Sentence Composing

Hatchet

G. Paulsen

Chunking to Imitate

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Model:

Then he turned and stood still with the sun at his back and studied the water again.

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Chunked:

Then he turned / and stood still/ with the sun at his back/ and studied the water again.

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Imitation

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Chunking to Imitate

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Model:

He was in the bushes in moments scattering the birds grabbing branches stripping them to fill his mouth with berries.

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Chunked:

He was in the bushes in moments / scattering the birds / grabbing branches / stripping them to fill his mouth with berries.

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Imitation:

Unscrambling

• and trotted back around the lake Then he picked up the • where the fire had burned down spear and bow and • to glowing coals • then he picked up • the spear and the bow • to his shelter, trotted back around the lake to his shelter, where the fire had burned down to glowing coals.

Unscrambling – cued with

punctuation

• until it stopped wiggling, • at what he had done.

• He held the fish • against the sky • and felt his throat tighten, • swell, • and fill with pride • held it and looked to the sky He held the fish against the sky until it stopped wiggling, held it and looked to the sky and felt his throat tighten, swell, and fill with pride at what he had done.

Unscrambling

• looked inside He walked to the • he walked to the next cabin next cabin, looked • huddled in the corner • and saw a body inside, and saw a body huddled in the corner.

Unscrambling to imitate

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Model:

When he awakened the sun was cooking the inside of his mouth and had dried his tongue to leather.

List:

• the sun was cooking • and had dried his back • like sandpaper • when he awakened • the nape of his neck

Imitation:

When he awakened the sun was cooking the nape of his neck and had dried his back like sandpaper.

Unscrambling to imitate: your turn

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Model:

Sitting alone in the dark, his leg aching, some mosquitoes finding him again, he started crying.

List:

• his legs aching • running ahead of the pack • he started wheezing • some mud splattering his t-shirt

Imitation: