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Warm-Up A semicolon joins together two independent clauses.
Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly? Liam Neesan needs the Albanian translated; when he arrives in Paris. I have watched two Liam Neesan movies this weekend; he is awesome. The girls should have told their parents where they were really going; or stayed home. Before this movie; the actress was on Lost.
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Sentence Types: Take notes!
Review Sentence Types: Take notes!
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Simple Sentence One independent clause
Ex: I had never felt so utterly on my own.
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Compound Sentence Two or more independent clauses
Ex: Mrs. Everhard, my new homeroom teacher, made an introduction of sorts, and every student turned around to study me.
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Complex Sentence One independent and at least one dependent clause
I was neither blessed nor cursed, depending on how you looked at it, with skin milky enough to classify me as white or swarthy enough to render me black.
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Compound-Complex Sentence
Two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause When Harry doesn’t get enough sleep, he gets cranky, and then he’s not very nice.
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Write an example of each sentence type.
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2.7 Author’s Stylebook: Syntactical Variety
Language and Writer’s Craft
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Varying Sentence Beginnings (110)
Example Your turn! Beginning with a word Stunned, Gretchen burst into tears. Beginning with a phrase Unable to believe her eyes, Gretchen burst into tears. Beginning with a clause Because she was not expecting a surprise party, Gretchen burst into tears.
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Look over what you missed.
Unit One Exam Part Two Look over what you missed. Questions?
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Embedded Assessment 2 Write an Argument 169
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Unpack Embedded Assessment Two
Read the assignment. Read the rubric. Make a poster, detailing the requirements of Embedded Assessment #2. Brainstorm issues around the perimeter of your poster. Your poster should be creative. Each person needs to participate.
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What are some issues that you could write an argument about?
Gallery Walk What are some issues that you could write an argument about?
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