Chunking 2

Title it: Chunking to Imitate       January 20/21, 2015 Directions:  Copy the model and then copy the sentence that imitates it.  Then chunk both the model and the sentence that imitates it into meaningful sentence parts, using a slash mark (/). 1. MODEL:  His face was bloody, his shirt torn and bloody down the front.                    Hal Borland, When the Legends Die a. The day was perfect, the sky blue and perfect in the heavens. b. His sister married someone they didn’t know, a stranger to the family. 2. MODEL: Big, rough teenagers jostled through the crowd, their sleeves rolled high enough to show off blue and red tattoos.                -- Robert Lipsyte, The Contender a. An old, large man reached for the available chair and sat down, huffing and puffing, before I could get there. b.   Silent, silver fish moved through the tank, their bodies sleek enough to suggest larger and more dangerous predators.