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jake

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Why is word usage important, and what are two ways a teacher can help students improve their word usage?
 
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Describe the following sentence-composing strategies: sentence imitating, sentence combining, sentence expanding, and sentence unscrambling.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Using the appropriate form of a word helps the reader stay focused on the message. Inappropriate noun or verb forms can mislead or confuse readers. Literature can be used as examples of correct word usage. Grammar workshops can focus on word usage by using literature as models.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Sentence imitating: Pick a sentence from a favorite children's book that illustrates a specific sentence structure. Using the sentence as a model, write several sentences that imitate the same structure. Use sentence-combining activities to help students learn to write fewer sentences with more information in them than small, individual sentences have. Sentence expanding helps students increase the complexity of their sentences by showing them how to expand sentences. This is useful to illustrate the role of subordinate clauses and phrases. Sentence unscrambling helps students focus on the best order or arrangement of words in sentences. It can also be used to highlight punctuation at various points in a sentence.


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