Transcript Lesson 29: Understand Sentence Construction

LESSON 29: UNDERSTAND
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION
AND USAGE
Writing Conventions 10.1.2: Understand sentence construction (e.g., parallel
structure, subordination, proper placement of modifiers) and standard English
usage (e.g., consistency of verb tenses).
Lesson 29 Vocabulary
Please take out
your
Reader’s/Writer’s
Journal and open to
a new page with
the above title.
You are going to
take down the
following notes to
help you with the
WRITING
CONVENTIONS
portion of the
CaHSEE.
When you construct
sentences, keep
these points in mind

Parallelism: Use the same grammatical
form to express equal (or parallel)
ideas
 NOT:
They spent the day hiking,
swimming and they had a picnic.
 BUT: They spent the day hiking, swimming
and picnicking.
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CONVENTI
ONS
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Subordination: Place less important
ideas in the subordinate clause (see
page 200 if unclear on term).
 NOT:
Next….
He was exhausted and famished.
He would not give up.
 BUT: Although he was exhausted and
famished, he would not give up.
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WRITING
CONVENTI
ONS
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Next….
Placement of Modifiers: Place a
modifier as close as possible to the
word it modifies.
 NOT:
I read a collection of letters that
James Thurber wrote during my summer
vacation.
 BUT: During my summer vacation, I read a
collection of letters that James Thurber
wrote.
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WRITING
CONVENTI
ONS
continued –
Next….
Consistency of Tenses: Keep the verbs
in your sentence in the same tense
UNLESS you are dealing with events
that happen at different times.
 NOT:
George Eliot is the pseudonym of
Mary Anne Evans, who writes about life in
nineteenth-century England.
 BUT: George Eliot is the pseudonym of
Mary Anne Evans, who wrote about life in
nineteenth-century England.
“Camping Right” Guided Questions
Read the Selection entitled “Camping Right” on
page 205. Answer the guided questions.
Don’t forget to write your answers in complete
sentences. For example:
The writer made the change in order to
______________________.
“Camping Right” Error Correction
Edit the first draft of the essay (handout).
Look for problems in parallel structure,
subordinate ideas, placement of modifiers
and consistency of tenses.
Correct ANY and all errors.
Lesson 29: Understand Sentence
Construction
Assessment Practice