Building sentences using co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions Next 2 slides 5 mins

Building sentences using co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions Co-ordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Useful for adding information and so for Useful for contrasting ideas: but yet or nor These go in the middle of a sentence. Useful for explaining things because if since Useful for contrasting things although despite while whereas Useful for adding extra information about someone or something which who that These can go at the start of a sentence or in the middle of a sentence. 1.20

Zoos? Prison or Paradise? 15 mins – 1.35 Large images on table on big pieces of paper Silent debate…

Zoos? Prison or Paradise? 5 mins – 1.40 Divide the class in two and play simple ‘yes..but’ game “You can see lots of rare animals in zoo.” “Yes, but they are not living in their natural environment.”

Beginning to build an argument Now use some of the ideas from the silent debate in your writing Zoos are fun places to go and… Zoos exist to provide entertainment but… Zoos exist to provide entertainment so… Zoos can be entertaining yet… Next 4 slides 15 mins Lined paper Students use the ideas from the silent debate to write sentences using coordinating conjunctions- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

Beginning to build an argument Now try these… Animals can go crazy being locked up because… Animals in cages are like people in prison because… Zoos can be educational if… Zoos can be fun although… Lined paper Then introduce subordinating conjunctions using because and if

Beginning to build an argument using coordinating conjunctions Zoos are fun places to go and children about animals too. Zoos exist to provide entertainment but the animals are not always well looked after. Co-ordinating conjunctions connect two main clauses

Beginning to build an argument- using subordinating conjunctions Animals in cages are like people in prison because they have had their freedom taken away. Zoos can be educational if children can learn all about how the animals live. Subordinating conjunctions connect a subordinate clause to a main clause. 1.55