Varying Sentence Structure

“When your child revises their writing, can they take a very long sentence and split it up, or take three short choppy sentences and combine them into one — choosing the version that reads best for the audience?”

0 / 3 mastered

• ⬜Combine two simple sentences into one complex sentence using subordination
• ⬜Expand a simple sentence by adding descriptive phrases and clauses
• ⬜Reduce wordy sentences by removing redundant words while preserving meaning