Sentence Fluency

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Sentence Fluency

• The fifth element of the 6 1 Writing Traits

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What is sentence fluency?

• We all know what a sentence is. Right?
• Fluency is when something moves with smoothness
  and ease.
• SentenceFluency
• Sentences that flow smoothly together.

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Variety is good!

• Variety different kinds and numbers of things.
• Variety in sentence fluency is a number of
  different lengths, beginnings, and kinds of
  sentences.

Give an example of something with a lot of
variety.
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Lengths

• Use different sentence lengths.
• long and stretchy sentences
• A long time ago, at Christmas time, every year my
  whole family would go all the way down to
  Colorado to go to aunt Angies house.
• short and snappy sentences
• Every Christmas we had a great time.

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Sentence Beginnings

• Start sentences with a variety of beginnings
• I am really happy to be your teacher. I hope we
  have fun this year. I will teach you many new
  things. I am happy you are in my class.
• How would you change this paragraph?
• I am thrilled to be your teacher. This year will
  be full of fun and learning. It is exciting to
  have you in my class.

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Kinds of Sentences

• There are different kinds of sentences.
• simple one independent thought
• A cow eats grass.
• compound two or more simple sentences
• The cow eats grass and moos at the dog.
• declarative statement
• Cows and dogs dont get along.
• interrogatives question
• Do cows live in the city?
• exclamatory - exclamation
• I am so excited about seeing a cow!
• imperative command
• Dont feed the cows in this pasture.

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Sentence Fluency

• Read your writing aloud and listen
• to its rhythm.
• Do you use a variety of sentence lengths?
• Do you use different sentence beginnings?
• Are there different kinds of sentences in your
  writing?
• As you flow down the river of your writing, is it
  choppy and rough or does it flow in a natural
  rhythm?

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