English Monday, October 17 Notes for today on PowerPoint You will need your Firewing books

and Interactive notebooks Today’s Title: Left side: Do Now

Right Side: Sentence Structure**Add title Sentence Structure in

your table of contents for 10-17-11

Today’s Agenda!! Sentences, sentences, sentences!! Around the world Partner practice Independent

practice

Do Now Create a timeline of what has

happened so far in Firewing(make sure you are including all the important events from the plot and the characters and their qualities).

ELA Standard

Writing 1.6: Revise writing to improve the

organization and consistency of ideas within and between

paragraphs.

CA ELA Standard: Reading 3.2: Analyze the effect

of the qualities of the character (e.g., courage or cowardice, ambition or laziness) on the plot and the resolution of the conflict.

Do Now Than and then are easily confused. Although the words

sound similar, their meanings are entirely different. Use than for making comparisons: Andrea is prettier than her sister. Use then when time is involved: First you moisturize, and then you apply make-up.

Fill in the blanks with then or than:

1.) If you think Sharon’s smart, _______ you’re insane.

2.) Jerry arrived, _____ Allan showed up. 3.) I ate breakfast, _____ I went for a run. 4.) I would rather eat breakfast ____ go

running.

Come in quietly Take out your notebooks Take out your homework from

Monday Write a number from 1-100 on the

top RIGHT hand corner of your sentence structure homework

Adding Variety to Sentence Structure

Many times throughout the year, we talked about simple, compound, and complex sentences. We are going to take one more look at them to ensure we are all ready to move on!!

To make your writing more interesting, you should try to vary your sentences in terms of length and structure. You can make some of your sentences long and others short.

How do you vary sentence structure?

You will want to use a variety of sentence structures in your writing. There are three types of sentences we will study in this lesson:

- Simple Sentence- Compound Sentence- Complex Sentence

The Simple SentenceA simple sentence has one independent clause (one subject and a verb):

I live in San Francisco.

Subject

Verb Can someone give me another example??

Compound SentenceA compound sentence contains two independent clauses that are joined together by a conjunction.

She works in the city, but she lives in the suburbs.

Independent Clause

Independent Clause

Compound Sentence

You can make a compound sentence by joining two logically related independent clauses by using…

- a semicolon- a coordinating conjunction- a transition

Using a Semicolon

Independent Clause ; Independent Clause

I love living in the city ; there are so many things to do.

Independent Clause

Independent Clause

Using a Coordinating ConjunctionIndependent Clause ,coordinating conjunction Independent Clause

He couldn’t watch the show , so he decided to tape it.

Independent Clause

Independent Clause

Coordinating Conjunctions

Logical Relationship Coordinating Conjunction

Addition And

Contrast But, yet

Choice Or, nor

Cause For

Result So

FANBOYS

For F And A Nor N But B Or O Yet Y So S

Another way to remember these is…

CAUTION!Do NOT use a comma every time you use the words and, or, but, nor, for, so, yet. Use a comma only when the coordinating conjunction joins two independent clauses.

Independent Clause

No comma- not an independent clause

The necklace was beautiful but expensive.

Simple Sentence

Using a Transition

Independent Clause ; transition , Independent Clause

I love San Francisco ; however, I hate the traffic.

Independent Clause

Independent Clause

Relationship TransitionAddition Moreover In addition

Furthermore Besides

Reinforcement/Emphasis IndeedIn fact

Contrast However On the contraryIn contrast On the other hand

Result or Effect As a result Thus Therefore

Exemplification For exampleFor instanceIn particular

Time Meanwhile (at the same time)Subsequently (after)Thereafter (after)

John cannot set up his typewriter

because the wall has no outlet.

Complex Sentences

A complex sentence contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clause.

Independent Clause

Dependent ClauseSubordinating Conjunction

Example- Complex Sentence

A complex sentence contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clause.

She will go to school in the city

until she finds a job.

Independent Clause

Dependent ClauseSubordinating Conjunction

When I first moved to the city,

I was afraid to drive the steep and narrow streets.

Complex Sentences

Use a comma after a dependent clause if it begins the sentence.

Subordinating Conjunction

Independent Clause

Use a comma if the dependent clause is the first part of the sentence.

Recap!! There are three types of sentences that

we talked about. Can someone remind me of them? Simple Compound Complex

Can someone give me an example of each one?

Great…now, we are going to play Around the World!!

We are going to play Around the World to test our knowledge of sentences.

How we will play: We will split the room in half, and play on each side. We will choose two players to start. Those people will stand behind the player next to them. I will post a sentence on the board, and you will have to

decide what type of sentence it is: simple, compound, or complex.

Whoever identifies the sentence properly will move onto the next player. This will continue until everyone has had a turn.

The winner will be the player who went around the most!!

Around the World!!

The dog and the cat ran to eat their food.

Simple

Since he went to the bookstore, he bought all his friends a book.

Complex

Even though Jessica liked the Twilight books, she hated vampires.

Complex

Mike, Valerie, and John went to the movies and a restaurant.

Simple

I cannot wait to visit Italy, but I can wait to go to the desert.

Compound

Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.

Compound

When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.

Complex

Maria goes to the library and studies every day.

Simple

After they finished studying, Juan and Maria went to the movies. 

Complex

The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow.  

Complex

The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error. 

Complex

I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English. 

Compound

Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon.

Simple

I never thought I would make it to a professional football team, but I guess all that hard work paid off.

Compound

Claudia could not wait to get her driver’s license and turn 16.

Simple

I really want some strawberry shortcake to go with my milk.

Simple

If I get this question correct, I could win Around the World.

Complex

Partner Practice!! Now that you have a pretty good

understanding of sentence structure, you and your partner are going to complete an exercise.

You will receive a worksheet that has one paragraph on it. You must read each sentence, and identify which type of sentence it is!!

We will go over the answers together in 15 minutes!!

Jeopardy Review You have one minute to take out a

whiteboard and dry erase marker for extra practice

Students will answer independently You have 30 seconds to read and answer

the questions Cover your answers!! Don’t hold up whiteboards until teacher

says.. 3, 2, 1 UP

Last Activity!! You will now work on your own to test your

own knowledge of sentences, and how to best combine them!!

You will receive a worksheet. Your task is to read the two sentences, and combine them by using a conjunction. Make sure you use the best conjunction that makes the most sense!! These can be coordinating or subordinate

conjunctions!!