Showing Causes: Pattern One

The colonies won their independence because of this revolution.

Showing Causes: Pattern Two

Slaves did most of the hard work on the plantations because it was cheaper to use slaves from Africa.

You will recognize the names of the colonies because they are now states.

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What do these sentences have in common?  Are the sentences presenting similar ideas? How do these sentences present these ideas differently?

A. Complete the following sentences in one of the sentence patterns above.

 Go to the Writing Mentor if you need more help with the different patterns.

1.The pilgrims came to America   they wanted religious freedom.

2. their religious disobedience, King James wanted the Pilgrims to die in the colonies.

3. Many people became indentured servants   they didn't have the money to pay for a trip to America.

4.   the American Colonies belonged to England, they were supposed to obey England.

5. The southern plantations profited from cheap labor   slavery.

B. A sentence is a complete idea that begins with a capital letter (A) and ends with a period (.).  The following paragraph has complete sentences, but the capital letters and periods are missing.  Add the capitals and periods.  Make sure the sentences are a complete idea that makes sense.

The Pilgrims had a very difficult time getting to America  they left England in September  the trip across took 65 days  during that time, they ate cold food  they got sick  one person died  others had terrible disagreements they were supposed to settle in Virginia however bad weather drove them north  they landed in Plymouth in November  the winter was cold with much snow  they had trouble building their settlement  it was too late to plant anything  they didn’t know which of the local plants were good  of the original 110 persons who landed in Plymouth, only 50 survived their first winter 

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Description of a Village: Complete this practice after you finish your project. 

Write a description of the village diagram that you created. In words, create a picture in your reader's mind.  Tell where the different things will be; describe their size and special qualities. Give good details and put them in order. 

Go to the Writing Mentor for help with writing a description.