Warm Up - Writer’s Notebook – Title: “Opener, Interrupter, Closer”

Copy the following sentence patterns down:

1. Opener (Phrase or Dep Cl), sentence.

2. Sent, interrupter (Ph or Dep Cl), ence.

3.Sentence closer (Ph or Dep Cl).

Sentence = independent clause Opener, interrupter, closer = dependent

clauses, & phrases

Sentence Pattern Examples:

• Before I go to work each morning, I stop at

Starbucks for coffee.• I stop at Starbucks, before I go to work each

morning, for coffee.

• I stop at Starbucks for coffee before I go to

work each morning.

Sentence Patterns

1. Opener, sentence.Example:

Before I go to work each morning, I stop at Starbucks for coffee.

Sentence Patterns

1. Sent, interrupter, ence.Example:

I stop at Starbucks, before I go to work each morning, for coffee.

Sentence Patterns

1. Sentence closer.Example:

I stop at Starbucks for coffee before I go to work each morning.

Warm-Up – Writer’s NotebookTitle: “Dependent Clauses”

1. Write: AAAWWUBBIS vertically and fill in the correct word next to each letter.

2. Using the sentence patterns (opener, interrupter, closer), compose three (3) complex sentences using an AAAWWUBBIS word (subordinating conjunction) to create the dependent clause.

3. Underline the dependent clause and circle the punctuation for each sentence.

After I wake up, I eat breakfast each morning. 1I stopped at my friend’s house before I walked

home. 3After school, I walk home each day. 1My friends and I, after our Lacrosse game, go

out to dinner. 2I go to swimming, after I go to school, and eat at

home. 2Jake wears a yellow hat when it’s raining. 3Jake runs across the hall because he has to get

to class. 3