Journal Writing Prompt

Places you’ve enjoyed visiting.

Things you’ve done that you previously thought you could never do.

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

Complete sentences need four things:

A subject

A verb

Punctuation

Express a complete thought

Complete Sentences?

Walking the dog to the park.

Because I ate chocolate.

For example, eating hot dogs, swimming, and camping.

Walking the dog is important.

Kinds of sentences

There are three basic kinds of sentences

Simple sentences

Compound sentences

Complex sentences

Simple Sentences

A simple sentence has only one subject-verb combination and expresses one complete thought.

Our daughter cooked dinner tonight.

A simple sentence may have more than one subject or more than one verb.

Shorts and T-shirts sway on the clothesline.

The children splashed and squealed in the swimming pool.

Compound sentences

A compound sentence is made up of two or more complete thoughts.

We call them independent clauses.

Rose wants chili for dinner, but she forgot to buy beans.

Compound Sentences

You can find out if it is an independent clause by seeing if you can separate the sentences and still have them make sense.

Rose wants chili for dinner, but she forgot to buy beans.

Rose wants chili for dinner.

She forgot to buy beans.

Do both have subjects, verbs, punctuation, and express complete thoughts?

Compound sentences

Rose wants chili for dinner.

She forgot to buy beans.

Subject

Verb

Do both have subjects, verbs, punctuation, and express complete thoughts?

Compound Sentences continued

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.

The combining words are called coordinating conjunctions. There are only seven: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

If we take the first letter of each of these we get the word: FANBOYS

Compound Sentences Practice

The driver failed to signal. He went through the stop sign.

The meal was not hot. We sent it back to the kitchen.

Coordinating conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions And

But, yet

For

So

Or

Nor

Relationship Connects two related

ideas

Contrasts two ideas

Shows a cause

Shows an effect

Gives choices

Gives negative choices

Compound sentences continued

If you join two simple sentences together you need to add a comma and a joining word.

The pattern looks like this:

IC, CC IC.

Independent clause comma, coordinating conjunction independent clause.

Compound sentences continued

You only use a comma IF

You are joining two independent clauses with one of the FANBOYS.

In other words, you cannot join two independent clauses with a comma, unless you have a CC.

Rose wants chili for dinner, she forgot to buy beans. incorrect

Question

Julia and Jon go to the store.

Are these two independent clauses?

Does it need a comma?

Practice

The coffee is cold. It is also too strong.

What type of conjunction should you use?

How do you join these two sentences together?

Practice

Our car runs well. Its body is dented and rusted.

What type of conjunction should you use?

How do you join the two sentences together?

Practice

The book was very expensive. I didn’t buy it.

What type of conjunction should you use?

How do you combine the two sentences?

Practice

I do not want chicken for dinner. I do not want beef for dinner.

What type of conjunction should you use?

How do you join the two sentences together?

Practice

Ana can go to the movies. Ana can go to her exercise class.

What type of conjunction should we use?

How do we join the two sentences together?

Write a paragraph with compound sentences

Identify a topic

Make a point about your topic.

Provide details that back up your point.

Add transition words.

Edit for spelling and grammar.