Grade 2 Spring — Opinion Writing, Pronouns/Adverbs/Prepositions, and Word-Building with Prefixes and Suffixes
English · GR G2 eng.g2.s.gr.sentence_produce_expand_rearrange

Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (L.2.1.f)

Take a kernel sentence and (a) expand it with adjectives/adverbs/prepositional phrases, (b) rearrange parts (move a prepositional phrase to the front for emphasis), (c) combine two short sentences into a compound sentence with and/but/or/so/because.

Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
12
Typical minutes
40
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Combines two short sentences with just a comma (comma splice: 'I ran, I fell.').
  • Rearranges without re-capitalizing the new first word or re-punctuating the moved phrase.

Exercise pool (2)

Diff Stem Type
2 Take the kernel 'Recess is the best part of the day.' Expand it once with BUT and once with SO. Use a comma before each. kernel expand but so
3 Take the kernel 'The dog ran.' Expand it three times: (a) add an ADJECTIVE; (b) add an ADVERB; (c) add a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE. kernel expand three moves