{"product_id":"getting-started-with-elementary-school-donald-killgallon-9780325092300","title":"Getting Started with Elementary School Sentence Composing: A Student Worktext","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sentence composing provides acrobatic training in sentence dexterity. It uses literature as a writing school with a faculty of professional writers who virtually teach students to build better sentences.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eDon and Jenny Killgallon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Getting Started with Elementary School Sentence Composing\u003c\/em\u003e introduces the powerful Sentence-Composing approach at a perfect time -- elementary school -- to give students a strong foundation in writing. Using real sentences by authors as models, the approach provides practice with four tools that skilled writers use to build strong sentences: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOpeners\u003c\/strong\u003e to vary sentence beginnings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSplits\u003c\/strong\u003e to vary sentence middles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClosers \u003c\/strong\u003eto vary sentence endings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMixes \u003c\/strong\u003eto add details in two or three places \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlong the way, Don and Jenny Killgallon provide support for students, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBasic sentence training\u003c\/strong\u003e - activities to understand subjects, predicates, and their roles in sentence building \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBroken sentences\u003c\/strong\u003e - exercises to identify, repair, and avoid fragments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVocabulary scaffolds \u003c\/strong\u003e- \"quickshots\" to include an immediate, clear definition in context for challenging words\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Killgallon,Jenny Killgallon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0325092303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780325092300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.20w x 0.30d","brand":"Donald Killgallon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742240616703,"sku":"9780325092300","price":30.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/getting-started-with-elementary-school-donald-killgallon-9780325092300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}