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Today’s agenda:

1. Compound sentences

2. Rosa Parks

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks

OR

There are many sources of information about Rosa Parks

3. Quiz#1

4. HW Read about Rosa Parks

Friday, November 27 is a Professional Development day for Adult Educators. We will not have class together. We’ll have our regular class on Monday.

Sentence types:

1. Simple

SV

SSV

SVV

SSVV

Imperative

Interrogative/Question

There is a wide range of sentences that you can write that are simple.

2. Compound

3. Complex

Compound sentences- two simple sentence connected together

It is raining today. Clara is using an umbrella. 2 simples

Join these two simple sentences together into one compound sentence:

It is raining today. Clara is using an umbrella.

FANBOYS – 7 coordinating conjunctions

mnemonic – memory device

FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so

Some are used a lot, some hardly at all.

for – rarely used in compound sentences

I have some ice cream for you. simple sentence

Clara is using an umbrella, for it is raining. not common used

More authentic: Clara is using an umbrella because it is raining.

complex

for

and – used a lot, all day long

The dog loves food, and he loves to play.

nor – not often used

Michelle does not speak German, nor does she speak French.

More authentic: Michelle does not speak German or French. simple

but – very often used

It is raining, but still my son went to school with no hat on.

still – regardless, nevertheless

or – often used

Maria can go to the party, or she can babysit for the neighbors.

yet – not often very often for compound sentences

I haven’t finished my homework yet. simple sentence

It will rain this weekend, yet I will go camping.

More authentic: It will rain this weekend, but I will still go camping.

so – very often used

Jon is trying to lose weight, so he stopped buying junk food.

FANBOYS for nor yet not often used

so or but and SOBA – used 98.2% of the time

I like dogs, and she likes cats, but you like horses. 3 clauses – awk, avoid it

Possible rewrite: I like dogs, and she likes cats. However, you like horses.

SOBA so or but and

When you think about compound, think about delicious yakisoba. You have a nice emotional connection to compound sentences.

Tomorrow, we will learning about compound sentences. Also, we talk about ; semicolons.

Quiz#1 (25m)

Email this to me as an attachment by 12:02. No lates, please.

Write a simple sentence for each exercise:

e.g. SV “school”

The kids like to go to school.

1. SV “highway”

2. SSV “visit”

3. SVV “business”

4. SSVV “help”

5. Question “book”

6. Imperative “cat”