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A Kinesthetic Makeover in Writing:. Tearing Down and Rearranging to Reveal. survey on learning styles. What is kinesthetic learning?. Improving Essays. at the sentence level (Teresa) at the paragraph level ( AnnMarie ). Improving Essays: Sentence Level. via participial phrases.
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A Kinesthetic Makeover in Writing: Tearing Down and Rearranging to Reveal
Improving Essays at the sentence level (Teresa) at the paragraph level (AnnMarie)
Improving Essays: Sentence Level • via participial phrases • via appositive phrases
Review: Appositive Phrases • re-identify • nouns, not adjectives
Review Activity: Appositives • Bush Both Obama
Review: Participles • changing a verb to an adjective • usually ends in –ing • can end in –ed or –en • twist twisting road • help helping hand • break broken glass • stun stunned silence
Review Activity: Participial Phrases • Bart Simpson • caused the mishap. • exasperated Marge. • outsmarted Homer. • rode his skateboard in the street. • set the school on fire. • Causing the mishap, Bart Simpson__________. • Bart Simpson __________, causing the mishap.
Kinesthetic Grammar: Strong’s Research on Sentence Combining • *can help build sentence fluency • *NOT REAL WRITING—IS SKILL BUILDING THAT IS ADJACENT TO WRITING • *teacher should model decision making skills • *students move from oral rehearsal to written transcription
Directions: Create _#_ sentences about Romeo and Juliet. Each sentence should contain appositive and participial phrases. Make deliberate choices regarding commas. Options: • Use sentence strips. • Create your own with some help from sentence strips. • Create your own. And for the grammarian warrior. . . • Create your own. Rewrite each sentence you create by moving, adding, or eliminating phrases. To what extent is the meaning of your sentence changed?
Impact Nina • Before: Odysseus makes several heroic moves. Taking care of himself and crew for twenty years is amazing. • After: At Castle Rock the conch is broken, showing there is no more organization left on the island.
Impact Isabella • Before: Taunting the Cyclops, Odysseus angers him and causes him to throw a “hilltop” after the boat.
Impact Isabella, cont. • Post: While Romeo is in black most of the time, showing his brooding attitude about love, Juliet is almost always clothed in white, conveying her innocence and purity. • Post: In the [film] shot, the sun represents Juliet, or the filler of the void in Romeo’s dark heart.
Variations *kindergarten *thesis *paragraphs