Analyzing Author Style using Sentence Combining
Remix and Share
- Author:
- Vickie Smith
- Subject:
- Humanities
- Institution Name:
- LEARN NC
- Collection:
- LEARN NC Lesson Plans
- Grade Level:
- Secondary
- Grade Sub-Level:
- High School
- Grades:
- Grade 9, Grade 10
- Abstract:
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.
- Course Type:
- Learning Module
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Curriculum Standards, Lesson Plans
- Media Format:
- Text/HTML
- Conditions of Use:
-
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5
Comments
Quality of Explanation of the Subject Matter: Very Weak (0)
Object is not appropriate content for 9-10. I am not certain of the text being used because there is no way to see it.Public library links do not open. Perhaps if a text is used appropriately and the grade level is changed to 3rd or 4th, this may be a valuable object.