We had the same problem! I made them write sentences too. It WORKED. The key is to be consistent with it and make her do it - with or without tears.
My oldest daughter would cry and drag it out until it would take her 5 or more HOURS to write 25 - 50 sentences. So then we gave her a set time to have them completely in and for every minute she went over that time that was one more sentence she had to write.
I am not kidding you we sat up until 3am one night until she finished every single sentence. She didn't think I'd make her do it. I think after that she only had to write them one more time and she got them done in the time she was supposed to.
I also take neatness into account. If I can't read it, they have to write it over.
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