Revising for Sentence Fluency Complete the following warm-ups in a blank document, and submit to Canvas when complete.

DAY #1 Try it! Using your notes on Sentence Types, combine the following sentences and identify the type of sentence you created next to it. Make sure to include all important information in your new sentence. The teacher was nice. The principal was nice. The school was very large. The school won many awards. The trees were tall. The trees were green. The trees grew in the meadow. The meadow was home to lots of wildlife. Jasmine went to the ice cream store. Clarissa went to the ice cream store. The store was at the mall. They ate a sundae. The sundae had a cherry on top.

DAY #2 Try it! Look at your rough draft of your Q1 EA#1 –Historical Fiction Narrative. Copy and paste one of your paragraphs into your document. Then, create a key for the four types of Sentence Types, and using your key, go through and color-code the sentences classifying the different sentence types you used.

DAY #3 Combine the following sentences using a variety of sentence types. Highlight each type in a different color using your key you created on “Day #2.” I went to the park. I went on Saturday. I went with my friends. My friends are Marie, Connie, and Roy. We rode our bikes. I rode my new bike. Roy brought his basketball. We played basketball. We played for two hours. We were hot. We were thirsty. Connie and Roy’s mom brought us lemonade and sandwiches. We ate the sandwiches for lunch. We had a lot of fun.

DAY #4 USING THE SEMICOLON CORRECTLY The semicolon (;) has similar uses to a comma. It doesn’t come to a complete stop like a period does. A semicolon can join two independent clauses using transitional words like: however, otherwise, therefore, subsequently, in addition, etc. The semicolon separates a sentence with two closely related subjects. They are used to connect two independent clauses together in a sentence. It can be used in compound sentences or compound/complex sentences to create more unity to your ideas in your writing. EXAMPLES: Joe realized that the train was late; he was upset. After taking so long to climb up the ladder, my fear got the best of me; I lost my balance as I fell to the hard ground below. While looking around the room, I noticed a cute face I had never seen before; however, instead of running over to this adorable boy and introducing myself, I hid quietly in my corner seat watching from afar and dreaming about what life would be like if he were mine.

Try it. Look at your sentences from your Q1EA Try it! Look at your sentences from your Q1EA. Choose two separate places in your paper where you could combine your sentences together to create two different compound/complex sentences using a semicolon. Copy and paste the original sentences in your document and then revise them on the document to show your change. In the end, you should have two compound complex sentences that each use a semi-colon. Example Before: Rafael never thought his mother would betray him like that. She had always been his closest confidant. Even in the darkest of times he had gone through, he never imagined he’d ever feel this alone. After: Rafael never thought his mother would betray him like that; she had always been his closest confidant, and even in the darkest of times he had gone through, he never imagined he’d ever feel this alone.

Day #5 An appositive is a handy way of adding details to a sentence. The term comes from the Latin word for "placing close by," and an appositive usually appears right after the word or phrase that it renames. You may know appositives as another word like “interrupter.” Ex. He was decrepit, a puny wisp of a man, with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes.   In some cases, an appositive might be thought of as a simplified adjective clause (a word group beginning with who or which). Ex. The hangman, who was a gray-haired convict in the white uniform of the prison, was waiting beside the machine.

1. (Combine the two sentences below into a single clear sentence: turn the first sentence into an appositive.) St. Valentine is the patron saint of lovers. St. Valentine was never married.   2. (Combine the two sentences below by turning the second sentence into an appositive. Lewis Carroll is the author of Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll was a mathematics lecturer at Oxford University. 3. (Convert the adjective clause--in italics--into an appositive) Willie Sarkis, who was a concert pianist in his youth, now plays for tips and drunks at the Rainbow Grill.