Group+3+Sentence+Combining


 * __Definition:__ ** Sentence Combining is a way to express information and ideas in one sentence instead of several. It allows the __#|writer__ to express thoughts in more concise way that is easier to read and understand.

Activity 22 Combining then Imitating pg. 70
 * __Example__ ** :

8. The birds migrated early from the Great Marsh. The migration was __in the spring of 1940.__

=** In the spring of 1940, the birds migrated early from the Great Marsh. **=

10. The meat hung in the smoke-house. It was __dry-cured for the feeding of dogs.__

**10. The meat, dry –cured for the feeding of the dogs, hung in the smoke-house. **
Activity 23 Combining Effectively Choose the correct sentence.

1b. While his eyes were bulging in the dark, the boy watched.
 * 1a. The boy watched, his eyes bulging in the dark.**

Effective writers can express in one sentence what ineffective writers express in several sentences.
 * __2-3 Ideas on Language:__ **

Sentences that are closely related can often be combined because it is difficult and boring to read short sentences that are similar.

Sentence combing helps the flow of reading and writing.