Week Twenty-one

Week Twenty-One

Compound-Complex/All/S-Vi/S-Vt-DO Conjunctions Tasks 1-6

Welcome

James 1:4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Prayer

Compound-Complex/All/S-Vi/S-Vt-DO

Today we are going to learn about out last sentence structure, compound-complex. These types of sentences are formed when you take a compound sentence and a complex sentence and mesh them together. In order to better understand how this works, let’s review compound and complex sentences.

*Remember that a clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.

An independent clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a sentence.

A dependent clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Compound sentences consist of two Independent clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction (Fanboys) and separated by a comma.

I cooked my supper, and then I ate it.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

Zachary likes cheese, but Luke likes peanut butter.

Complex sentences consist of one independent clause and at least one subordinate, or dependent clause.

My supper, which was spaghetti, was delicious.

The Lord, who is my Shepherd, is gentle and loving.

While Katie likes biscuits and gravy, Luke prefers spaghetti.

So, we have compound sentences and complex sentences. Now, we just need to mesh them together to make compound-complex sentences. (Give example, then ask for ideas.)

I cooked my supper, which was spaghetti, and then I ate it.

Give thanks to the Lord, who is my Shepherd, for he is good.

While Katie likes biscuits and gravy, Zachary likes cheese, but Luke prefers pancakes.

So, you can see that these sentences have two independent clauses (have students identify) and at least one subordinate, or dependent clause.

Questions?

Since we are talking about sentences that have many clauses, it makes since to refresh our memories about conjunctions today.

Can anyone tell me the definition of a conjunction?

(A conjunction is a word used to combine words, phrases, or clauses together.)

We’ve been practicing using conjunctions to connect sentences. To do this we’ve used coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS-kids list) and subordinating conjunctions (www.asia.wub- kids list), and relative pronouns (w/w). But don’t forget that conjunctions can also join words or phrases together.

Amy sings songs and plays piano. (compound verb)

Tyler loves peanut butter and jelly. (compound direct object)

Charles, Lucy, and Patty enjoyed the baseball game. (compound subject)

I enjoy running in the morning and in the evening. (compound prepositional phrase)

Questions?

Tasks 1-6

(We will be saving the study of Verbals for the next lesson.)