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Sentence Openers and Transitions 115 #2 Prepositional Sentence Opener 117 #2 Prepositional Openers (Advanced) 118 #3 -ly Adverb Opener 119 #4 -ing Opener 121 #5 Clausal Opener (www.asia.b) 123 #6 VSS (Very Short Sentence) 125 #T Transitional Opener 127. Decorations 129. Alliteration 131 Question, Conversation 132 Quotation 133

For the next series of blog posts, we will turn our attention to the sentence openers, the second component in the Stylistic Techniques Chart listed on page 171 of Teaching Writing: Structure and Style, Second Edition (TWSS). As you might imagine, sentence openers start sentences. Today’s blog post will focus on the #2 prepositional opener.

Lesson 24 U.S. Constitution / #4 Sentence Opener 131 CREATIVE WRITING (IEW UNIT VII) Lesson 25 The Bill of Rights—Freedom of Religion / Writing from a Prompt 137 Lesson 26 Francis Scott Key and the Flag / Grammar: Avoid the Indefinite “You” 145 CRITIQUES (IEW UNIT IX) Lesson 27 Lewis and Clark Expedition / Critique Model 149

It presents all six dress-ups and all of the sentence openers. The SWI-C teaches students how to write paragraphs, compose stories, take notes from a lecture, write simple reports, and how to outline and write a basic essay. It presents all six dress-ups, all six sentence openers, and the six decorations. See below for topics covered in each group:

DRAMATIC OPENERS—HOOKS Dramatic openers are designed to grab the reader’s attention. A dramatic opener for a single paragraph is often a very short sentence placed before the topic sentence. More often, dramatic openers are used to begin an entire report or essay. In these, another very short sentence may also be placed at the end of the

iew class posters - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. The document provides examples of different writing techniques including sentence openers, dress ups, quotations, and descriptions. Some examples are a quotation exclaiming about getting a puppy, a dramatic opening describing a nightmare, and a simile comparing a smile to the warmth of ...

The IEW sentence openers are descriptive words, phrases, and clauses used to open a sentence. Placed before a main clause, sentence openers alter the emphasis of a sentence and affect the rhythm of the composition. ... Students are taught dress-ups and then sentence openers one by one following the EZ+1 principle. Students learn the -ly adverb ...

II. Topic Sentence B 1. 2. details, examples, facts, 3. explanations of topic 4. 5. Clincher B III. Topic Sentence C 1. 2. details, examples, facts, 3. explanations of topic 4. 5. Clincher C Final Clincher reflects title. A final sentence may also be used to conclude the report. The final sentence can reflect the opening and the title. å Cut ...

The Dreaded Sentence Opener #4 (-ing) Pattern: -ing word or phrase + comma + person/thing doing the “ing” action + main verb This is EASY IFF (if and only if) you use the 4 steps. Sentence must have 4 elements in this order: 1. -ing word/phrase 2. comma 3. person/thing doing both the “ing” action and the main verb action 4. main verb

(See Appendix for an explanation of IEW’s sentence openers. I do not mark all #1 sentences, but continue if your students need the added practice.) To the right of each Fix-It, you will find brief explanations of errors in that passage, with the exception of obvious or frequent errors, such as periods at the ends of sentences.

Sentence openers should always be indicated by writing the correct sentence opener number in the margin. 1. Subject opener: A sentence that starts with a subject or has a subject near the beginning of the sentence. The tortoise felt confident and challenged the hare to a race. You must put the number of the opener in the margin next to the ...

1) begin some sentences with something other than the subject 2) use sentences of varying lengths These are called sentence openers. Like dress-ups, the goal is to include one of each sentence opener in every paragraph. Today, we introduced the #2 Prepositional Opener, which is a prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence.

about the effects of these openers to discuss with your tutor. Refer to the models of these sentence openers provided on page two. 1. Effects of using a prepositional phrase as a sentence opener: 2. Effects of using a transition word as a sentence opener: yesterday my sister forgot grocery shopping. A stranger complimented him on his new shoes

IEW Unit IX: Critiques of Literature Avoiding “I” and “my” 14–15 IEW Unit VI: Multiple Source Research Reports Adverb clauses: www.asia.because Clause Dress‐up #5 Sentence Opener 16–18 IEW Unit VI & VIII: Research Reports in Formal Essay Format Continued

Place a comma after the sentence opener, if a noun follows. Examples: To smile takes great effort. To play the game, Mark had to sign a contract. __ing Verbs and Nouns Start a phrase with an __ing word that acts as an adjective. Usually place a comma after the sentence opener. Start a phrase with an __ing word that serves as a noun. Usually do not

Day 33 / 103 - IEW Sentence Openers One of the stylistic techniques taught in the IEW program is Sentence Openers. In my few years of using this program, I have found that by modifying the way a sentence reads, it leads to more powerful and effective writing. Obviously, most children write sentences that read subject-verb-object.

Sentence openers provide writers with the chance to bring interest and variety to their sentences. In this lesson you have learned to use several kinds of sentence openers: dependent clause, prepositional phrases, infinitive phrases, -ing word groups, and transitional words. Always separate your sentence openers from the main statement they

IEW, 8799 N 387 Rd, Locust Grove, OK 74352 www.excellenceinwriting.com 800.856.5815 #1 Chronological Paragraph (Page 41) ... Dress-ups & Sentence Openers (Decoration/Triple) Topic and clincher sentences repeat/reflect 2-3 key words All details within paragraph support topic sentence

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