2. Movability - rearranging the sentences by moving the clauses 1. The ball rolled down the hill quickly. 2. For dinner, I like to go to McDonalds. 3. I like Christmas because my grandmother comes to visit. 4. When I get off the bus, my mom is there to meet me.

3. Expansion - adding details to the sentence. The woman bakes bread. 1. old, young, fat, covered in warts, ugly, beautiful, smelly, sinister, evil, happy 2. white, wheat, doughnuts, bagels, muffins, rye, pumpernickel, French, rolls, croissants, cinnamon rolls, empanadas, pan de bono, arepas 3. truckloads, only five, dozens, pounds, half-dozen, bucketfuls, a million kilos, tons, trayfuls, one pan, 4. in the bathtub, in the kitchen, in her house, in the street, at the library, at the school, in the store, in the corner, the closet, in bed, in Colombia 5. in the morning, at midnight, on Monday, every day, yesterday, at noon, whenever she feels like, when she wants to, on Christmas Day, on holidays 6. with cheese, with her toes, with her hands, with gloves, with love, with her feet, with her disgusting black teeth, with ear wax, with a gun, with her children, with her dog 7. for money, for poor people, to give away, for fun, because she was bored, her hobby, to poison people, for her job, for pleasure, to trick people into liking her What kind of woman?What kind of bread? In what quantity?Where?When? How does she do it?Why does she do it?

4. Original: The woman bakes bread. Expansion: The ugly old woman covered in warts makes delicious cinnamon rolls by the dozens in her bathtub with her children and dirty dog on Monday when it isn't raining because she wants to poison everyone at her job at the bakery.

5. Read this paragraph. Mother is Nice My mother is a really nice person. Her hair is so nice. Her clothes are really nice. She is a fun person too. When we go out, we have a really fun time. My mother is really nice to me. She smiles at me and says nice things. We have fun together because she is so fun and nice. She is really special to me. Put students in pairs to try and rewrite the paragraph with better word choice. Have them count the repeated words and brainstorm other words that could be used instead. nice really she fun beautiful gentle friendly special perfect likable cool very very much a lot much this woman this girl her person being individual human playful wonderful entertaining not boring joyful mother mom mommy mama mamita Dad’s best gal

6. Part 1 On a bitter cold winter morning Lead-In Part 2 Malcolm Maxwell, Main Part 3 a young man of simple means but good intentions In-Between Part 4 left the quiet country town in which he'd been raised Main Part 5 and set off on the bold errand he'd been preparing for all his life. Add-oon Part 1 In the morning Lead-In Part 2 Juan Jaramillo, Main Part 3 my friend, In-Between Part 4 gets on the bus and goes to school Main Part 5 where he will study. Add-on

7. Think of sentences as families to remember the differences! (IC independent clause DC dependent clause) Simple Sentence - The family is only a single adult. (IC) Compound Sentence - The family is a married couple. (2 IC) Complex Sentence - The family is a single parent with one or more children. (1 IC, 1 or more DC) Compound-Complex Sentence - The family is a married couple with one or more children (2 IC, 1 or more DC) Adults are independent, children are dependents!

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9. who? what? where? when? why? how? http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelturton/517972489/

10. who? what? where? when? why? how?