Instruct your pupils to make those simple sentences complex! For this exercise, learners are given eight pairs of complete sentences and subordinating conjunctions. It's their job to transform each sentence by using the subordinating conjunction and a little imagination.

Concepts

types of sentences, complex sentences, complete sentences, subordinating conjunctions, conjunctions, simple sentences

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Since this is a quick exercise, it would work really nicely as a warm-up, homework assignment, or even an assessment
• When students have completed the page, have them share with a partner to check their work and then compete as a class for the most creative, but still reasonable, new sentence parts

Classroom Considerations

• As the suggested answers show, it it possible to put the subordinating conjunctions and new sentence part at the beginning of the sentence; make sure that your class is aware of this option

Pros

• Includes a suggested answer sheet

Cons

• Uses the word parenthesis instead of the correct plural version, parentheses

Common Core

L.3.1.i