Stack the Deck Lesson 2

Combining and Rearranging Ideas Combining and Rearranging sentences: -Adds voice to your writing -Helps with fluidity/cadence -Gives the writer control over EMPHASIS Common writing problem: Subject Verb Object sentences (SVO) Ex: Jimmy grinds his teeth S V O

Idea words and glue words Idea words: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and interjections Glue words: articles, coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, and prepositions Do you see why it is important to know your parts of speech? Label the parts of speech in this sentence: A small boy fell into the pond and swam to safety.

What is the problem? A small boy fell into the pond and swam to safety. It is a subject (boy) verb (fell) object (pond) sentence. How do we change it so that it is not an SVO?

You try The following sentence is in SVO format. In your notes, in the next 3 minutes, try to rearrange the sentence in as many ways as possible. Keep the meaning the same. Sidney left for the bus stop twenty minutes early the first day of school, hoping that he was going to the right one. Put up your fingers – How many did you get?

Where is the emphasis? a.The first day of school, Sidney left twenty minutes early for what he hoped was the right bus stop. b.Hoping he was going to the right bus stop, Sidney left the house twenty minutes early for the first day of school. c.Twenty minutes early Sidney left for the bus stop on the first day of school, so he could find the right one.

Write it out! Turn to a partner sitting next to you. Work with your partner on the following sentences to rearrange them. Write these down in your notes. 1)Meg, brushing her long, black hair, sang happily. 2)Maurice screamed hysterically. 3)As lightning streaked across the sky, Irving hid under the covers.

Glue words, WH words, and ING words Sometimes we need to use different words to combine ideas. These are subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, and verbals. Glue words – (subordinating conjunctions) after, although, when, since. WH words – (relative pronouns) who, whom, whose, which, that ING words – (gerunds) Swimming is a good exercise (present participle) The turtle chased the swimming boy

Write it out! Turn to a partner sitting next to you. Work with your partner on the sentences given to you in Stack the Deck. Rearrange the sentences 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 on pages 8-9