1. Independent Reading Following READ ALOUD
Please have your notebooks out and open to your FANBOYS/COMPOUND sentences!
Independent Reading Following
READ ALOUD

2. Adapted From Jamie Lee Curtis’ When I was Little

3. When I was little,
I was a baby.
I cried a lot.
Now I use words.

4. When I was little, I had silly hair
When I was little, I had silly hair. Now I can wear it in a ponytail or braids or pig tails or pom-poms.

5. When I was little, I didn’t get to eat Captain Crunch or paint my toe nails bubble-gum pink.

6. When I was little, I spilled a lot. My mom said I was a handful
When I was little, I spilled a lot. My mom said I was a handful. Now I’m helpful.

7. When I was little, I didn’t understand time-outs
When I was little, I didn’t understand time-outs. Now I do, but I don’t like them.

8. When I was little, I had two teeth
When I was little, I had two teeth. Now I have lots, and I know how to brush them.

9. When I was little, I didn’t know what a family was. what dreams were.

10. When I was little,
I didn’t know who I was.
Now I do!

11. Let’s Try Our Own
Write 3 of your own “When I was little” sentences. Here are mine: When I was little, I wanted to be a forensic scientist until I realized that blood made me faint. When I was little, I wanted a baby sister. I got one! When I was little, I played school everyday with my cousins. They always got “detentions.”

12. Share your 3 “When I was Little” Sentences
Share with the person next to you.
What did you notice about that story and your sentences?

13. What did you notice about that story and your sentences?

14. They all start with an AAAWWWUBBIS word! What is an AAAWWWUBBIS?

15. We could call them “comma causers.”
Why?

16. When I was little, I was a baby
When I was little, I was a baby. Now look at this sentence: I was a baby when I was little. Both are complex and punctuated correctly.

17. Examples of AAWWUBBIS Words
Although As
When (Whenever)
While
Until
Because
Before If
Since

18. What Type of Sentence is this?
This is called a complex sentence. It looks like this: [Sentence fragment(opener)] , [complete sentence.] Or [complete sentence] [sentence fragment.] Yesterday we practiced with compound sentences that looked like this: [Complete sentence] , fanboys [complete sentence.] [Complete sentence] ; [complete sentence.]

19. Exit Slip
Write one-two sentences summarizing your understanding of the Read Aloud All the Broken Pieces.
Put your name on this please.