Part I. Background 1. Writing Basics 2. The Importance of the Sentence 3. What Is Sentence Combining? Part II. Teaching and Assessment 4. The Cognitive Challenge of Combining Sentences 5. Types of Sentence-Combining Exercises 6. Teaching Sentences 7. Teaching Sentence Combining 8. Student Grouping 9. Assessment Part III. Sample Unit of Instruction, Practice Activities, and Exercises 10. Sample Unit of Instruction11. Practice Activities 12. Common Grammatical Terms and Exercise Sequence13. Word-, Phrase-, and Clause-Length Exercises14. Exercises with Multiple Grammatical Elements 15. Paragraph-Length ExercisesReferencesIndex