Eng 7/10/11 sentence combining "Neighbourhood Party"

sentence styles - simple, compound, complex

variety of sentences- range, mix it up

SIMPLE
COMPOUND ,SOBA  ,FANBOYS  ;    ;TRANS,
COMPLEX  - ADJ CL    ADV CL   NOUN CL

SENTENCE LENGTH- short and long

1. Everyone had to cook an ethnic dish and prepare copies of the recipe to be put beside the dish for our neighbourhood party.

For our neighbourhood party, everyone had to cook an ethnic dish and prepare copies of the recipe to be put beside the dish.

2. Because our family has German heritage, we chose to take lentil soup. COMPLEX
Our family has German heritage; therefore, we chose to take lentil soup. COMPOUND
Our family has German heritage; for this reason, we chose to take lentil soup.

As our family has German heritage, we chose to take lentil soup.

Our family of German heritage chose to take lentil soup. SIMPLE Like it? Not like it?

Our family, which has German heritage, chose to take lentil soup. COMPLEX - ADJ CL




ancestry - ancestors, DNA test "23 and Me"


White Supremacists - KKK


3. Mom supervised me as I chopped the onions and cut the bacon into small pieces to make soup.
While Mom supervised me, I chopped the onions and cut the bacon into small pieces to make soup.
While Mom supervised me making soup, I chopped the onions and cut the bacon into small pieces.

Mom supervised me making soup as I chopped the onions and cut the bacon into small pieces.

Mom supervised me while I made soup, chopping the onions and cutting the bacon into small pieces.

ENG 10 / 11 - controlling the sentences

GOAL: We control the sentences. The sentences do not control us.

4. Then, we had to compose the recipe; although we really don't have a formal one, we couldn't arrive without our stack of recipe cards.

5. That night we were treated to a feast of different foods including a wheat salad from the Middle East.

That night we were treated to a feast of different foods including a wheat salad and one from the Middle East.

6. The feast included a potato dish from Switzerland, a lamb dish from Portugal, and a super Italian ice cream.