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2.  You are expected to write in complete sentences this year.  Text message language is not accepted in my classroom.  I feel so passionately about this that I might even choose to refuse to grade any work of yours that is not completed in this manner.  The moment your cross into room 135, turn on your grammar switch!  Why am I doing this? Let this link below explain my madness …  http://goanimate.com/videos/0fbxZ8udx9Hc ?utm_source=linkshare http://goanimate.com/videos/0fbxZ8udx9Hc ?utm_source=linkshare

3.  Simple sentences.  Compound sentences.  Complex sentences.

4.  Simple sentences are composed of one independent clause and usually have one subject and one verb.  You can find a simple sentence if the sentence tells two things: 1. Who or what did something. ( subject ) 2. What did it do? ( predicate )

5.  SUBJECT / PREDICATE  The Blue Team / is the best team at IT.  The Chiefs / will win the AFC West.  My brothers / were in the Army.  Tab and Tate / are my two sons.  My son Tab / likes to watch Barney.  Mr. Daniels / is strikingly handsome.  I / lie sometimes.

6.  A compound sentence is a sentence that has two independent clauses connected together.  It will have two subjects and two predicates.  These sentences are usually connected by a conjunction (and, or, but).

7.  SENTENCE 1 / SENTENCE 2  I like dogs, / but I also like cats.  He woke up, / and he brushed his teeth.  Elmo is furry, / and he is kinda cute.  The Jayhawks are awesome,/ and they will rock in basketball this year.  Mr. Daniels’ son is adorable, / and he has a cute smile.

8.  A complex sentence has an independent clause and a dependent clause.  An independent clause can stand by itself as a sentence.  A dependent clause depends on something else to make it a complete sentence.

9.  Dependent clause / Independent clause  Since class is over, / I put my books away.  After leaving for the party, / I realized I forgot my money.  Because it was late, / I went to bed.  Growing frustrated, / I continued working on the logic puzzle.  Since I was tired, / I slept with my son.

10.  My bookshelf is filled with awesome books.  Happily married, my wife and I love each other.  I am a Christian, and I attend Legacy Christian Church.  Since I love the Chiefs, I watched their first preseason game.  I have two recycle bins in my room.  I used to believe in the Easter bunny, but I don’t anymore.

11.  GOOD LUCK!!!