Dear Class,
This is only our third pre-lesson, and you guys already know:
In today's pre-lesson, you are going to learn a few more things about sentences. Isn't this FUN?!!
Grab a snack, your notebook and pencil, and watch the videos below.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Foster
This is only our third pre-lesson, and you guys already know:
- the difference between a subject and a predicate
- the difference between a sentence and a fragment
- the difference between a sentence with one subject and a sentence with a compound subject
- the difference between a sentence with one predicate (verb) and a sentence with a compound predicate
- the difference between a simple sentence and a compound sentence
- the difference between a banana and a gorilla (Wait a minute...I think you may have already known that. : )
In today's pre-lesson, you are going to learn a few more things about sentences. Isn't this FUN?!!
Grab a snack, your notebook and pencil, and watch the videos below.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Foster
Hey, did you know...
... that a sentence has another name?! It's true; I'm not pulling your leg. A sentence is also known as an.....(drum-roll, please).................INDEPENDENT CLAUSE !!!! Watch.
... that a sentence has another name?! It's true; I'm not pulling your leg. A sentence is also known as an.....(drum-roll, please).................INDEPENDENT CLAUSE !!!! Watch.
Run- On Sentences and fragments (These are bad things!)
Here's a little more about "bad things."
Notice how the instructor refers to linking ideas together that have something in common. That's an important point.
Notice how the instructor refers to linking ideas together that have something in common. That's an important point.
Complex Sentences
WOW!! Now you know about these things, too:
- Complex Sentences
- Independent Clauses
- Dependent Clauses
- Subordinating Conjunctions (after, although, because, if, since, unless, when, while)
- Coordinating Conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
- Run-On Sentences