ELA21.3.30
Manipulate words and/or phrases to create compound sentences, including coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so, and complex sentences to help build syntactic awareness and comprehension at the sentence level.
Manipulate words and/or phrases to create compound sentences, including coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so, and complex sentences to help build syntactic awareness and comprehension at the sentence level.
UP:ELA21.3.30
Vocabulary
- Manipulate
- Phrases
- Compound sentences
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Complex sentences
- Syntactic awareness
- Comprehension
- Sentence level
Knowledge
Students know:
- 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.
- A complex sentence expresses two thoughts, one complete thought and one incomplete thought, that are joined by a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Manipulate words and/or phrases to create compound and complex 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.
- They can create a complex sentence by using a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
- Writers vary their sentence structure to engage their readers.
