Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

1. Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences K-cubed

2. What do you notice about each of these sentences? • That was the worst thing about Caleb. • Sarah Plain and Tall page 5 • Summer was coming. • Sarah Plain and Tall page 26 • The children are so hungry, Father Hare! • Tops and Bottoms page 2 • They tasted worse than spinach. • The Stories Julian Tells page 40 Simple Sentences

3. What do you notice about each of these sentences? • I’ll do the hard work of planting and harvesting, and we can split the profit right down the middle. • Tops and Bottoms page 5 • I told the fig tree I was sorry, and I promised I would never eat its leaves again. • The Stories Julian Tells page 44 • His other grandma was away visiting Rudy’s new baby cousin in Texas, so he couldn’t stay with her. • Snowed in with Grandmother Silk page 10 Compound Sentences

4. What do you notice about each of these sentences? • When it was time for the harvest, Hare called out, “Wake up, Bear! This time you get the tops and bottoms!” • Tops and Bottoms page 25 • The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error. • Once she arrived in Japan, she felt even worse. • Tea with Milk page 6 • On the following weekend, the matchmaker introduced Masako and her mother to young banker and his mother. • Tea with Milk page 12 Complex Sentences

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