Learning Objective: Today we will combine simple sentences to make a more interesting sentence.

1. Learning Objective: Today we will combine simple sentences to make a more interesting sentence. We will use adjectives, appositives, and participial phrases to combine our sentences

2. What will we combine today? Today we will combine simple sentences using adjectives, appositives, and participial phrases.

3. Discuss with your partner which word is the adjective? Adjectives describe the noun. Michael put the red and white eraser in his box.

4. Sentence combing:Sentence combining is making one smoother, more detailed sentence out of two or more shorter sentences • Example: • Short Sentences: • I have new shoes.    • My shoes are brown. • Sentences combined with an adjective: • I have new brown shoes.   Describes the noun

5. Steps for combining sentences with adjectives • The girl raised her hand to ask a question. • The girl was tall. • Read the sentences • Identify the adjective • Combine the sentences • Adjectives describe the noun The tall girl raised her hand to ask a question.

6. Steps for combining sentences with adjectives • The popsicle melted in the sun. 2. The popsicle was strawberry flavored • Read the sentences • Identify the adjective • Combine the sentences • Adjectives describe the noun The strawberry popsicle melted in the sun.

7. Steps for combining sentences with adjectives 1. The boy next door was playing with his dog. 2. The boy is nice and kind. • Read the sentences • Identify the adjective • Combine the sentences • Adjectives describe the noun The nice and kind boy next door was playing with his dog.

8. Appositives • Appositive – a word or group of words that tell more about the subject. Example: Mrs. Fajardo, our principal, wants us to do well on the CSTs. • What is an appositive?

9. Steps for Combining sentences using appositives • Read the two sentences. • Identify how the two sentences are related. • Choose the appositive that will describe the subject. • Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive. 1.Our soccer team dashed to victory last night. 2.Our team is called the Eagles. • Our soccer team,the Eagles, dashed to victory last night.

10. Steps for Combining sentences using appositives • Read the two sentences. • Identify how the two sentences are related. • Choose the appositive that will describe the subject. • Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive. 1.Jason won the science prize. 2.Jason was the new student. • Jason,the new student, won the science prize.

11. Steps for Combining sentences using appositives • Read the two sentences. • Identify how the two sentences are related. • Choose the appositive that will describe the subject. • Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive. 1.Michael had never ridden on a plane. 2.Michael grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico. • Michael,who grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, had never ridden on a plane.

12. Partner Share Adjectives that look like verbs that end with –ing or past tense: The whispering wind blew across the city. Identify the participilein the following sentences The smiling child enjoyed her ice cream. The broken car stop in the middle of the road.

13. Participial Phrases- are phrases that makes the rest of the sentence more interesting,. Examples: Participial phrases can be placed at the beginning of a sentence. Holding the sword steady, the knight approached the dragon. Participial Phrases can be placed in the middle of a sentence. The knight, holding the sword steady, approached the dragon. Sometimes you can add “while’ at the beginning of the sentences While holding the sword,the knight approached the dragon.

14. Combining Sentences with participial phrases • Read the sentences • Identify the participial phrase and the noun it is describing • Combine sentenced by placing the participial phrase at the beginning or middle of the sentence • Use a comma 1.The fire fighters put out the fires. 2.They worked around the clock. Working around the clock, the fire fighters put out the fires. The fire fighters, working around the clock, put out the fires.

15. Combining Sentences with participial phrases • Read the sentences • Identify the participial phrase and the noun it is describing • Combine sentenced by placing the participial phrase at the beginning or middle of the sentence • Use a comma 1. The day before yesterday I was walking on the beach. 2.I lost my earring there. While walking on the beach, the day before yesterday I lost my earring there. The day before yesterday, while walking in the beach, I lost my earring there.

16. Combining Sentences with participial phrases • Read the sentences • Identify the participial phrase and the noun it is describing • Combine sentenced by placing the participial phrase at the beginning or middle of the sentence • Use a comma 1.Maria was waiting in the next room. 2.She heard every word we said. Waiting in the next room, Maria heard every word we said. Maria, waiting in the next room, heard every word we said.

17. The Importance of combing sentence Helps to improve our writing so our sentences don’t sound the same.