Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

• By Ms. Woodhouse

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Writing Prompt Warm Up

• (100 Words) Choose your own topic or write about
  your favorite movie (its characters, plot, and
  outcome). What made this movie enjoyable for you?
  Why would others enjoy this movie too?

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SOL Objectives

• 9.6 Read a variety of literature
• 10.7 Determine sentence structure by reading a
  variety of literature
• 11.6d Read a variety of literature
• 12.4 Edit and revise sentences through the use of
  literature

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Class Objectives

• Given the smartboard, computers, and power point
  Students will be able to determine the different
  types of sentence structures by analyzing and
  creating sentences and complete two sentence
  structure quizzes with 80 accuracy.

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Anticipatory Set (Copy In Notebook)

• Now that you know how to use commas, colons, and
  semicolons, combine these three sentences to form
  one sentence.
• 1. Michael plays football.
• 2. Michael is a quarterback.
• 3. Michael plays football for the Eagles.

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Anticipatory Set Continued

• ConnectionToday, we are going to discover how
  simple, compound, and complex sentences work.
• Relevancy Using a variety of sentence structures
  can help your application to be more descriptive
  when applying for a job.

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Essential Questions (Copy In Notebook)

• 1. What are the different types of sentence
  structures?
• 2. What words can we use to combine two
  sentences?
• 3. How are independent clauses used in a sentence?

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Simple Sentence (Notes)

• A simple sentence, also called an independent
  clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it
  expresses a complete thought, the predicate. In
  the following simple sentences, subjects are in
  yellow, verbs are in green, and predicates are in
  blue.  
• A. Some students like to study in the
  mornings.B. Juan and Arturo play football every
  afternoon.C. Alicia goes to the library and
  studies every day.

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3 Simple Sentence Activities

• 1. Title Predicate
• http//www.superteacherworksheets.com/subjectpredi
  cate/simple-predicate.pdf
• 2. Title Quia Predicate Game (Show teacher when
  you have finished.)
• http//www.quia.com/rr/36765.html
• 3. Title (Show me your score after you have
  finished.)
• http//www.quia.com/quiz/718830.html

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Compound Sentences (Notes)

• COMPOUND SENTENCE
• A compound sentence contains two independent
  clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators
  are as follows for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
  (Helpful hint The first letter of each of the
  coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very
  short sentences, coordinators are always preceded
  by a comma. In the following compound sentences,
  subjects are in yellow, verbs are in green, and
  the coordinators and the commas that precede them
  are in red. 
• A.  I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend
  tried to speak English.  B.  Alejandro played
  football, so Maria went shopping.  C.  Alejandro
  played football, for Maria went shopping.

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3 Compound Sentences Activities

• 1. Title Simple and Compound Sentences (Show
  answers in notebook and score.)
• http//webschool.wash.k12.ut.us/language/lessons/c
  ompoundsentences.html
• 2. Title Conjunctions and Compound Sentences
• http//www.quia.com/pop/37751.html
• 3. Title Combining Compound Sentences (Complete
  in notebook.)
• http//www.abcteach.com/free/w/wksht_grammar_compo
  undsentences.pdf

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Complex Sentences (Notes)

• A complex sentence has an independent clause
  joined by one or more dependent clauses. A
  complex sentence always has a subordinator such
  as because, since, after, although, or when or a
  relative pronoun such as that, who, or which. In
  the following complex sentences, subjects are in
  yellow, verbs are in green, and the subordinators
  and their commas (when required) are in red.
•  A. When he handed in his homework, he forgot to
  give the teacher the last page.  B. The teacher
  returned the homework after she noticed the
  error. C. The students are studying because they
  have a test tomorrow.D. After they finished
  studying, Juan and Maria went to the movies. E.
  Juan and Maria went to the movies after they
  finished studying.

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3 Complex Sentences Activities

• 1. Title Complex Sentence PDF 1
• http//freelanguagestuff.files.wordpress.com/2009/
  02/sentence-combining-4.pdf
• 2. Title Complex Sentence PDF 2
• http//freelanguagestuff.files.wordpress.com/2009/
  02/embedding-activity-5.pdf
• 3. Title Complex Sentences PDF 3 (You should
  have six sentences when you finish.)
• http//freelanguagestuff.files.wordpress.com/2009/
  02/oval-sentences-connect-11.pdf

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Sentence Structure Quiz

• 1. Quiz A Compound Sentences and More (Show
  teacher your score)
• http//www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz125805e69020
  .html
• 2. Quiz B Sentence Structure Quiz (Write the
  sentences and answers in notebook.)
• http//faculty.valleycollege.net/apal/sentence-typ
  e_quiz.htm

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Closure (Exit Slip From Lesson)

• 1. Summarize this lesson by defining each of
  these terms and writing an example sentence for
  each
• A. Simple Sentence
• B. Compound Sentence
• C. Complex Sentence