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03 Apr 2006 - 23:22
Smartest Tractor has been using Don Killgallon's book on Sentence Composing, which I have but have yet to use (will probably wait until the summer). ST has also tracked down Killgallon's website, which isn't easy to find on Google. Make that virtually impossible to find on Google.*
three questions:
sentence combining Just used ask.com for the first time [see footnote] - it is cool. A search for sentence combining (not the same thing as "sentence composing") turned up a report from the BBC:
websites
* Speaking of impossible to find, Walter Mossberg thinks ask.com is great.
-- CatherineJohnson - 03 Apr 2006 Back to main page.
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What is TOWL? http://www.proedinc.com/store/index.php?mode=product_detail&id=7685 It was $325 CND. It is a bit steep for home use. Can parents give TOWL to their kids? The procedure is not complicated. The difficulty you would have is finding a copy. Did you ever get that Step Up to Writing handout I mailed to you? Why do you need a larger brain? Way too much on the plate at the moment with both mathematics and language. It's a long story with a violin trio somewhere in the background. -- SmartestTractor - 04 Apr 2006
ask.com used to be askjeeves.com -- they just lost the "Jeeves" part. -- GoogleMaster - 04 Apr 2006
did you see Mossberg's article on it? He loves it! I kind of do, too. Smartest Tractor - thank you! -- CatherineJohnson - 05 Apr 2006
Can parents give TOWL to their kids? The procedure is not complicated. The difficulty you would have is finding a copy. Did you ever get that Step Up to Writing handout I mailed to you? oh no! I don't think I did! Let me see if I have your email...... -- CatherineJohnson - 05 Apr 2006
Smartest Tractor on Killgallon's Sentence Combining
Smartest Tractor has been using Don Killgallon's book on Sentence Composing, which I have but have yet to use (will probably wait until the summer). ST has also tracked down Killgallon's website, which isn't easy to find on Google. Make that virtually impossible to find on Google.*
The practice sessions go very well. I present the examples in Word and use the highlighter to show the structure of the model and the example. The activities are usually done well by the class. Some students try to get a bit too creative in their ideas and miss the structure. It is a easy situation to resolve. I had each student write TOWL-3 (Test of Written Language) at the end of February. I will have them write the B test at the end of the school year to measure their progress. I need a larger brain to sequence everything. Maybe eBay has something for sale?
three questions:
- what is TOWL?
- can parents give TOWL to their kids?
- why do you need a larger brain (?)
sentence combining Just used ask.com for the first time [see footnote] - it is cool. A search for sentence combining (not the same thing as "sentence composing") turned up a report from the BBC:
in a pressured curriculum, where the development of literacy is a high priority, there will be better ways of teaching writing and our findings suggest that the teaching of 'sentence combining' may be one of the more effective approaches." The teaching technique of "sentence combining" is defined as "combining short sentences into longer ones, and embedding elements into simple sentences to make them more complex". The study is based on an analysis of previous research produced since the beginning of the last century - and it concludes that teaching formal grammar is not the best way to develop children's writing.
websites
- 5 ways to combine sentences
- Yale-New Haven Teacher Institute theory & research: sentence combining
- simple online sentence combining exercise (graded online)
- 10 kinds of sentences to imitate (useful)
- LEO sentence combing lesson - simple exercises, examples, & explanation
- sentence combining exercises
- sentence combining worksheet
- combine sentences into story, & links
- rubric for evaluating one's own writing
- email rubric for evaluating one's own writing
- Burke's pentad
- Prentice Hall online writing & grammar lessons for 21 chapters: Adventures in Writing
- 21 online lessons in sentence combining from Prentice Hall
- online self-study grammar tests (lots of CLOZE exercises)
* Speaking of impossible to find, Walter Mossberg thinks ask.com is great.
-- CatherineJohnson - 03 Apr 2006 Back to main page.
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Look here for syntax help.
What is TOWL? http://www.proedinc.com/store/index.php?mode=product_detail&id=7685 It was $325 CND. It is a bit steep for home use. Can parents give TOWL to their kids? The procedure is not complicated. The difficulty you would have is finding a copy. Did you ever get that Step Up to Writing handout I mailed to you? Why do you need a larger brain? Way too much on the plate at the moment with both mathematics and language. It's a long story with a violin trio somewhere in the background. -- SmartestTractor - 04 Apr 2006
ask.com used to be askjeeves.com -- they just lost the "Jeeves" part. -- GoogleMaster - 04 Apr 2006
did you see Mossberg's article on it? He loves it! I kind of do, too. Smartest Tractor - thank you! -- CatherineJohnson - 05 Apr 2006
Can parents give TOWL to their kids? The procedure is not complicated. The difficulty you would have is finding a copy. Did you ever get that Step Up to Writing handout I mailed to you? oh no! I don't think I did! Let me see if I have your email...... -- CatherineJohnson - 05 Apr 2006
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