Super Sentence Grab Bag

Add an element of surprise to your next review of combining sentences. Write different sentences on separate slips of paper, repeating subjects and predicates on more than one slip. Make two slips for each student. Place the slips in a paper bag. Then have each “student pull two slips from the bag. Have each student, in turn, read his/her slip from the bag, then combine the two sentences into one. For example, if the student pulls the sentences “John ate a piece of apple pie at the carnival” and “John rode the roller coaster at the carnival three time”, he/she might say “At the carnival, John ate a piece of apple pie and rode the roller coaster three times.”. If necessary, help students correct any problems with subject-verb agreement. With this quick review, combining sentences will be in the bag for students.