Transcript Spivey Patterns

Spivey Patterns
Creating more “colorful”
sentences
NOUN-PART Patterns
-ING in the Beginning
Example:
– Leaping with excitement, Brady told
his mother how he won the contest.
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-ING Practice/Samples
Who/What + action + ing
• Example:
– The mailman carried the mail, his
letters swinging from side to side.
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-who/what + action + action + -ing
• Example:
– As I sat in my living room, I watched
the stars, my eyes gazing at the
beautiful site above.
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-who/what + action + action + action
+ -ing
• Example:
– All morning long, my little brother,
Michael banged on pots, screamed like a
lion was attacking him, and destroyed the
house, his behavior bothering us all.
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who/what + action + noun-part + ing
• Example:
– The man leaped off the huge cliff, his
loud voice echoing through the wind.
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who/what + action + noun-part + ing
Part II
• Example:
– The batter hit the ball, its red stripes
spinning wildly through the air.
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SAMPLE
WHO + ACTION
+ L Y, +
NOUN-part + ING
The thief opened the safe carefully, his hands shaking as he
worked.
WHO + ACTION + L Y, +
NOUN-part + ING
The bear growled angrily, its paws flailing in the air.
-ING + who + action + action + action
Hurrying to finish, he pulled out all the money and jewels,
shoved them into a large cloth bag, and left through the
window.
-ING + who + action + action + when + where
Burning with force, the fire ripped through rooms and
destroyed everything in its path as it continued to rage
inside the entire house.
Writing a Paragraph
Putting it Together
Writer’s Notebook
SENTENCE 1: WHO or WHAT + ACTION + LY,
+ NOUN-part+ ING.
SENTENCE 2: WITH/WITHOUT/BY+ WHO or
WHAT + ACTION + WHERE.
SENTENCE 3: WHEN, + WHO or WHAT,
RENAMER GROUP, + ACTION.
SENTENCE 4: -lNG, WHO OR WHAT +
ACTION + ACTION +ACTION GROUP 3.
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