Parallel structure in a list
Teacher edition · Grade 6 · Lesson 20 ·
Sentence drill
Writing Book 6 · sheet 59
Every item in a list takes the shape of the first.
2. Your turn
In your notebook: make this move on four sentences, double-spaced.
Below is what a full, correct answer looks like. Children's wording will differ and should — mark the thing this lesson taught, not everything at once.
Read one sentence before and after the move.model — accept any answer that does the same job
3. Before you finish
Read one sentence before and after the move.
Watch forReading the list aloud finds it faster than any rule. Have them hear it before they analyze it.