1. Warm Up - Writer’s Notebook – Title: “Opener, Interrupter, Closer”
Copy the following sentence patterns down:
Opener (Phrase or Dep Cl), sentence.
Sent, interrupter (Ph or Dep Cl), ence.
Sentence closer (Ph or Dep Cl).
Sentence = independent clause
Opener, interrupter, closer = dependent clauses, & phrases

2. Sentence Pattern Examples:
Before I go to work each morning, I stop at Starbucks for coffee.
I stop at Starbucks, before I go to work each morning, for coffee.
I stop at Starbucks for coffee before I go to work each morning.

3. Opener, sentence. Sentence Patterns Example:
Before I go to work each morning, I stop at Starbucks for coffee.

4. I stop at Starbucks, before I go to work each morning, for coffee.
Sentence Patterns
Sent, interrupter, ence.
Example:
I stop at Starbucks, before I go to work each morning, for coffee.

5. Sentence Patterns
Sentence closer.
Example:
I stop at Starbucks for coffee before I go to work each morning.

6. Warm-Up – Writer’s Notebook Title: “Dependent Clauses”
Write: AAAWWUBBIS vertically and fill in the correct word next to each letter.
Using the sentence patterns (opener, interrupter, closer), compose three (3) complex sentences using an AAAWWUBBIS word (subordinating conjunction) to create the dependent clause.
Underline the dependent clause and circle the punctuation for each sentence.

7. After I wake up, I eat breakfast each morning
After I wake up, I eat breakfast each morning. 1 I stopped at my friend’s house before I walked home. 3 After school, I walk home each day. 1 My friends and I, after our Lacrosse game, go out to dinner. 2 I go to swimming, after I go to school, and eat at home. 2 Jake wears a yellow hat when it’s raining. 3 Jake runs across the hall because he has to get to class. 3