9/15/2015 Agenda!

Learning Target: I can correctly punctuate

a compound complex sentence.
1)

Brain Buzzer: What is a complex sentence?

Write one example that has to deal with
the picture above.

2)

Complex sentences reviewed.

3)

Finish line approaching:

COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentences.

You try itLets

review Write answers in your notebook.

1) What is a compound sentence?

2) What does a complex sentence have

in it?

3) In a complex sentence, if you start

with the dependent clause, do you
need to add a comma?

4) In a compound sentence, when

should the word after the semi-colon
be capitalized?

5) In a compound sentence, where does

the comma go in relation to a
FANBOYS?

6) What three things does an

independent clause have in it?

7) Can an independent clause have an

AAAWWUBBIS word to start it?

8) What is a phrase?

9) If a complex sentence starts with an

independent clause, should a comma
follow it?

10) Can you combine two independent

clauses into a compound sentence
using only a comma?

COMPOUND COMPLEX sentences:

COMPOUND COMPLEX sentence

DEPENDENT CLAUSE first, then an

INDEPENDENT, and another
INDEPENDENT
Examples:
After the show ended, the crowd left
the arena, and the janitors cleaned up
the trash.
While we were sleeping, the robber
broke our window, and he stole all our
cookies.

INDEPENDENT, and INDEPENDENT, then

DEPENDENT CLAUSE
Examples:
I wanted to run, but I was terrified
after watching the dog chew his leg.
Joey smelled funny, and I could hardly
stand near him since he hadnt
showered in days.

REVIEW:
Simple sentence:
1 INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
(It has a subject and predicate.)
Ex: Jerry rode the roller coaster last night.

Compound sentence:
2 INDEPENDENT CLAUSES joined
together.

, FANBOYS
Ex: Jerry rode the roller coaster last night,
but he never will ride again.

OR

;
Ex: Jerry rode the roller coaster last night;
he will never ride again.
Complex sentence:
When an INDEPENDENT has a
DEPENDENT added to it, life becomes
COMPLEX

Ex: Jerry rode the roller coaster last night

although he will never ride it again.

OR

,
Ex: Although he will never ride a roller
coaster again, Jerry rode a roller coaster
last night.
Compound-Complex:
1 DEPENDENT and 2 INDEPENDENTS
joined together

FANBOYS

Ex: Although Jerry rode a roller coaster

last night, he will never ride a roller
coaster again, so his friends call him a
wimp.

You try itAre

these compound-complex sentences
punctuated correctly?
1) Jerry ate the ice cream, and Jerry ate
the meat loaf, after he ate his
veggies.
2) While Laverne slept she snored
loudly, and she woke up the
neighbors.
3) Cameron was stealing the phone,
and she was stealing the laptop as
the police arrived on the scene.

4) After the student cheated, the

teacher called the principal, and then
she called the students parents.

You try it
1) Write two examples of COMPOUNDCOMPLEX sentences.
2) Write two COMPLEX sentences.

3) Write two COMPOUND sentences.