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DO NOW

• What is the difference between independent and
  dependent clause?
• Get out clause worksheet.
• Note The books on your desks are just for in
  class use.

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Classifying Sentences by Structure

• All sentences can be classified according to the
  number and kinds of clauses they contain.

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Simple Sentence

• A simple sentence consists of a single
  independent clause. It never has a dependent
  clause or more than one independent clause.
• They can vary in length and how many adjectives
  and phrases they have. But, they all have just
  one subject and verb. They may have compound
  parts, however.

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Recognizing Simple Sentences

1. In the late 1940s, a new style of jazz emerged.
2. Miles Davis and other young musicians were
   influenced by and adopted this new style.
3. Their approach to cool jazz blended strong
   rhythms with flowing melodies.

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Compound Sentence

• A compound sentence consists of two or more
  independent clauses. Each has its own subject and
  verb. They never contain dependent clauses.
• Most of the time, the independent clauses will be
  joined by a comma and a conjunction, but they can
  be joined by a semicolon or colon.
• Coordinating Conjunctions are and, but, for, so ,
  or

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Recognizing Compound Sentences

1. Country music is played all over the country, but
   its roots are in the Appalachian region.
2. Actually, the history of country music goes back
   to Europe settlers brought folk ballads with
   them to their new homeland.
3. Appalachian musicians used different instruments
   to play the folk ballads, and they tried
   different singing styles.

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Complex Sentences

• A complex sentence consists of one independent
  clause and one or more dependent clauses.
• In a complex sentence, the independent clause is
  often called the main clause. Each clause has
  its own subject and verb.

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Recognizing Complex Sentences

• 1. Rock-and-roll melodies are simple, which
  makes them easy to play and sing.
• 2. When singers perform on stage, people in the
  audience sing along with them.
• 3. The electric guitars that some musicians play
  add exciting sounds to the songs.
• 4. Teenage girls in the audience often screamed
  while Elvis Presley performed on stage.

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Identifying the Structure of Sentences

• The Beatles consisted of four musicians in their
  twenties.
• Because they were quite poor, they struggled at
  first.
• They could not afford music lessons, so they
  taught themselves to play and sing.
• They had been playing together for several years
  before they had their first hit record.
• Complete 5-10, pg. 446

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Extra Practice

• Ex. 31, pg. 449

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DO NOW

• Identify the sentence structure of the following
  sentences
• The girl ran away from the dog.
• Although she was absent Tuesday, Maria got an A
  on the test.
• The woman bought 12 fish, so the man bought 15
  fish.

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Revising Sentences

• How can we use what we know about sentence
  structure to be better writers?
• Sentence variety!

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• In India, you can see ancient architecture in
  monasteries and shrines. These structures were
  built by Buddhist monks. On the walls, you can
  see beautiful frescoes. The frescoes are
  paintings on fresh plaster. Hindu temples offer
  another kind of architecture. Hindu temples
  feature tall towers. They have curving sides and
  taper at the top. In southern India, there are
  rectangular pyramids. The steps are carved to
  tell stories.

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You Try

• Ex. 27, pg. 447 (2-5)

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Classwork

• Write at least 5 sentences about your day today.
  You must include at least 1 simple sentence, 1
  compound sentence, and 1 complex sentence. Label
  the structure of each sentence.
• If you skip lines, it will be easier to identify
  your sentences.