Larchmont, NY. www.eyeoneducation.com. All rights reserved. 156 Name: Date: Using Complex Sentences to Link Ideas Revise the passage below. Use compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to link ideas and improve the flow of the paragraph. Selena Gomez is a well-known actress. She began her career on Barney and Friends. Years later, she guest-starred on two shows. Those shows were The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Hannah Mon- tana. Then she got her big break. She landed the lead on Wizards of Waverly Place. She plays Alex. Selena is not just an actress. She is also a singer. She has two albums. She even designed a clothing line, Dream Out Loud. It is sold at Kmart. Selena is also well-known for having dated other celebri- ties. She went out with Nick Jonas from the Jonas Brothers. She also went out with Taylor Lautner. Or you might know him as Jacob from Twilight. Now she is dating singer Justin Bieber. Reproduced with permission from Davis, Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 6-8. Copyright 2013 Routledge All rights reserved. www.routledge.com
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Name: Date:
Using Complex Sentences to Link IdeasRevise the passage below. Use compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to link ideas and improve the flow of the paragraph.
Selena Gomez is a well-known actress. She began her career on Barney and Friends. Years later, she
guest-starred on two shows. Those shows were The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Hannah Mon-
tana. Then she got her big break. She landed the lead on Wizards of Waverly Place. She plays Alex.
Selena is not just an actress. She is also a singer. She has two albums. She even designed a clothing
line, Dream Out Loud. It is sold at Kmart. Selena is also well-known for having dated other celebri-
ties. She went out with Nick Jonas from the Jonas Brothers. She also went out with Taylor Lautner.
Or you might know him as Jacob from Twilight. Now she is dating singer Justin Bieber.
00i-196_CCLL_6-8_4p.indb 156 8/30/12 3:03 PM
Reproduced with permission from Davis, Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 6-8.Copyright 2013 Routledge
All rights reserved. www.routledge.com
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