Mastering Subordinate Conjunctions: A Creative Challenge

1. Subordinating Conjunctions Review

2. Subordinate Conjunctions… • Make a sentence less important (incomplete) • Make a sentence dependent on another sentence in order to make sense

3. Common subordinate conjunctions are… • When • Whenever • While • As • Since • Because • If • So that • Although • Even though • As soon as

4. If you add a subordinate conjunction to a subject and predicate, look what happens: John threw the ball immediately Because John threw the ball immediately,

5. After a subordinate conjunction is added, a complete sentence must also be added to make sense • Because John threw the ball immediately, the playerwas out. his first basemanhad to be alert. hewas able to give his team a chance at winning the game.

6. A subordinate clause: • Starts with a subordinate conjunction • Is followed by a subject and predicate • Depends on another subject and predicate (complete sentence) to make sense • Example: [If youlike ice cream], youshould try the Marble Slab Creamery.

7. Subordinate clause poems… • Start with 4 subordinate clauses • Each clause is followed by a comma • End with a complete sentence (subject and predicate)

8. A poem might look like this: When I traveled to the airport, After the transport truck jack-knifed, Because the 401 was jam-packed, Since I was stuck in traffic, I almost missed my flight.

9. Or this: If Bobwants to pass this course, Because hedoesn’t want to go to summer school, Since hehas a summer part-time job, When the teacherassigns projects, Hewill hand everything in.

10. Your turn! • Write two subordinate clause poems and hand them in for marking.