Description
Writing a coherent MEMORY paragraph with confidence starts with unscrambling paragraphs and placing sentences in the correct order.
A reader cannot understand a scrambled sentence because the parts are out of order.
A reader cannot understand a scrambled paragraph because the sentences are out of order.
In the scrambled paragraph below, readers, confused, only know that the paragraph says something about a snake.
In a Nutshell
The two versions have exactly the same words, but the scrambled version is almost meaningless, a jumble of words, while the unscrambled version is meaningful, a collection of the snake’s actions that readers can easily understand
FOR EXAMPLE:
Scrambled Paragraph (sentence parts and sentences are out of order)
Were erect, which were truly like hypodermic needles, its two fangs. Was wide open the snake’s huge mouth. Flicked in every direction its forked black tongue, bursting from a hissing sound from its throat. At the air bit it, and from the fangs of yellowish venom spurted great gouts.
Unscrambled Paragraph (sentence parts and sentences are in order)
The snake’s huge mouth was wide open. Its two fangs, which were truly like hypodermic needles, were erect. It bit at the air, and great gouts of yellowish venom spurted from the fangs. Its forked black tongue flicked in every direction, a hissing sound bursting from its throat.
ASSIGNMENT SAMPLE:
Memory Paragraph: A memory paragraph lists scenes from the past recalled by the writer. Each word listed in this assignment, when unscrambled, will become one of the sentences in a memory paragraph from Pat Conroy’s South of Broad.
In Conroy’s paragraph, the narrator is recalling fondly a football game against an obviously superior team during which his own team bonded Strongly.
Unscramble and punctuate the vocabulary list to produce the six sentences in the paragraph. In each list, the sentence part that begins the sentence is Capitalized.
Important: Type or write out the list of six unscrambled sentences from the activity. In the next activity, students need that list to arrange the sentences into a paragraph that makes sense.
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If you wish to photocopy and/or digitally share any resource with another teacher, please purchase an additional license at a discounted rate under "My Purchases" tab on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Reproducing any part of this resource for more than one teacher, classroom, or for-profit educational and tutoring centers is strictly prohibited. Any portion of these instructional resources cannot be distributed or posted electronically without the express written permission of Kcurriculum Creative Learning Teacher.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Kay
KcurriculumPBL@gmail.com 2020-present - Kcurriculum Creative Learning®
Highlights
Description
Writing a coherent MEMORY paragraph with confidence starts with unscrambling paragraphs and placing sentences in the correct order.
A reader cannot understand a scrambled sentence because the parts are out of order.
A reader cannot understand a scrambled paragraph because the sentences are out of order.
In the scrambled paragraph below, readers, confused, only know that the paragraph says something about a snake.
In a Nutshell
The two versions have exactly the same words, but the scrambled version is almost meaningless, a jumble of words, while the unscrambled version is meaningful, a collection of the snake’s actions that readers can easily understand
FOR EXAMPLE:
Scrambled Paragraph (sentence parts and sentences are out of order)
Were erect, which were truly like hypodermic needles, its two fangs. Was wide open the snake’s huge mouth. Flicked in every direction its forked black tongue, bursting from a hissing sound from its throat. At the air bit it, and from the fangs of yellowish venom spurted great gouts.
Unscrambled Paragraph (sentence parts and sentences are in order)
The snake’s huge mouth was wide open. Its two fangs, which were truly like hypodermic needles, were erect. It bit at the air, and great gouts of yellowish venom spurted from the fangs. Its forked black tongue flicked in every direction, a hissing sound bursting from its throat.
ASSIGNMENT SAMPLE:
Memory Paragraph: A memory paragraph lists scenes from the past recalled by the writer. Each word listed in this assignment, when unscrambled, will become one of the sentences in a memory paragraph from Pat Conroy’s South of Broad.
In Conroy’s paragraph, the narrator is recalling fondly a football game against an obviously superior team during which his own team bonded Strongly.
Unscramble and punctuate the vocabulary list to produce the six sentences in the paragraph. In each list, the sentence part that begins the sentence is Capitalized.
Important: Type or write out the list of six unscrambled sentences from the activity. In the next activity, students need that list to arrange the sentences into a paragraph that makes sense.
TERMS OF USE Thank you for purchasing from my store. Please read the terms of use before distributing these materials. Your purchase(s) is good for a single-teacher (or teacher team) classroom, homeschool, or independent study teacher.
If you wish to photocopy and/or digitally share any resource with another teacher, please purchase an additional license at a discounted rate under "My Purchases" tab on Teachers Pay Teachers.
Reproducing any part of this resource for more than one teacher, classroom, or for-profit educational and tutoring centers is strictly prohibited. Any portion of these instructional resources cannot be distributed or posted electronically without the express written permission of Kcurriculum Creative Learning Teacher.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Kay
KcurriculumPBL@gmail.com 2020-present - Kcurriculum Creative Learning®
