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Clauses and sentence types lesson.ppt
- 1. EQ: How doesunderstanding of sentence structure affect my writing success?
- 2. There are twotypes of clauses: 1) Independent clause 2)Dependent (subordinate) clause
- 3. An independentclause has a subject and a verb. It can stand by itself as a complete sentence. - We wanted to get home before the rainstorm. - I earned an A on my research paper.
- 4. A dependentclause has a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence. Dependent clauses often have transitional adverbs which clue the reader into it being a dependent clause: ◦ Which ◦ Because ◦ Even though ◦ When Which is why we left early. Because I worked on my citations every night.
- 5. There arefour different sentence types: ◦Simple ◦Compound ◦Complex ◦Compound-complex
- 6. Contain oneindependent clause (one subject and verb combination) They stand by themselves as complete sentences. EX: My dog ate the pizza. EX: Aren’t you excited to give your speech? EX: Dogs, rabbits and kitty cats have toenails, incisor teeth, feet and ears.
- 7. Contain 2independent clauses. The clauses are joined in one of two ways: 1) A comma and a conjunction 2) A semicolon EX: My dog ate the pizza, and my cat drank all the Gatorade. EX: Speeches are fun, but completing worksheets is not fun. EX: We have conferences Thursday; I’ll be here until 8:30. EX: She had coffee this morning; it was French roast.
- 8. Contain 1independent clause and 1 dependent clause They are typically joined with a comma or without punctuation: EX: I ate breakfast because I was hungry. EX: Even though the bad guys have Superman surrounded, he always fights his way out and wins.
- 9. Contain 2or more independent clauses and 1 dependent clause. EX: Students always turn their work in on time, and their parents are happy because they work so hard. I earned an A on my research paper, so I passed the course, which was my goal all along.
- 10. Write thison the back of your Cornell notes. You are to write two independent clauses and one dependent clause using the following images; exchange with a partner and create two different types of sentences (not simple) from the clauses they’ve written.
- 13. With theperson next to you, identify the independent and dependent clauses in the sentences, add any necessary punctuation, then state whether the sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound- complex.
- 14. I lovefrozen custard so I go to my local Culver’s because they have vanilla Research papers are tough but they’re great experience Even though I recorded my sources I have problems with the Works Cited page Mr C will collect our outlines in class so I did mine last night Her outline is late she forgot about it The final draft should be easy because I just have to change a couple things It is Thursday and I am ready for break because this has been a long week
- 15. Today isa reading day I remembered my novel Yesterday I forgot my pencil my notebook my textbook my binder and my coffee If you study you’ll do better and you’ll impress your parents Colleges will always evaluate your high school grade point average Punctuation is sometimes boring but it will appear on the English section of the ACT My writing has been strong so I will take the writing portion of the ACT
- 16. In partners,create a fictional story using characters and plot events. ◦ Use all 10 vocab words correctly ◦ Underline vocab words Change the forms of the words where possible. ◦ Use exactly 2 of each sentence type (completed assignment will be exactly 8 sentences in length) Simple Compound Complex Compound-complex