Transcript Compound Sentences and FANBOYSx

Journal Writing Prompt
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Places you’ve enjoyed visiting.
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Things you’ve done that you previously thought you
could never do.
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The people you most admire.
Daily Oral Language
Week 1
Grade 12 Proofreading Sentences
5
a. several of the very unique sculptures was
exhibited at the getty museum before being sent on
a world wide tour
b. irregardless of the outcome of this contest no one
especially a child should be made to feel like a loser
Daily Oral Language
Week 1
Grade 12 Corrected Sentences
5
a. Several of the unique sculptures were exhibited at
the Getty Museum before being sent on a worldwide
tour.
b. Regardless of the outcome of this contest, no one
– especially a child – should be made to feel like a
loser.
Compound
Sentences
What does a sentence need
to be complete?
Complete sentences
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Complete sentences need four things:
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A subject
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A verb
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Punctuation
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Express a complete thought
Complete Sentences?
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Walking the dog to the park.
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Because I ate chocolate.
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For example, eating hot dogs, swimming, and camping.
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Walking the dog is important.
Kinds of sentences
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There are three basic
kinds of sentences
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Simple sentences
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Compound sentences
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Complex sentences
Simple Sentences
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A simple sentence has only one
subject-verb combination and
expresses one complete
thought.
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Our daughter cooked dinner
tonight.
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A simple sentence may have
more than one subject or more
than one verb.
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Shorts and T-shirts sway on the
clothesline.
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The children splashed and
squealed in the swimming pool.
Compound sentences
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A compound sentence is
made up of two or more
complete thoughts.
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We call them
independent clauses.
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Rose wants chili for
dinner, but she forgot to
buy beans.
Compound Sentences
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You can find out if it is an independent clause by seeing
if you can separate the sentences and still have them
make sense.
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Rose wants chili for dinner, but she forgot to buy beans.
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Rose wants chili for dinner.
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She forgot to buy beans.
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Do both have subjects, verbs, punctuation, and express
complete thoughts?
Compound sentences
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Rose wants chili for dinner.
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She forgot to buy beans.
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Subject
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Verb
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Do both have subjects, verbs, punctuation, and express
complete thoughts?
Compound Sentences
continued
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By using a comma and a joining word such as but, we
can combine what would otherwise be two simple
sentences (Rose wants chili for dinner and She forgot to
buy beans) into one compound sentence.
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The combining words are called coordinating
conjunctions. There are only seven: For, And, Nor, But,
Or, Yet, So
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If we take the first letter of each of these we get the
word: FANBOYS
Compound Sentences Practice
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The driver failed to signal. He went through the stop
sign.
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The meal was not hot. We sent it back to the kitchen.
Coordinating conjunctions
Coordinating
conjunctions
Relationship
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And
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Connects two related
ideas
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But, yet
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Contrasts two ideas
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For
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Shows a cause
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So
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Shows an effect
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Or
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Gives choices
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Nor
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Gives negative choices
Compound sentences
continued
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If you join two simple
sentences together you
need to add a comma and
a joining word.
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The pattern looks like
this:
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IC, CC IC.
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Independent clause
comma, coordinating
conjunction independent
clause.
Compound sentences
continued
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You only use a comma IF
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You are joining two
independent clauses
with one of the
FANBOYS.
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In other words, you
cannot join two
independent clauses
with a comma, unless
you have a CC.
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Rose wants chili for
dinner, she forgot to buy
beans. incorrect
Question
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Julia and Jon go to the store.
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Are these two independent clauses?
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Does it need a comma?
Practice
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The coffee is cold. It is also too strong.
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What type of conjunction should you use?
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How do you join these two sentences together?
Practice
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Our car runs well. Its body is dented and rusted.
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What type of conjunction should you use?
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How do you join the two sentences together?
Practice
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The book was very expensive. I didn’t buy it.
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What type of conjunction should you use?
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How do you combine the two sentences?
Practice
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I do not want chicken for dinner. I do not want beef for
dinner.
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What type of conjunction should you use?
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How do you join the two sentences together?
Practice
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Ana can go to the movies. Ana can go to her exercise
class.
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What type of conjunction should we use?
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How do we join the two sentences together?
Write a paragraph with
compound sentences
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Identify a topic
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Make a point about your
topic.
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Provide details that back
up your point.
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Add transition words.
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Edit for spelling and
grammar.