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Complete & Varied Sentences

Complete & Varied Sentences. Essential Question: How do I write complete sentences and use varied sentence structure in my writing to give it a lively personal style and make it professional? . What is a sentence? . A complete thought Has a subject (a noun or pronoun)

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Complete & Varied Sentences

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  1. Complete & Varied Sentences Essential Question: How do I write complete sentences and use varied sentence structure in my writing to give it a lively personal style and make it professional?

  2. What is a sentence? • A complete thought • Has a subject (a noun or pronoun) • Has a verb (something the noun or pronoun is doing or being) Are these complete sentences? When we went to the store. She told me to pick up my books.

  3. Independent vs. Dependent Clauses Independent Clauses • A complete sentence • Can stand alone Dependent Clauses • Not a complete sentence • Cannot stand alone • Must be attached to an independent clause to be a sentence • Aka…subordinate clause

  4. Types of Sentences • Simple: one independent clause • Compound: two independent clauses together • Complex: one independent clause attached to at least one dependent clause

  5. Simple Sentences • Ask yourself • Is it complete? • Does it have a subject? What is it? • Does it have a verb? What is it? • Does it express one thought?

  6. Compound Sentences • Two independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction or a semi-colon • Must be two independent clauses that are closely related in ideas

  7. Coordinating Conjunctions Semi-colon • F for • A and • N nor • B but • O or • Y yet • S so • Always put a comma BEFORE the conjunction when joining Independent clauses together Joining Independent Clauses together

  8. Compound Sentences Make the following sentences compound • The blinds were closed. The doors were locked. • The mailman has arrived. He does not have my package. • Becky will draw the map herself. If not, Jim will help her.

  9. Complex Sentences • One independent clause joined to at least one dependent clause. • Must be two or more clauses that are closely related in topic.

  10. Where do I join? How do I join? • Beginning…of a sentence • Middle…of a sentence • End…of a sentence • Beginning…followed by a comma • Middle…surrounded by commas • End…doesn’t usually need any extra punctuation • Usually starts with a subordinating conjuntion Joining independent & dependent clauses

  11. Subordinating Conjunctions Most common subordinating conjunctions After as though since when although Because so that whenever as before Than where as if how though Wherever as long as if unless while As soon as in order that until whether

  12. Complex Sentences Make the following sentences complex • Many visitors arrived. The gates opened. • The Aztecs practiced a religion. It affected every part of their lives. • We stopped at a roadside stand. There we bought some apples.

  13. Compare your notes with your 2 o’clock appt. Add any information you feel you missed Highlight, box, underline, circle important information Write two lower level questions and two higher level questions in the question column. After Class

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