{"product_id":"getting-started-with-middle-school-sentence-composing-a-student-worktext-9780325107318","title":"Getting Started with Middle School Sentence Composing: A Student Worktext","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sentence composing provides acrobatic training in sentence dexterity... using literature as a writing school with a faculty of professional writers who virtually teach students to build better sentences.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eDon and Jenny Killgallon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGetting Started with Middle School Sentence Composing\u003c\/em\u003e introduces the powerful Sentence-Composing approach at a perfect time -- middle school -- to deepen students' skill in writing strong sentences. Using real sentences by authors as models, it provides practice with four tools that skilled writers use to add variety to their work: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOpeners\u003c\/strong\u003e to vary sentence beginnings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSplits\u003c\/strong\u003e to vary sentence middles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClosers \u003c\/strong\u003eto vary sentence endings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMixes \u003c\/strong\u003eto add details in two or three places.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Don and Jenny Killgallon provide support for students, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBasic sentence structures\u003c\/strong\u003e - activities to understand subjects, predicates, and their roles in sentence building \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBroken sentences\u003c\/strong\u003e - exercises to identify, avoid, and repair fragments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVocabulary scaffolds \u003c\/strong\u003e- \"quickshots\" to include an immediate, clear definition in context for challenging words\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe free, online teacher's booklet is packed with information about Sentence-Composing and its relationship to grammar, an instructional framework, and connections to state and national standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Killgallon is the originator of the sentence-composing approach and author of numerous sentence-composing worktexts. He is the author or coauthor of Paragraphs for Middle School (2013), Paragraphs for High School (2012), Grammar for College Writing (2010), Story Grammar for Elementary School (2008), Grammar for High School (2007), Grammar for Middle School (2006), Sentence Composing for Elementary School (2000), Sentence Composing for High School (1998), Sentence Composing for College (1998), Sentence Composing for Middle School (1997), and Daily Sentence Composing (Great Source). He currently co-teaches with Jenny Killgallon in the Odyssey Program of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJenny Killgallon is coauthor of Paragraphs for Middle School (2013), Paragraphs for High School (2012), Grammar for College Writing (2010), Story Grammar for Elementary School (2008), Grammar for High School (2007), Grammar for Middle School (2006), Sentence Composing for Elementary School (2000), and Daily Sentence Composing (Great Source). She currently co-teaches with Don Killgallon in the Odyssey Program of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Heinemann Educational Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460136112402,"sku":"9780325107318","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2233b90-bdb0-4f5c-b216-5bf5c99b1cfe.jpg?v=1730030029","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/getting-started-with-middle-school-sentence-composing-a-student-worktext-9780325107318","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}