Complex sentences using connectives

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Complex sentencesusing connectives

• Our targets this term are to extend our sentences
  to give more information to the reader by using
  connectives.

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Extend these sentences using  if so while
since though

• Example
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• The cat sat on the mat. This is a simple
  sentence.
• The cat sat on the mat so that he could curl up
  and go to sleep.
• The cat sat on the mat while he was waiting for
  his tea.
• If the weather was cold out side the cat always
  sat on the mat in front of the fire.
• The cat sat on the mat since it was the warmest
  place in the room.
• Though the cat was really hungry for its tea it
  sat patiently on the mat.

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CHALLENGE!

• Talk to the person next to you. What do you
  notice about these sentences now?

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Aim Use the following words to give more
information about someone or something who
whose which that

• The girl walked into the classroom. This is a
  simple sentence.
• The girl, who had long red hair, walked swiftly
  into the classroom.
• The girl, whose red hair sparkled as the light
  caught it, walked slowly and confidently into the
  classroom.
• The girl walked into the classroom, which by now
  was filled with children.
• The girl, who was now feeling extremely nervous,
  walked steadily into the classroom, which by now
  was filled with people, who were busily getting
  ready for the start of the day. 
• The girl walked into the classroom that had been
  allocated to her on arrival at the school earlier
  this morning.

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Give more information about someone or something
using words likewho as although since
which

• Example
• The girl walked into the classroom. 
• As the girl, with flaming red hair and freckles
  on her nose, walked into the classroom, all heads
  turned to stare at her.
• The girl, who was feeling very nervous by now,
  walked into the classroom, although she really
  felt like bolting out of the door.
• Since this was her first day at her new school,
  the girl thrust back her shoulders confidently
  and walked into the classroom, which by now was
  packed with children.

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CHALLENGE!

• Which sentence do you think will get you higher
  marks?

• The girl walked into the classroom.

or

• The girl, who had long red hair, walked
• swiftly into the classroom.

Why?
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EXTRA CHALLENGE!

• For 2 basketballs up, what is the underlined word
  an example of?
• The girl, who had long red hair, walked swiftly
  into the classroom.

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• Now its your turn!