Grammar in Context

NOTICING

Copy the following sentence and be prepared to discuss what you notice.

“Looking up the valley, I shrugged.”

--Phoenix Rising

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING

Copy the following sentences from Phoenix Rising, and be prepared to

discuss how they are similar and different.

“Plunging my stinging hands deep inside my pockets, I pulled my arms tight to my sides and tried to hold my shivering in.”

“Keeping my arm around Muncie, I helped her to the road, guiding her to the tire tracks.”

COLLABORATING

Using the following example, let’s write a similar sentence.

“Grabbing the detector, I returned silently up the steps.”

--Phoenix Rising

IMITATING

It’s your turn! Using the following sentences from Phoenix Rising as

examples, create a sentence of your own.

“Brushing back the sides of my hair, I signed and sat down on the bed’s edge.”

“Coming back into the open, the fog engulfed me.”

CELEBRATING

Let’s celebrate by sharing our sentences.

• Partner Share--check to make sure both of you wrote your sentences correctly

• Large-group share

APPLYING

Now it’s time to apply these sentences to your writing. Select a piece of writing from your writing folder. Use the following sentences from Phoenix Rising as example to help you enhance one or two sentences in your writing.

“Plunging my stinging hands deep inside my pockets, I pulled my arms tight to my sides and tried to hold my shivering in.”

“Coming back into the open, the fog engulfed me.”

MORE CELEBRATING

Let’s celebrate by sharing our sentences.

• Partner Share--check to make sure both of you wrote your sentences correctly

• Large-group share