Unit 6

What Are Our Connections to the Past?

Sentence Fluency

Consider how sentences flow and are written to enhance our reading and the understanding of selections.


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Sentence Fluency


Read the section that begins “To write sentences that flow” on the bottom of page 139 of Literacy in Action 6B.

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Watch

Watch

Listen and follow this demonstration of sentences that appeared in the reading selections: Sentences That Flow.
Websites

Websites

Use this interactive tool to join ideas together: Grammar: Sentences.

Choose a Paragraph to Analyze


  • Choose a paragraph from one of the reading selections to analyze.
  • In your Reader's Notebook: Read Like a Writer start a page that begins: To write sentences that flow...
  • Then, look through the paragraph you have selected and find examples of well-written sentences.
    • You may use the information on page 139 of Literacy in Action 6B to guide you.





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