In this episode, Travis and Whitney explore sentence combining as a powerful revision strategy. They discuss how teaching students to combine basic sentences into more sophisticated ones significantly improves writing quality. This episode highlights the research base for this classroom practice, as well as sharing the authors' behind-the-scenes preparation for classroom implementation. episode transcript
Episode shout outs:
Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong
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