Throughout Chapter 1, you learned about many activities that help students understand the basic building
blocks of sentences. In order to feel confident in utilizing these activities in your future classrooms, I want
you to practice creating some sentence building activities for your students.
Task 1: Because, But So (pg. 40)
Finish the sentence stems:
Teaching writing in the content areas is important because it helps students grasp the fundementals.
Teaching writing in the content areas is important but, you should also focus on other areas as well.
Teaching writing in the content areas is important so that teachers can have an easier time improving a
students reading skills.
Task 2: You Are the Teacher- Because But So
Read this short article:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GacZWkNleJYIW9Kh8tLdNa40JP0whRp6/view?usp=sharing
Using this text, write your own “Because But So” sentence stem and then finish the sentence stems to
reinforce important content.
Stem:
The women who spoke up did so in order to: better themselves and the women around them.
The women who spoke did so despite: resistance from the men in power.
The women who spoke up were admired for: the courage in speaking up even when others wanted them
kept down.
Task 3: Pick Your Own CH 1 Sentence Building Activity
Using the same article:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GacZWkNleJYIW9Kh8tLdNa40JP0whRp6/view?usp=sharing, pick
another sentence level activity described in Chapter 1. If you look at the Google Slides for CH 1, I
highlighted and underlined the activities you can choose from in blue. Review the section of the textbook
that describes your chosen strategy. Create an activity for your future students. Finally, complete the
activity as a student would.
Instructional Strategy: Written Activities with Fragments (Label sentences and fragments & correct the
fragment)
Complete the sentences.
1.
For most of history: women were expected to keep silent.
2.
In the 20th century, women’s roles in society: changed more dramatically.