The 19 Best Sentences of 2017
Slate posted The 19 Best Sentences of 2017, which in itself is extremely helpful to anyone looking for interesting sentences to share in sentence studies and mini-lessons. I think this list can be used in a variety of ways:
* Share some or all of the sentences on the list with students and discuss what criteria may have been used to determine that these sentences are, in fact, the best.
* Invite students to name the sentence on the list they would consider “the best of the best” and cite the reasons for their choice.
* Invite students to nominate sentences from their own reading that will be considered for The Best Sentences of the Year or The Best Sentences of the Semester. Determine selection criteria and select which nominated sentences will make the final list.