IXL | Create varied sentences based on models

Read the model sentence from Jacqueline Davies's The Candy Smash.

When Megan and Evan were in the same desk group, neither one of them could get any work done.

Use the words and phrases to create a new sentence that matches the model.

both of us

When Anna and I woke up Saturday morning,

wanted to build a snowman

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Read the model sentence from Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins.

I made my way through the heavy brush and, moving swiftly, down the ravine until I came to the sea cliffs.

Use the words and phrases to create a new sentence that matches the model.

laughing happily,

Jane swung from bar to bar and,

down the pole while her friends watched

key idea

To make your writing more interesting, try to use a mix of different kinds of sentences. You can learn to make new kinds of sentences by imitating sentences that you read.

To imitate a model sentence, first look at its form, or pattern. Ask what sorts of words, phrases, and clauses the sentence uses and what order they are in. Then, create a new sentence following the same pattern.

Model sentence:

The mouse's name was Tucker, and he was sitting in the opening of an abandoned drain pipe in the subway station at Times Square.

New sentence:

The old ship is called Old Ironsides, and it can be seen in a dry dock at a museum in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Both sentences use and to make a compound sentence. They also both use words like in and at to tell where the subject is.

solution

Look closely at the parts of the model sentence.

I made my way through the heavy brush and, moving swiftly, down the ravine until I came to the sea cliffs.

See how they match the parts of the new sentence.

Jane swung from bar to bar and, laughing happily, down the pole while her friends watched.

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Not feeling ready yet? These can help:

LL.9Identify relative pronouns

RR.1Identify prepositions

SS.1Identify coordinating conjunctions

SS.2Identify subordinating conjunctions

JJ.10Order the words to create a sentence

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