1. Tuesday, March 10 Today you need… A foldable, worksheet, and comp. book I CAN combine sentences by adding different types of phrases. Be in your seat when the bell rings. You do not get recess-- you have to earn it! BW: Copy into Comp Book

2. Adding Phrases involves… Taking 2 independent clauses and shortening one into a phrase to combine 2 sentences.

3. Gerund Phrases verb + -ing Acts like a noun –Example: Julie like fishing in a mountain stream. Julie also likes to swim in a cool mountain stream. –Julie likes fishing and swimming in a cool mountain stream

4. Participle Phrase –Verb + -ed or –ing –Acts like an adjective –Example: The empire State building was constructed in one year and forty-five days. The empire state building stood as tallest in the world. –The Empire state building, standing tallest in the world, was constructed in one year and forty-five days.

5. Prepositional Phrase preposition + nouns –Example: Brown bears gather in groups. They gather around the banks of rivers. –Brown bears gather in groups around the banks of rivers.

6. Infinitive Phrase to + verb –Example: Bears dig in the ground. This is how they find roots and sweet bulbs. –Bears dig in the ground to find roots and sweet bulbs.

7. The Rules… If you have a phrase that is an appositive, you need commas around it. –Appositive= extra information (comma rule #4) You have to make sure that your verbs are PARALLEL. –means that your verbs end in the same thing. –Jane likes to swim and fishing in a cool, mountain stream. –Jane likes to swim and to fish in a cool, mountain stream.