EQ: How does understanding of sentence structure affect my writing success?

 There are two types of clauses:  1)Independent clause  2)Dependent (subordinate) clause

 An independent clause has a subject and a verb. It can stand by itself as a complete sentence. - We wanted to get home before the rainstorm. - I earned an A on my research paper.

 A dependent clause has a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence.  Dependent clauses often have transitional adverbs which clue the reader into it being a dependent clause: ◦ Which ◦ Because ◦ Even though ◦ When  Which is why we left early.  Because I worked on my citations every night.

 There are four different sentence types : ◦ Simple ◦ Compound ◦ Complex ◦ Compound-complex

 Contain one independent clause (one subject and verb combination)  They stand by themselves as complete sentences.  EX: My dog ate the pizza.  EX: Aren’t you excited to give your speech?  EX: Dogs, rabbits and kitty cats have toenails, incisor teeth, feet and ears.

 Contain 2 independent clauses.  The clauses are joined in one of two ways: 1)A comma and a conjunction 2)A semicolon EX: My dog ate the pizza, and my cat drank all the Gatorade. EX: Speeches are fun, but completing worksheets is not fun. EX: We have conferences Thursday; I’ll be here until 8:30. EX: She had coffee this morning; it was French roast.

 Contain 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause  They are typically joined with a comma or without punctuation:  EX: I ate breakfast because I was hungry.  EX: Even though the bad guys have Superman surrounded, he always fights his way out and wins.

 Contain 2 or more independent clauses and 1 dependent clause.  EX: Students always turn their work in on time, and their parents are happy because they work so hard.  I earned an A on my research paper, so I passed the course, which was my goal all along.

 Write this on the back of your Cornell notes. You are to write two independent clauses and one dependent clause using the following images; exchange with a partner and create two different types of sentences (not simple) from the clauses they’ve written.

 With the person next to you, identify the independent and dependent clauses in the sentences, add any necessary punctuation, then state whether the sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound- complex.

 I love frozen custard so I go to my local Culver’s because they have vanilla  Research papers are tough but they’re great experience  Even though I recorded my sources I have problems with the Works Cited page  Mr C will collect our outlines in class so I did mine last night  Her outline is late she forgot about it  The final draft should be easy because I just have to change a couple things  It is Thursday and I am ready for break because this has been a long week

 Today is a reading day I remembered my novel  Yesterday I forgot my pencil my notebook my textbook my binder and my coffee  If you study you’ll do better and you’ll impress your parents  Colleges will always evaluate your high school grade point average  Punctuation is sometimes boring but it will appear on the English section of the ACT  My writing has been strong so I will take the writing portion of the ACT 

 In partners, create a fictional story using characters and plot events. ◦ Use all 10 vocab words correctly ◦ Underline vocab words  Change the forms of the words where possible. ◦ Use exactly 2 of each sentence type (completed assignment will be exactly 8 sentences in length)  Simple  Compound  Complex  Compound-complex