She took a long drawn paragraph from Across Five Aprils.  She broke it down
> into its smallest pieces.  We combined it together and discussed the vision
> we were getting as we dealt with each part.  Finally we read the actual
> paragraph.  Not only was our sentence very close to the actual author's, the
> paragraph made complete sense.  She said if we did that with shared novels
> before we got to the complicated ones, they made much more sense to the kids
> and they are familiar.
>
> I thought there would be books about this strategy.  I moved since the CATE
> conference and the paperwork is in a box somewhere on the back patio.
> Hopefully, I will find it before may daughters inherit it.
> Kim
>
There is actually research that shows sentence combining does have an impact
on writing - not huge - but an impact nevertheless.  I did just what your
prof did with my 5/6 graders.  We would do usually one paragraph (or several
long sentences) from a novel we were reading.  I would look for interesting
sentence structure possibilities.  It was a great way  to discuss not just
simple grammar issues and choices and punctuation involved in putting
sentences together in particular ways, but also the author's style.

I also did one other paragraph (or several sentences) - also interesting
ones - where my students created their own sentences using the skeleton
grammatical structures of the given sentences.  My students loved this
activity, maybe even more than the sentence combining.  I long long ago read
a piece of research by James Christie which showed that being able to put
together (compose) particular sentence structures had an impact then on
being able to read them. His examples tended to be more like the "imitation"
I just described than the sentence combining but I think it would work the
same way.  Primary teachers have long been doing this with variations on
texts. "If I were in charge of the world, .."  and kids write their own
variations.  And we've been talking about that with music/songs!

They also loved then running into these spots in the story.  I think both
had an impact on their comprehension (a really close reading obviously) and
their writing. I saw a particularly big impact on their writing.  They no
longer settled for simple or compound sentences or even for adjective or
adverb clauses.  Rather they tended to use more sophistical structures like
nominative absolutes, appoisitives,  and so on - that kind of piling on of
details in sentences through phrases that is so much more characteristic of
sophisticated writing. I definitely didn't over do it. Most work on writing
came through writing workshop and most reading through reading - reading
workshop in all its glory!

Sally



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Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[ljackson]

And to me, this is a situation in which grammar blends so smoothly into mini
lessons for writing workshop.  It has such an authentic purpose.

Lori


On 7/5/07 6:42 AM, "RASINSKI, TIMOTHY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I love sentence combining and think it has been woefully neglected in our
> classrooms.   Here's some proof:
>  
> See the Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005, Vol 97, pp 43-54.
> Title: The effects of peer-assisted sentence-combining instruction on the
> writing performance of more and less skilled young writers.
> Authors: Bruce Saddler and Steve Graham
>  
>> From the abstract  'The authors examined whether instruction designed to
>> improve sentence-construction skills was beneficial for more and less skilled
>> 4th-grade writers.  In comparison with peers receiving grammar instruction,
>> students in the exp treatment became more adept at combining simpler
>> sentences into more complex sentences.  For the exp students, the sentence
>> combining skills produced improved story writing as well as the use of these
>> skills when revising."
>  
> Timothy Rasinski 
> 404 White Hall 
> Kent State University
> Kent, OH  44242 
> 330-672-0649 
> Cell -- 330-962-6251
> FAX  330-672-2025
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> informational website: www.timrasinski.com
> professional development DVD:  http://www.roadtocomprehension.com/
>  nsion.com/>  
> 
> 
> 
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of thomas
> Sent: Thu 7/5/2007 8:43 AM
> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group
> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/4/07 10:15 PM, "kimberlee hannan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> She said it was mainly a revision strategy, but I can see it being used for
>> a whole lot more than that.
>> 
>> She took a long drawn paragraph from Across Five Aprils.  She broke it down
>> into its smallest pieces.  We combined it together and discussed the vision
>> we were getting as we dealt with each part.  Finally we read the actual
>> paragraph.  Not only was our sentence very close to the actual author's, the
>> paragraph made complete sense.  She said if we did that with shared novels
>> before we got to the complicated ones, they made much more sense to the kids
>> and they are familiar.
>> 
>> I thought there would be books about this strategy.  I moved since the CATE
>> conference and the paperwork is in a box somewhere on the back patio.
>> Hopefully, I will find it before may daughters inherit it.
>> Kim
>> 
> There is actually research that shows sentence combining does have an impact
> on writing - not huge - but an impact nevertheless.  I did just what your
> prof did with my 5/6 graders.  We would do usually one paragraph (or several
> long sentences) from a novel we were reading.  I would look for interesting
> sentence structure possibilities.  It was a great way  to discuss not just
> simple grammar issues and choices and punctuation involved in putting
> sentences together in particular ways, but also the author's style.
> 
> I also did one other paragraph (or several sentences) - also interesting
> ones - where my students created their own sentences using the skeleton
> grammatical structures of the given sentences.  My students loved this
> activity, maybe even more than the sentence combining.  I long long ago read
> a piece of research by James Christie which showed that being able to put
> together (compose) particular sentence structures had an impact then on
> being able to read them. His examples tended to be more like the "imitation"
> I just described than the sentence combining but I think it would work the
> same way.  Primary teachers have long been doing this with variations on
> texts. "If I were in charge of the world, .."  and kids write their own
> variations.  And we've been talking about that with music/songs!
> 
> They also loved then running into these spots in the story.  I think both
> had an impact on their comprehension (a really close reading obviously) and
> their writing. I saw a particularly big impact on their writing.  They no
> longer settled for simple or compound sentences or even for adjective or
> adverb clauses.  Rather they tended to use more sophistical structures like
> nominative absolutes, appoisitives,  and so on - that kind of piling on of
> details in sentences through phrases that is so much more characteristic of
> sophisticated writing. I definitely didn't over do it. Most work on writing
> came through writing workshop and most reading through reading - reading
> workshop in all its glory!
> 
> Sally
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[thomas]

So would you call sentence combining the exercise of taking separate
sentences (say either from a predetermined series of grammatical
constructions that you want kids to try out and/or from kids' writing and
you want them to consider variations) and comabining them for various
effects?  Just curious about the differencestarting from the smalller
parts and making a whole?

Or starting with a whole and using that whole to create an experience by
breaking it down into kernel sentences and then having kids experiment with
putting them back together?  Not sure if I made clear that the kids had not
seen the author's sentences.  I broke them down into kernel sentences and
they worked on combining those in various ways which we talked about before
actually seeing what the author had done.

Just confused.  

On 7/5/07 5:39 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> thank you S ally for your explanation.  I would not call this strategy
> sentence combining.  It sounds more like sentence innovation-taking a
> sentence 
> from a text and making it your own.
> Maxine
> 
> 
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Re: [MOSAIC] creating a website

[mary hassell]

Hi Debbie,  How do you start a blog?  Where do I find this information.  I 
would be interested in ideas for grade 2.  Thanks in advance.  Mary
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To: "mosaic" 
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:53 AM
Subject: [MOSAIC] creating a website


>
> This is in response to Kimberlee's question about a website.  For the 
> longest time I wanted to do a website but was overwhelmed by the idea. 
> Plus -  I needed something that I could easily maintain.  This year a 
> colleague convinced me to start my own blog.  She has two; one for her and 
> one for her class.  On a blog I could still list all I wanted to, list 
> websites, post pictures, podcasts, and more importantly I could have my 
> students (Kindergarteners) learn how to post on their own for their 
> parents to enj
> oy.  I think a blog could offer you everything you would like.   You 
> should check into it.  I started mine this summer and learning how to do 
> so much on it.  It is very easy to do and you would be quiet surprised at 
> the endless possibilities.
>
> Debbie
>
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[MOSAIC] blog mistake

[Harbour, Deborah]

I am sorry but when I posted my blog for Mary I accidentally added an s at the 
beginning.  It is 
http://harbourhighlights.blogspot.com/ 
.  Sorry for the confusion.  



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[MOSAIC] starting a blog

[Harbour, Deborah]

It was so easy!...Go to https://www.blogger.com/start.  It will give you step 
by step instructions.  It is only 3 steps and you are ready to go.  Once you 
are set up, go to settings and decide what you want.  It is a good thing to be 
able to read comments added to your post before you allow them to be published 
which is one of the choices on your settings.  The you can post immediately.  
The template page lets you add in pictures, websites, etc.  From there on you 
can just play a little to get to know what it is like.  Anything you mess up 
you can undue so that makes it easier.  Let me know if you have any questions.  
If someone else hadn't told me how easy it was I never would have done it.  You 
can look at my blog if you would like.  I just started mine last month.   
https://harbourhighlights.blogspot.org.  Hope that helps you and anyone else 
that is interested.  
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Re: [MOSAIC] blog mistake

[mimosa22]

Thanks for sharing Deborah! I have used Scholastic web page builder for the 
past four years. I have found it to be really easy for a nontechnical savvy 
person like myself. It is easily explained in a step-by-step, fill in the blank 
way. I may stick with it or branch out and try my own blog or web page. First I 
have to finish my Master's!
Maura
5th Grade/NJ

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Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[kimberlee hannan]

The prof who demo-ed it went from the smaller pieces to the larger piece.
She took her sentences directly from the kids' writing.  The one she took
from the novel made the meaning scaffold in a way, adding a new part each
round.  She doesn't tell the kids where the paragraph is in the novel.  They
discover it on their own, and the familiarity opens the discussion (I
assume).

Never mind about the books on the subject.  Just hashing it out by telling
you folks, I am pretty sure I know what I want to do with it...thanks for
allowing me to think aloud.
Kim

On 7/5/07, thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So would you call sentence combining the exercise of taking separate
> sentences (say either from a predetermined series of grammatical
> constructions that you want kids to try out and/or from kids' writing and
> you want them to consider variations) and comabining them for various
> effects?  Just curious about the differencestarting from the smalller
> parts and making a whole?
>
> Or starting with a whole and using that whole to create an experience by
> breaking it down into kernel sentences and then having kids experiment
> with
> putting them back together?  Not sure if I made clear that the kids had
> not
> seen the author's sentences.  I broke them down into kernel sentences and
> they worked on combining those in various ways which we talked about
> before
> actually seeing what the author had done.
>
> Just confused.
>
> On 7/5/07 5:39 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > thank you S ally for your explanation.  I would not call this strategy
> > sentence combining.  It sounds more like sentence innovation-taking a
> > sentence
> > from a text and making it your own.
> > Maxine
> >
> >
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Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[Michelle TeGrootenhuis]

In the book "Best Practices in Literacy Instruction" (2nd Ed) edited by
Michael Pressley, there's a chapter entitled, "Building a sound Writing
Program" and on page 145 of that chapter the author states, "Studies show
that teaching formal grammar to students has 'a negligible or even harmful
effect on improving students' writing'...The only isolated skills teaching
that does seem to show a positive effect on writing is teaching students how
to combine sentences."  (in other words, teach grammar in CONTEXT of
students' writing.)

After reading that a few years ago, I purposely incorporated some sentence
combining lessons into my 2nd grade writer's workshop and the kids did very
well with the activities and the lessons had some carry over. I did these
lessons in the spring after introducing adjectives and adverbs, but I think
I'm going to begin the year with sentence combining this year (I'm moving to
5th grade) and make sure to intersperse these lessons throughout the year
for maximum effect.  

Anyone tried this throughout the year? Have you seen carry over and improved
writing as a result?

-Michelle TG, 5th IA

 




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Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[Renee]

I have not worked with "sentence combining" but I have done an activity  
with students that I call "Silly Sentences" or "Sentence Quest" which  
gives them an opportunity to play with words and sentences. I wrote it  
up as a lesson for Read-Write-Think a few years ago. Check it out if  
you're interested:

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=6

Renee Goularte

On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:14 AM, Michelle TeGrootenhuis wrote:

>
> In the book "Best Practices in Literacy Instruction" (2nd Ed) edited by
> Michael Pressley, there's a chapter entitled, "Building a sound Writing
> Program" and on page 145 of that chapter the author states, "Studies  
> show
> that teaching formal grammar to students has 'a negligible or even  
> harmful
> effect on improving students' writing'...The only isolated skills  
> teaching
> that does seem to show a positive effect on writing is teaching  
> students how
> to combine sentences."  (in other words, teach grammar in CONTEXT of
> students' writing.)
>
> After reading that a few years ago, I purposely incorporated some  
> sentence
> combining lessons into my 2nd grade writer's workshop and the kids did  
> very
> well with the activities and the lessons had some carry over. I did  
> these
> lessons in the spring after introducing adjectives and adverbs, but I  
> think
> I'm going to begin the year with sentence combining this year (I'm  
> moving to
> 5th grade) and make sure to intersperse these lessons throughout the  
> year
> for maximum effect.
>
> Anyone tried this throughout the year? Have you seen carry over and  
> improved
> writing as a result?
>
> -Michelle TG, 5th IA
>
>  
>
>
>
>
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Re: [MOSAIC] run on sentences- was Sentence Combining

[kimberlee hannan]

I have them read that section out loud.  They begin to hear the big stops
(period) and the little pauses (commas).  I used to call it a "self"
conference.  I don't even try to explain the rules to them.  They will never
catch them all, but neither do I initially.  It's the repetition that makes
it work.

With all the reading we do and writing we model, they pick up most of their
mistakes really fast.  I also discourage the "don't worry about spelling and
punctuation" during freewrites and drafting.  I encourage them to use their
best spelling and grammar as they compose to (hopefully) avoid some of the
terror of revision.


Kim
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Sequoia Middle School
resno, California 93702


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Re: [MOSAIC] run on sentences- was Sentence Combining

[Tammy Corness]

Thanks Renee for sharing your Sentence Quest lesson.  I think I will try 
it next year.  I don't post often but my question is how to teach kids 
to avoid writing run-on sentences.  I had a huge problem with that last 
year and need some new ideas.  Thanks!

Tammy C.

Renee wrote:

>I have not worked with "sentence combining" but I have done an activity  
>with students that I call "Silly Sentences" or "Sentence Quest" which  
>gives them an opportunity to play with words and sentences. I wrote it  
>up as a lesson for Read-Write-Think a few years ago. Check it out if  
>you're interested:
>
>http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=6
>
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Re: [MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[ljackson]

And I would say it is crafting...

Lori


On 7/5/07 6:39 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> thank you S ally for your explanation.  I would not call this strategy
> sentence combining.  It sounds more like sentence innovation-taking a
> sentence 
> from a text and making it your own.
> Maxine
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[MOSAIC] Starting a website/Creating a blog

[Sarah Maurer]

Just a word of caution about blogs-
If you use the same username to create a personal one and one for your
class, parents may be able to access your personal one. I know this is true
on Blogger. 

I have 2 different personal blogs and am part of a group blog. If someone
were to click on my username, it would take them to a profile page and list
the blogs I am a member of. As I wasn't ready to share my personal blog with
the group, I had to go into my settings and change it. I chose just to take
the personal blogs off of my public profile but still available for people
to stumble upon. Another option I could have chosen was to allow only
certain people or no one to view it.

It may not be important to some, but I like to keep my personal and
professional life separate in areas such as these. 

I don't know if this makes any sense- please ask if you have questions.
Sarah Maurer

 


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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 00:53:35 -0400
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Subject: [MOSAIC] creating a website
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This is in response to Kimberlee's question about a website.  For the
longest time I wanted to do a website but was overwhelmed by the idea.  Plus
-  I needed something that I could easily maintain.  This year a colleague
convinced me to start my own blog.  She has two; one for her and one for her
class.  On a blog I could still list all I wanted to, list websites, post
pictures, podcasts, and more importantly I could have my students
(Kindergarteners) learn how to post on their own for their parents to enjoy.
I think a blog could offer you everything you would like.   You should check
into it.  I started mine this summer and learning how to do so much on it.
It is very easy to do and you would be quiet surprised at the endless
possibilities.  
 
Debbie



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