Surface+Revision+Through+Sentence+Branching

= = Back

To get more sophisticated sentence variety from students, I teach them the three places a sentence can be branched: front, middle, and end. Take the following simple sentence, for example:

//I drove my car to the beach.//

Front Branch:
//__Hurriedly,__ I drove my car to the beach. __After getting off work,__ I drove my car to the beach.// //__With my girlfriend sitting next to me,__ I drove my car to the beach.//

Middle Branch:
//I drove my car, __radio blasting__, to the beach. I drove my car, __a '68 Chevy__, to the beach. I drove my car, __without a driver's license__, to the beach.//

End Branch:
//I drove my car to the beach, __hoping to find a good parking spot.__ I drove my car to the beach, __unaware of the policeman behind me.__ I drove my car to the beach, __praying the waves would be good.__//

(Gallagher)

Back