Warm Up – NOTES: “Clauses and Sentences”

• Simple Sentence = independent clause that is a complete thought.

• Compound Sentence = 2 ind. cl. joined by a coordinating conj. or a semicolon (;).– Sentence, FANBOY sentence.– Sentence; sentence.

• Complex Sentence.– At least one independent CL and a simple

sentence.

Warm Up - Writer’s Notebook – Title: “Opener, Interrupter, Closer”

Copy the following sentence patterns down:

1. Opener, sentence.

2. Sent, interrupter, ence.

3.Sentence closer.

Sentence = independent clause Opener, interrupter, closer = dependent

clauses, & phrases

Sentence Pattern Examples:

• Before I go to work each morning, I stop at

Starbucks for coffee.• I stop at Starbucks, before I go to work each

morning, for coffee.

• I stop at Starbucks for coffee, before I go to

work each morning.

Sentence Patterns

1. Opener, sentence.Example:

Before I go to work each morning, I stop at Starbucks for coffee.

Sentence Patterns

1. Sent, interrupter, ence.Example:

I stop at Starbucks, before I go to work each morning, for coffee.

Sentence Patterns

1. Sentence closer.Example:

I stop at Starbucks for coffee before I go to work each morning.

Warm-Up – Writer’s NotebookTitle: “Dependent Clauses”

1. Write: AAAWWUBBIS vertically and fill in the correct word next to each letter.

2. Using the sentence patterns (opener, interrupter, closer), compose three (3) complex sentences using an AAAWWUBBIS word (subordinating conjunction) to create the dependent clause.

3. Underline the dependent clause and circle the punctuation for each sentence.