ELA21.2.7f

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.7f

Produce and expand complete simple and compound sentences when speaking.

Unpacked Content

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

  • Produce complete simple and compound sentences in spoken language.
  • Expand complete simple and compound sentences in spoken language.

Understanding

  • A speaker should use complete sentences to clearly express complete thoughts.
  • A simple sentence expresses one complete thought and has at least one subject and one predicate.
  • A compound sentence expresses two complete thoughts that are linked with one of the coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, or, nor, yet, so).

Vocabulary

  • Produce
  • Expand
  • Complete sentences
  • Simple sentences
  • Compound sentences
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