Sentence Combining (EXPAND-COMBINE-REDUCE) and Greek/Latin Roots Part 2

Teacher writes 3 short choppy sentences. Children offer ways to combine.

• Project 3 sentences
• Affirm combining moves
• Bridge to today's lesson

Today you do two things: practice the EXPAND-COMBINE-REDUCE moves on your draft, AND meet 4 more Greek/Latin roots. EXPAND (add detail clauses or phrases) — start: 'Memory matters.' expanded: 'Memory matters because it carries the past forward into the present.' COMBINE (join two short sentences with a subordinator or coordinator) — start: 'The verse is short. The verse holds weight.' combined: 'Although the verse is short, it holds the weight of a paragraph in prose.' REDUCE (cut wordy filler, use stronger verbs) — start: 'The fact that verse form is something that slows the pace of the reader is part of why memoir-in-verse works.' reduced: 'Verse form slows the reader — and that is why memoir-in-verse works.' Watch teacher apply each to a sample paragraph from a child's draft. Each move is a revision tool, applied where it helps. Now meet 4 more roots from MG-20: SCOPE (Greek = view) — microscope, telescope, periscope. PORT (Latin = carry) — transport, import, portable. DICT (Latin = speak) — dictation, predict, contradict. SCRIB/SCRIPT (Latin = write) — scribble, manuscript, prescribe.

• Each move serves a different purpose. EXPAND for detail. COMBINE for flow. REDUCE for sharpness. Don't apply all three to the same sentence!

  model See narrative.

  prompt Teacher applies EXPAND-COMBINE-REDUCE moves to 3 sentences from a sample draft.

• When would you EXPAND vs. REDUCE the same sentence?
• Name the Greek root meaning 'view' and one example word.

M-5-F-GR-11-A Chart Physical / non-image

Reproduction of MG-19 at 11x17: three columns EXPAND / COMBINE / REDUCE, each with starting sentence and revised version. Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

MG-19 Chart

Sentence expand/combine/reduce anchor (L.5.3.a): three moves shown with worked examples. EXPAND — start: 'Verse slows time.' expanded: 'In Brown Girl Dreaming, Woodson uses verse form to slow time and let memory breathe across the page.' COMBINE — start: 'The verse is short. The verse holds weight.' combined: 'Although the verse is short, it holds the weight of a paragraph in prose.' REDUCE — start: 'The fact that verse form is something that slows the pace of the reader is part of why memoir-in-verse works.' reduced: 'Verse form slows the reader — and that is why memoir-in-verse works.' Bottom rule: 'Each move is a revision tool. Expand for detail; combine for flow; reduce for sharpness.' Print-ready 11x17.

• Take your draft. Apply EXPAND to one sentence, COMBINE to two short sentences, and REDUCE to one wordy sentence. Mark with stamps.

  scaffold MG-19 anchor; expand/combine/reduce card deck; revision-stamp set
• Use each of the 4 new roots in a sentence. Frame: 'The root ___ means ___; example word ___ is from this root.'

  scaffold Root card deck (4 cards in hand)

M-5-F-VOC-11-B Chart

Reproduction of MG-20 at 11x17 with today's 4 roots (SCOPE, PORT, DICT, SCRIB/SCRIPT) highlighted yellow. Each wedge shows root, definition, 3 example words. Print-ready.

MG-20 Chart

Greek/Latin roots wheel anchor (L.5.4.b): a circular wheel divided into 12 wedges, one per root, each with the root spelled in the center and example words on the outer edge. ROOTS: BIO (life — biology, biography, biosphere) / GEO (earth — geography, geology, geometry) / PHOTO (light — photograph, photosynthesis, photon) / GRAPH (write — autograph, paragraph, graphic) / SCOPE (view — microscope, telescope, periscope) / PORT (carry — transport, import, portable) / DICT (speak — dictation, predict, contradict) / SCRIB/SCRIPT (write — scribble, manuscript, prescribe) / STRUCT (build — structure, construct, instruct) / TELE (far — telephone, television, telegraph) / AUTO (self — automatic, autobiography, autograph) / PHON (sound — phonics, telephone, symphony). Bottom rule: 'When you meet a new word, look for a root you know.' Print-ready 11x17.

• Show your three revised sentences (one EXPANDED, one COMBINED, one REDUCED).
• List one example word for each of the 4 new roots.

• Star the move that helped your draft most.
• Predict: tomorrow we draft body paragraph 3 with citation.

• At home tonight, apply COMBINE to two short sentences from your home reading. Bring tomorrow.