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the music created by your own words Sentence Fluency the music created by your own words

Listen to how your words and phrases sound - vary sentence beginnings - move words and phrases around (Stan struck the ball with great force. --> With great force, Stan struck the ball) - repeat sounds, words, or phrases to create a pattern

vary sentence length and structure to create a rhythm - use both long and short sentences - experiment with simple, compound, and complex sentences Max played football. Maria went shopping. Max played football and Maria went shopping. While Max was playing football, Maria went shopping. -combine short sentences or break up long ones

construct sentences that enhance meaning - use punctuation for emphasis (Look out. --> Look out!) - use transitions to link sentences (Traffic came to a stop. There was an accident that morning. --> Traffic came to a stop as a result of an accident that morning.) - use different kinds of sentences: commands, interjections, questions (That hurt. --> Ouch, that hurt!)

strategies for improving sentence fluency Read your writing aloud and listen for what it needs. Do you need to add or delete words to keep the rhythm? Would a transition make the writing flow more smoothly? Rewrite a sentence so the subject is at the beginning or the end. How does that change affect the fluency of the sentence?

sentence fluency assessment continuum 1 3 5 . It’s a challenge to read out loud. Sentences sound boring and are all the same length or begin the same way. Some of my sentences don’t make sense. A few sentences don’t sound right. Several sentences are the same length. Many of the sentences begin the same way. Writing sounds smooth and easy to read out loud. A mix of long and short sentences. Varied sentence beginnings create a pleasing rhythm.