ELA21.2.36
Manipulate words and/or phrases to create simple and compound sentences, including coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so, to help build syntactic awareness and comprehension at the sentence level.
Manipulate words and/or phrases to create simple and compound sentences, including coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so, to help build syntactic awareness and comprehension at the sentence level.
UP:ELA21.2.36
Vocabulary
- Manipulate
- Phrases
- Simple sentences
- Compound sentences
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Syntactic awareness
- Sentence level
Knowledge
- A complete simple sentence includes a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.
- A complete compound sentence includes two subjects and two predicates and expresses two complete thoughts.
- A complete compound sentence must include a coordinating conjunction to link the two complete thoughts.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Manipulate words and/or phrases to create simple and compound sentences in their writing.
- Use coordinating conjunctions to combine two simple sentences into a compound sentence in their writing.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- They can improve their reading comprehension and build syntactic awareness by using different types of sentences in their writing.
- They can join two simple sentences with a coordinating conjunction to form a compound sentence.
- Writers vary their sentence structure to engage their readers.
