Writer's Choice Grade 9

Unit 12: Phrases

Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
In this unit, students have studied prepositional, appositive, and verbal phrases. In this lesson, they will practice using participial phrases to combine sentences.

Lesson Description
Students will use a participial phrase to combine five sentence pairs.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will be able to correctly use participial phrases.
2. Students will be able to write more clearly and concisely.

1. Having witnessed the accident only moments before, Megan rushed to help the victims.
2. Chung Sook watched his sister walking away.
3. The salesperson, tapping his foot, glared at Sandra.
4. Trenell looked at Marvella, his face etched with concern.
5. Poorly paid for his writing, Edgar Allan Poe died penniless.

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