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- The ABCs of the Three Little Pigs
- This lesson uses a familiar fairy tale to teach writing. It is designed to emphasize using varied sentence patterns in writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- By Penny Canipe.
- Analyzing author style using sentence combining
- This activity should be completed before reading the essay “Beach People, Mountain People” by Suzanne Britt. Students will combine three sets of kernel sentences based on the first paragraph of Britt's writing. They will then compare their sentences to Britt's. The class will discuss what sentence combining strategy or strategies they used and observe how Britt varies her sentences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
- By Vickie Smith.
- Animals on the move
- Students will choose an animal, draw the animal, write a sentence naming their animal and write a sentence about what their animal can do using inventive as well as conventional spelling.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
- By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.
- Apple story writing with a buddy
- Students will write a story with a buddy through the use of a computer. Practicing computer skills and correct sentence formation will be emphasized.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Patsy Oswald.
- Appositive action
- Appositives are descriptive phrases, set off by commas, that modify a noun or noun phrase. Using appositives helps writers create sentences that are smoother and less choppy. In this lesson, students will learn to combine 2 or more descriptive sentences and action sentences into one sentence with an appositive phrase.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Be the sentence: An interactive language arts activity
- Students take on the roles of different words and punctuation and work collaboratively to create a complete sentence using correct parts of speech, word order, and punctuation. Students progress from simple sentences to more complex sentences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Here comes the circus
- Boys and girls of all ages love the Circus. This is a lesson from an integrated unit. In this lesson, students will be introduced to the Kindergarten level words from the Dolch Word List.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
- By Penny Stafford.
- Jazzy sentences
- This is an interesting activity to help students jazz up or make their sentences more interesting by adding adjectives, adverbs, more vibrant verbs, and descriptive nouns.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By Helen Potts.
- Pumpkin punctuation
- Students will identify different end punctuation marks that are used in a book they read and then use those punctuation marks in sentences they write.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)
- By Sherry Harris.
- Sentence carousel
- Adjectives, adverbs, and precise language help construct descriptive sentences. In this lesson, students will learn to construct more elaborate sentences that will enliven their writing
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Sentence combining
- This lesson is designed for students who write short choppy sentences. Students will learn to combine short choppy sentences that develop their ideas and involve the reader in the action of the story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Sentence combining and decombining
- Students will focus on stylistic choices and sentence fluency by combining, decombining, and recombining sentences in professional writing, peer writing, and their own writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)
- By Peter Bobbe.
- Sentence elaboration with prepositional phrases
- This lesson is designed for students who write short choppy sentences. In this lesson, students will learn how to write more elaborated, complex sentences by adding prepositional phrases and clauses.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Sentence scramble
- Students will learn concepts about print including print directionality and the understanding that written print contains a message.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
- Stop that run-on!
- Run-on sentences inhibit understanding and weaken someone's writing. In this lesson, students will learn to identify run-on sentences and how to fix them. They will then apply those skills to their own writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Teaching phonological awareness to LD students
- This lesson is designed to help students understand the part/whole word relationships at the sentence level. It enables students to relate the 44 phonemes of the English language to words in print (reading) better. Although this lesson is written based on first-grade goals and objectives, it is designed for second-grade students who are not reading at a first-grade level. This lesson should be taught only with a small group.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
- By Cynthia Bumgarner.
- To be or not to be a noun
- This lesson teaches students to categorize nouns as persons, places, or things. This lesson also teaches students to distinguish nouns from other words in phrases and sentences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
- By Tasha Christian.
