English Monday, October 17

1. 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

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

3. 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).

4. ELA Standard • Writing 1.6: Revise writing to improve the organization and consistency of ideas within and between paragraphs.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. The Simple Sentence A simple sentence has one independent clause (one subject and a verb): I live in San Francisco. Subject Verb Can someone give me another example??

11. Compound Sentence A 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

12. Compound Sentence You can make a compound sentence by joining two logically related independent clauses by using… - a semicolon - a coordinating conjunction - a transition

13. Using a Semicolon Independent Clause;Independent Clause I love living in the city ; there are so many things to do. Independent Clause Independent Clause

14. Using a Coordinating Conjunction Independent Clause,coordinating conjunctionIndependent Clause He couldn’t watch the show , so he decided to tape it. Independent Clause Independent Clause

15. Coordinating Conjunctions

16. FANBOYS Another way to remember these is… • For  F • And  A • Nor  N • But  B • Or  O • Yet  Y • So  S

17. 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. Simple Sentence The necklace was beautiful but expensive. Independent Clause No comma- not an independent clause

18. Using a Transition Independent Clause; transition ,Independent Clause I love San Francisco; however,I hate the traffic. Independent Clause Independent Clause

20. Complex Sentences A complex sentence contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clause. John cannot set up his typewriter because the wall has no outlet. Independent Clause Subordinating Conjunction Dependent Clause

21. 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 Subordinating Conjunction Dependent Clause

22. Complex Sentences Use a comma after a dependent clause if it begins the sentence. When I first moved to the city, I was afraid to drive the steep and narrow streets. Use a comma if the dependent clause is the first part of the sentence. Subordinating Conjunction Independent Clause

23. 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!!

24. 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!!

25. The dog and the cat ran to eat their food. Simple

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

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

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

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

30. Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping. Compound

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

32. Maria goes to the library and studies every day. Simple

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

34. The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow. Complex

35. The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error.  Complex

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

37. Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon. Simple

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

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

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

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

42. 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!!

43. 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

44. 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!!