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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences PPTSimple, Compound, and Complex Sentences PPT
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4th - 6th
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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

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Guide young grammarians through common sentence structures with a helpful slideshow presentation. Focusing on coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, the presentation helps individuals to see the elements that make up different types of sentences. In the last seven slides, learners figure out if a sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, compound-complex sentences, subordinating conjunctions

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have class members write answers in their notebooks or on a separate sheet of paper

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners need to be familiar with sentence elements (e.g. clauses, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions)

Pros

  • Slides provide instruction as well as practice

Cons

  • Slides do not elaborate on sentence types

Common Core

L.4.2.a L.4.2.c L.5.1.a

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