Lessons tagged with "complex+sentences"
Use Subordinating Conjunctions
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson covers subordinating conjunctions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice using subordinating conjunctions in sentences and paragraphs. It will be helpful if students are already familiar with complete simple and compound sentences prior to this lesson.
Identify Complex Sentences
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Language lesson focuses on having students identify complex sentences. Students will be asked to identify the clauses and determine the structure of the sentence based on the subordinating conjunction. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.
Produce Complex Sentences
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson focuses on producing complex sentences using a word bank to describe a picture. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Independent & Dependent Clauses in Sentences
- Grade:
- 5
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying independent and dependent clauses. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the independent clause, if any, by labeling SV and underlining. Then, they identify the dependent clause, if any, by labeling cSV and double underlining. Common subordinating conjunctions are provided for reference. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Effective Subordination to Write a Complex Sentence
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on using effective subordination to write a complex sentence. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the relationship between sentences (time, cause and effect, opposition, condition, and place) to determine the correct subordinating conjunction. Then, they combine the sentences by linking them with the subordinating conjunction. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Identify Complex Sentences
- Grade:
- 7
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying complex sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the dependent clause, labeling the conjunction and punctuation. then, Identify the independent clause and if it is a complex sentence, students identify what type (cSV, SV, or SV cSV). Finally, they write how the clauses are related. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.