C OMPOUND VS. C OMPLEX S ENTENCES Procedures: 1. GO DIRECTLY TO SEAT AND SIT DOWN 2. COPY LEARNING QUESTION AND HOMEWORK IN AGENDA 3. SET AGENDA ON DESK FOR ENTIRE CLASS PERIOD 4. GET OUT THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS: INB, PAGE 18 COMPOUND SENTENCE WORKSHEET FROM YESTERDAY TITLED “THE HAROLD SYNTAX GUIDE TO SENTENCES”

C OMPLEX VS C OMPOUND S ENTENCES : Warm-up Worksheet: Compound Sentences vs. Complex Sentences REMEMBER: Compound Sentences have two independent clauses Complex sentences have one independent clause and one dependent clause

C OMPOUND SENTENCES Writing Compound Sentences: “The Harold Syntax Guide to Writing Sentences” Complete each compound sentence by providing an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE on the line. HINT: what you write should be able to be read by itself and make sense. It should read like a complete sentence by itself.

S UBORDINATING C ONJUNCTIONS USUALLY BEGIN A DEPENDENT CLAUSE, BUT LOOK FOR THE SUBJECT AND VERB, TOO. althoughbefore asuntil unlesswhile sincebecause afterwhen thatthough ifwhether where

R ELATIVE P RONOUNS : T HESE PRONOUNS ACT AS A SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION AND A SUBJECT FOR A DEPENDENT CLAUSE. Who Whoever Which Whom Whose That