Conjunctions A conjunction joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence

“Cake AND ice cream are both delicious” “We like cake BUT we like ice cream better” “NEITHER cake NOR ice cream is in your diet”

Examples ANDYETBECAUSE BUTWHENEITHER…OR ORWHERE NEITHER...NO R NORWHEREVER NOT ONLY…BUT ALSO

Conjunction Junction Conjunction Junction, what’s your function? Hooking up words and phrases and clauses

Conjunction Quiz

Haiku Poetry A Japanese form of poetry made up of three lines: –1 st line = 5 syllables –2 nd line = 7 syllables –3 rd line = 5 syllables Three main characteristics of Haiku Poetry: –Subject is almost always a reflection on nature –Usually Present tense –Direct or indirect reference to a season of the year Mr. Brown loves Haiku!

a black and white tree stark and barren on a plain nothing else for miles reaching to the sky branches strain, never attain swaying contently a lonesome dark tree clouds drifting by uncaring why are they not friends Simba, my sweet son one day all this will be yours the circle of life

The wintry wind blows The blueness of its sharp breath Chilling the earth’s bones