Sentence Fluency

 

Fluent writing has rhythm.  Sentences vary in length and structure.  It is easy and pleasurable to read aloud.  

It is important to think about:

Is my story easy to read?
Do my sentences begin in different ways?
Did I use some long and some short sentences?
Does my paper sound smooth as I read it aloud?

 

Picture Books ~ Picture Books show how authors use sentence fluency to make their stories flow.
 

 

Developing Sentence Fluency
  Old Black Fly by Jim Ayelsworth
  The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
  Night Noises by Mem Fox
  My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
  Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
  The Web Files by Margie Palatini
  Wump World by Bill Peet
  Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
  Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski
  King Bidgood's In the Bathtub by Audrey and Don Wood
  John Henry by Julies Lester
  Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
  A Drop of Water by Walter Wick

 

 

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