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Discovering Your Neighborhood: A Family Day

Spend 10 minutes describing your neighborhood in terms of its appearance, scents, and sounds. Then, envision a typical day with your family - what activities are you doing, who is present, and why are you engaged in these activities. Improve your grammar skills by recognizing sentence fragments and learning how to construct compound sentences.

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Discovering Your Neighborhood: A Family Day

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  1. Bell Ringer • Spend 10 min…..describing your neighborhood • What does it look like? • What does it smell like? • What does it sound like?

  2. Bell ringer • Describe a typical day with your family • What are you doing? • Who is there? • Why are you doing this?

  3. D.O.L • Recognize whether it is a sentence or a fragment and correct the fragments • At the park, the other day I • Ms. Gillick graduated from Marshall High School. • Jay-Z married to Beyonce. • I was really close to being late for work today.

  4. Compound Sentences ~ A Glance at Grammar

  5. Definition • A Compound Sentence is a sentence that joins two independent clauses together with a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.

  6. Formula • Compound Sentence = Independent Clause + Independent Clause

  7. What? • An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone. It is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. • An independent clause is a sentence.

  8. Fixing Choppy Sentences • Ex) The cat was happy. • Ex) He slept underneath the bed. • Compound= The cat was happy, and he slept underneath the bed.

  9. Combining Clauses • There are two ways to combine independent causes to make a compound sentence: • Comma + Coordinating Conjunction • Semicolon

  10. Comma + Coordinating Conjunction • A coordinating conjunction is also known as a F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. • For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

  11. Comma + CC/FANBOYS • Ex) The teens walked to the park, but it was closed. • Ex) The gentleman did not know where the sound came from, so he hid behind the tree.

  12. Combining Clauses • There are two ways to combine independent causes to make a compound sentence: • Comma + Coordinating Conjunction • Semicolon

  13. Semicolon • You can also use a semicolon to create a compound sentence since the two statements are equal. • Ex) The teacher applauded the class; the kids beamed with pride. • Ex) The dog ate; the cat slept.

  14. Now, it is your turn!

  15. Warm-Up • Directions- Copy the sentence. Mark as simple or compound. If compound, mark why. • The rain fell for hours and ruined the picnic. • I left, but Marcy stayed. • Polar bears feed on seals; seals feed on fish.

  16. Warm-Up • Directions- Create a compound sentence by joining the two independent clauses using a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. • I’m driving to the office in an hour. I’ll pick up the supplies on the way. • Up went the lottery jackpot. Down went our hopes of winning. • We surveyed the dirty cabin. We each shrugged silently.

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