Sentence combining is great for that. You can create "kernel"
sentences from sentences taken from texts that the students
are reading for class. After they've combined the sentences in
a variety of ways, reveal the original text and discuss the
effect that the author's choice of style has on the reader.

On 7/02/09, Mark Pennington wrote:
> The College Board lists sentence variety front and center
> in their writing rubrics. Aside from direct grammar
> instruction via DOL, workbooks, and diagramming, what
> instructional techniques work best for teaching sentence
> variety in the context of student writing?

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