This program meets Common Core third grade language standards as it introduces and explores simple, compound and complex sentences. It provides clear examples and explanations of each type, including the components of a sentence and how...

A video lesson teaching students to identify the different sentence structures: simple, compound and complex sentences.

In this lesson, we review what compound sentences and complex sentences are, and we learn how to change from compound to complex.

There are three types of sentence structures. Simple, compound and complex.

Learn how to identify compound-complex sentences and start using them in your own writing. Good writers use a variety of sentence structures to make their writing more engaging.

A video lesson teaching students to identify and write complex sentences. Lesson includes worksheet and activities. Download the lesson worksheet (see Link #1) before starting the lesson.

Complex Sentences explores complex sentences by writing complete sentences that contain one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses each.

Complex sentences are made up of an independent clause and a dependent clause. An independent clause has a subject, a verb, and is a completed thought. A dependent clause has a subject, a verb, but is not a completed thought.

In this lesson, Mr. P. will talk about three sentence types: Simple, complex and compound. He will also explain coordinating and subordinating conjunctions using them in complex and compound sentences.

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Pupil outcome: I can say and write four different sentence structures. Key learning points: - A sentence composed of one main clause is a simple sentence. - A sentence composed of at least two main clauses joined by a co-ordinating...

Learn how to identify compound-complex sentences and start using them in your own writing. Good writers use a variety of sentence structures to make their writing more engaging.

Pupil outcome: I can write an article about Mormor’s death that includes a variety of sentence types for different effects. Key learning points: - Writing with focus – one sentence at a time – allows you to carefully craft each sentence....

Pupil outcome: I can use the comma for a range of purposes in three different sentence structures. Key learning points: - A comma is written before "but" or "or" co-ordinating conjunctions in a compound sentence. - If the adverbial...

Pupil outcome: You can recognise the difference between compound sentences and adverbial complex sentences. Key learning points: - A comma is a punctuation mark with more than one purpose. - Commas are often used to demarcate clauses in...

Pupil outcome: I can use interesting complex sentences to describe dystopian settings. Key learning points: - A subordinate clause must be combined with a main clause, for the sentence to make sense - A complex sentence combines a main...

This video explains the basics of English grammar by discussing the different types of sentences and how they are structured. It also includes a quick test to help viewers identify the different types of sentences.

Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the importance of exercise and sleep. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject...

Pupil outcome: I can write the conclusion of an explanation text on how the digestive system works. Key learning points: - The conclusion of an explanation text summarises the information that has been provided. - The conclusion of an...

Pupil outcome: I can identify cohesive devices that are used in a non-chronological report about a shark. Key learning points: - Text cohesion refers to how a text flows together to maintain the interest of the reader. - We can improve...

Pupil outcome: I can identify cohesive devices that are used in a non-chronological report about an insect. Key learning points: - Text cohesion refers to how a text flows together to maintain the interest of the reader. - We can improve...

Pupil outcome: I can write a narrative opening based on ‘A Christmas Carol’. Key learning points: - The introduction of Scrooge’s character greatly contrasts the general Christmas atmosphere in the opening. - Precise vocabulary,...

Pupil outcome: I can write detailed paragraphs to explain what happens to food when it leaves the stomach. Key learning points: - The main paragraphs in an explanation text tell the reader how the process of digestion is carried out. -...

For beginner English learners, this standards-based ELD lesson talks about how to combine clauses in a few basic ways to make connections between ideas and to join ideas (e.g. creating compound sentences using "and", "but", "so";...

Changing simple sentences to compound sentences. What makes a sentence simple? Simple sentences are made up of one independent clause- that is, it has a subject, it has a verb, and it is a completed thought. What makes a sentence...