Prez on Sentence Fluency

1. Writing Galactic
Brain Sentences

2. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
To/Be Verbs
My cat is crazy.

3. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
To/Be Verbs
I like to drive.

4. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
To/Be Verbs
Mr. Stearns seems nice.

5. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
active Verbs
My cat assaults the postman by
sinking his teeth into his
unprotected jugular.
Sentences
with active
verbs

6. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
ACTIVE Verbs
I swerve through the curves of
Mulholland Drive.
Sentences
with active
verbs

7. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
ACTIVE Verbs
Mr. Stearns explains the meaning of
life in simple terms.
Sentences
with active
verbs

8. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Punctuation and
branches
My cat, who is probably a psychopath,
assaults the postman every day.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching

9. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Punctuation and
branches
Because he is a psychopath, my cat
assaults the postman every day.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching

10. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Punctuation and
branches
My cat assaults the postman every day,
probably because he’s a psychopath.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching

11. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Punctuation and
branches
I swerve through the curves of Mulholland Drive; the palm
trees whip by my windows faster and faster until I feel like I’ve
achieved time travel.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching

12. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Punctuation and
branches
I swerve—one hand on the wheel , the other on the stick shift
— through the curves of Mulholland Drive.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching

13. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Punctuation and
branches
I couldn’t live without my car: my commute down
Mulhullond Drive makes life worth living.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching

14. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Parallel structures
Cumulative Sentence:
My cat cannot help being a
psychopath, regularly attacking
postal workers.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching
Parallel
Structures!

15. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Parallel structures
Cumulative Sentence with
parallel:
My cat cannot help being a
psychopath, a psychopath who
hungers for the taste of postal
worker blood.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching
Parallel
Structures!

16. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Parallel structures
Cumulative Sentence with
multiple parallels:
My cat cannot help being a
psychopath, a psychopath who
hungers for the taste of postal worker
blood, a pyschopath who lulls you into
a false sense of security, only to
puncture your jugular when you least
expect it.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching
Parallel
Structures!

17. Boring
Sentences
Sentences with
Parallel structures
Items-in-a-series with multiple
parallels:
My psychopathic cat slaughters mice,
terrorizes postmen, waylays small
children, and pretends to be a
completely normal animal.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching
Parallel
Structures!

18. Boring
Sentences
YOuR TURN
Take This Sentence and Make it
Smart
The elephant is eating grass.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching
Parallel
Structures!

19. Boring
Sentences
YOuR TURN
Take This Sentence and Make
it Brilliant
Gordon got a bad haircut.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching
Parallel
Structures!

20. Boring
Sentences
YOuR TURN
Take This Sentence and Make
it GALACTIC!
Vampires attacked Seattle.
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching
Parallel
Structures!

21. Boring
Sentences
Individual Practice
Go to CANVAS and do the
Sentence Practice Classwork
assignment
Sentences
with active
verbs
Alternative
Punctuation
and Branching
Parallel
Structures!